England completes whitewash over Bangladesh

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Craig Kieswetter delivered a maiden international century as England completed a series whitewash over Bangladesh with a 45-run win in the third one-day international. More... England completes Bangladesh whitewash 05/03/2010 10:46 PM Craig Kieswetter delivered a maiden international century as England completed a series whitewash over Bangladesh with a 45-run win in the third one-day international. Kieswetter's 107 was more measured than his reputation as a power hitter might suggest, but after his first 50 occupied 80 balls he took just 41 to convert his half-century into a full one, with nine fours and three mighty sixes along the way. There was also some explosive late hitting from Luke Wright (32 not out in 13 deliveries) as the tourists posted 5-284 having lost the toss. Bangladesh's reply suffered from the regular tumble of wickets and closed on 9-239, with Tim Bresnan returning 4-28. Debutant Ajmal Shahzad was handed the new ball and, just as he did on his Twenty20 bow in Dubai last month, obliged with a wicket in his first over. Tamim Iqbal, who blazed 125 in the series opener in Dhaka, was the man out for a duck, slashing to Bresnan at third man. Imrul Kayes brought him back to earth with exquisite drives for four off the front and back foot before hooking Bresnan for another boundary. Bresnan continued to bound in and was rewarded with the wicket of Imrul (17), caught by wicketkeeper Matt Prior after thrashing outside off stump. Chittagong native Aftab Ahmed offered a return catch to Shahzad on 26 but made a further 20 before a horribly misjudged single saw him run out. Mushfiqur Rahim, who scored predominately from gentle flicks and scampered singles, played his part in the pair's 56-run stand before welcoming skipper Shakib Al Hasan to the middle. But Mushfiqur fell for 40 when he attempted to inject some power into his innings, succeeding only in lifting Graeme Swann to deep mid-wicket. Shakib (38) moved his side beyond 150 with consecutive fours off Paul Collingwood, one a cheeky, pre-meditated paddle over the wicketkeeper. But he was out sweeping in the 34th over, a poor lbw decision giving Kevin Pietersen a rare success with the ball to leave the hosts five down. When Collingwood's 10-over spell came to an end, Swann's return meant spin from both ends - a tactic that frustrated Mahmudullah's search for much-needed boundaries. With 10 overs left and five wickets in hand, the batting side still required a hefty 95. Naeem Islam (17) and Mahmudullah (33) paid the price for going aerial as they tried in vain to make inroads. Bresnan picked up his third and fourth wickets when he picked off Suhrawordi and Shafiul Islam in the space of three balls in the 47th over. Earlier, Kieswetter justified the decision to belatedly add him to the touring party with a hard-working first competitive ton in England colours following two modest displays. The 22-year-old, making his third ODI appearance, looks most at home when facing the quick men, a fact that has made his job a hard one in a series where the opposition regularly call on a quintet of slow bowlers. But he dug in well after a nervy opening period and laboured to a gutsy, rather than glamourous, fifty. Having passed that landmark the opener began to free his arms. That renewed aggression, coupled with the fielding restrictions enforced by the batting powerplay, helped him canter to three figures after just 41 additional deliveries. Captain Alastair Cook scored 32 in a 59-run opening stand with Kieswetter and looked likely to post a third successive 50 since being handed the captaincy. Instead, his opposite number Shakib found a little extra bounce to have him caught at the wicket by Mushfiqur. Pietersen failed to put an end to the question marks over his recent form, making a subdued 22 before falling lbw to Abdur Razzak for the second match in a row. Collingwood and Eoin Morgan, the England match-winners in the first and second games, each made 36. Collingwood looked a little out of rhythm before holing out to Suhrawordi, while Morgan rode his luck with two drops before Shafiul dismissed him. Wright gave the England innings a healthy boost at the close, hammering two sixes and two fours in his thrilling cameo.

[Mr Eintstein]

teh bangers can still take alot of positives from this series, they pushed england fairly close at times.

[Arkem8]

Goat dung Bangladesh-->as usual not a single upset.

[Kriterion]

teh bangers can still take alot of positives from this series' date=' they pushed england fairly close at times.[/quote'] umpiring cost us one, maybe even 2 wins.

[vvvslaxman]

umpiring cost us one' date=' maybe even 2 wins.[/quote'] Overall England had just as many bad decisions. KP suffered twice in the series. Even marginal calls look always look bad for BD because they don't win any matches. It doesn't look bad for England because they won.

[DaFan]

^ That @hole umpire sucked big time. ________ herbalaire

[Watson87]

Banglas always lose, whitewash is common in bangla cricket. I bet even the crowd doesn't expect much from the impotent players.

[Kriterion]

Overall England had just as many bad decisions. KP suffered twice in the series. Even marginal calls look always look bad for BD because they don't win any matches. It doesn't look bad for England because they won.

KP had himself to blame...can't play left arm spinners. on the other hand...morgan was given a life twice before he scored 20 and then goes on to crack a unbeaten 110 to win the match by 2 wickets. then shakib on a run a ball 38 given out to an atrocious call by the home umpire. the england decisions aren't of the same magnitude as ours, and thats the way its been 90% of the time. to argue that BD pulls the same weight as england is ludicrous.

