Another day, another defeat for England
Sports Reporter
Bangladesh thrived on half centuries by Mushfiqur Rahim and Raqibul Hasan to maintain their supremacy in the under-19 tri-nation tournament with a comfortable 42-run victory against England at the Fatullah Cricket Stadium yesterday.Already confirmed their place on December 13 final, the home team sailed to their fifth successive win against an England youth side, who will go into their last game against Sri Lanka today at the back of five straight defeats. Bangladesh's victory also ensured Sri Lanka's progress in the final, leaving the last game at the BKSP with only an academic interest. Fresh from an undefeated 75 against Sri Lanka, Mushfiqur smashed another captain's knock 78 and opener Raqibul Hasan struck 61 as Bangladesh posted a challenging 242-9 in 50 overs after being sent into bat. Mushfiqur, who is the in the tournament donned a Test cap, smote eight fours while Raqibul, who hit 121 against Sri Lanka, hit 0four boundaries in his 99-ball innings. Tamim Iqbal and Mehdi Hasan added 24 runs each in the healthy Bangladesh total. Nicolas James was the most successful England bowler with 3-43. In reply, Moeen Ali hammered a quick-fire 72 off 63 balls with three fours and as many sixes but that was not enough for England to avoid a defeat. The visitors were bundled out for 200 in 46.4 overs in the face of some controlled blowing from Ishraq Sonnet and Sohrawardi Shuvo, who shared four wickets among them.
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