Bangladesh v England: Hosts win fiery second ODI to level series

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Bangladesh beat England by 34 runs in a fiery second ODI in Dhaka to level the three-match series ahead of Wednesday's decider.

England were bowled out for 204 chasing Bangladesh's 239-run target - Jos Buttler top-scoring with a run-a-ball 57, although he was visibly upset at something said to him by one of the home side when given out lbw, as tensions threatened to boil over.

Buttler had put on 79 for the fifth wicket with Jonny Bairstow (35) as England rallied from a disastrous start of 26-4 inside the first 10 overs which saw Ben Duckett and first ODI centurion, Ben Stokes, fall for ducks.
 

Mashrafe Mortaza (4-29) took three of those first four wickets, in a fine day's work from the Bangladesh captain, after he had smashed three sixes in a 29-ball 44 to lift the home side to a respectable score.

Bangladesh were struggling at 169-7 when the captain came to the crease, despite 75 for Mahmudullah - the scorer of a hundred when Bangladesh knocked England out of the 2015 World Cup.

After Buttler won the toss and inserted the opposition, Chris Woakes (2-40) swiftly dismissed Bangladesh openers Imrul Kayes (11) and Tamim Iqbal (14) to short-pitched deliveries.

Jake Ball (2-44) - five-for hero from the first ODI - then struck with just his second ball, bowling Sabbir Rahman off an inside edge for three.

Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim (21) recovered things with a 50-run stand before the later perished to Ball; another to fall foul of a top-edged pull.

Stokes removed Shakib Al Hasan (3) - caught down the legside - cheaply, while Adil Rashid (2-53) picked up Mahmudullah and Mosaddek Hossain (29) in consecutive overs to leave Bangladesh struggling to bat out their overs.

But Mortaza and Nasir Hossain (27) added 69 off the next 49 balls to lift the Tigers' score, before the former was run out off the penultimate ball.

Mortaza then translated his fine form with the bat into a stellar start with the ball, getting James Vince (5) to drive to backward point.

That triggered a mini-collapse by England's top order as four wickets fell for 14 runs - Shakib bowling Duckett before Mortaza added the strikes of Roy (13) lbw and Stokes bowled.

A fine knock by Buttler - receiving solid support from Bairstow - helped recover the innings, with England's stand-in skipper finding joy by charging at the Bangladesh bowlers and knocking them off their length.

But Taskin Ahmed (3-47), who was taken for 19 runs from his first two overs, returned brilliantly, picking up the key wickets of Bairstow caught behind, and Buttler lbw - when walking down the pitch once too often - either side of Nasir Hossain's dismissal of Moeen Ali (4).

Things threatened to heat up as a visibly upset Buttler took exception to something said to him when leaving the field, but the game itself petered out to a fairly routine win for the hosts, despite entertaining cameos from Rashid (33no) and Ball (28) down the order.