[punjabi_khota]

Nice to see BDs blaming umpires for defeat that was as inevitable as mashallah sunrise. afterall, they are ex-pakis...this blame-everyone-but-us attitude is subhanallah :yay:

[vvvslaxman]

KP had himself to blame...can't play left arm spinners. on the other hand...morgan was given a life twice before he scored 20 and then goes on to crack a unbeaten 110 to win the match by 2 wickets. then shakib on a run a ball 38 given out to an atrocious call by the home umpire. the england decisions aren't of the same magnitude as ours, and thats the way its been 90% of the time. to argue that BD pulls the same weight as england is ludicrous.

You are just extrapolating. If you had got Morgan some tailender would have scored those runs like Murali.

[vvvslaxman]

Nice to see BDs blaming umpires for defeat that was as inevitable as mashallah sunrise. afterall, they are ex-pakis...this blame-everyone-but-us attitude is subhanallah :yay:

They have this theory.. if so and so decision had gone right the opposition would have been bowled out for 10 runs lol. But anytime they get lucky they will completely ignore it. Actually England had horrible decisions in this series. they didn't whine as much. They knew they could stuff Bangladesh even with 11 number 11 batsmen.

[Kriterion]

You are just extrapolating. If you had got Morgan some tailender would have scored those runs like Murali.

then why don't those tailenders bat at the top?

[vvvslaxman]

then why don't those tailenders bat at the top?

Because they are tailenders?

[Kriterion]

Actually England had horrible decisions in this series. they didn't whine as much.

i've followed teh series reasonably closely on espn360...i can't recall a single "bonus" from the umpires during the three BD innings. only thing is morgan dropping tamim on 10 during his 125 and even that ball was hit so hard, it fooled the cameraman who swung to the deep point boundary before realizing the ball wasn't there. so that basically means these imaginary "horribe decisions" had to have come while the pommies were batting...which admittedly i didn't watch. so perhaps you could point out some of these bad calls, if they exist.

[Kriterion]

Because they are tailenders?

but they're better than the top then shouldn't they bat there instead?

[vvvslaxman]

i've followed teh series reasonably closely on espn360...i can't recall a single "bonus" from the umpires during the three BD innings. only thing is morgan dropping tamim on 10 during his 125 and even that ball was hit so hard, it fooled the cameraman who swung to the deep point boundary before realizing the ball wasn't there. so that basically means these imaginary "horribe decisions" had to have come while the pommies were batting...which admittedly i didn't watch. so perhaps you could point out some of these bad calls, if they exist.

KP in the last match. He was way infront of the crease. Somehow umpire predicted it would hit the stumps. One of the supposedly horrible decision against BD was an inside on toe KP's pads. In the first match cook and KP got bad decisions. So there it is.

[vvvslaxman]

but they're better than the top then shouldn't they bat there instead?

Have you never seen top order fail and lower order score better? You should know of all the people.

[Kriterion]

KP in the last match. He was way infront of the crease. Somehow umpire predicted it would hit the stumps. One of the supposedly horrible decision against BD was an inside on toe KP's pads. In the first match cook and KP got bad decisions. So there it is.

batsmen are way out of the crease all the time in many lbw decisions. only time its an issue is when they're rapped on the helmet and the umpires figure it was probably going over the stumps. and the hawkeye indicated that it would have hit the stumps, iirc. its chittagong not perth. can't compare that to shakib who was hit a good 2 inches outside the line of teh stumps and given out...since howlers like that are RARE. as for the KP decision...just watched it *live* on 360...that ball would have gone on at mid-tibial height to hit the stumps so it was a mistake on the part of scorers for listing it as a caught out instead of a lbw. only cooks wicket looks like the ball may have been sliding down the leg side, but he was still struck right in line with middle at least. so thats just one marginally bad call (gotta check what cricinfo has to say about it) whose maginitude is far smaller than either call against morgan or shakib. albeit the maginitude of a call is often not known till after the match i.e in morgan's case, but thats largely irrelevant here. unless you can find other examples...i'm afraid BD got teh short end of the umpiring stick which is what minnows always get. which is another reason why ur views on the umpiring don't make sense. its like assuming kenya and the australia have the same bullying power with regard to umpires. simply ludicrous.

[vvvslaxman]

yea right. All those decisions that went against England are marginal and they would not have changed the course but the decisions that went against BD would have changed the course. Leg before calls are howlers only when it is given with an inside edge or something. I took time to watch those so called "howlers". Far far far more howlers were not given in one dayers. Jeezaloo.. both of them had an element of doubt in real time. One of them i would have never given 100 out of 100 times. The other one had slight doubt. I knew BD fans over-react. I guessed it right.

[Watson87]

Yes I watched a few clips and Shakib's decision is pretty damn bad, but the umpire is Bangladeshi so you have your own people to blame. Why hire incompetent Bangladeshi umpire at the first place, even if Morgan would have been out, Swann or Bresnan would have saved the game for England, Murali hit your fastest bowler for 35 runs in 2 overs lol.