CHITTAGONG (Web Desk) – England beat Bangladesh by 4 wickets in the third and final one-day international at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Wednesday.
England captain Jos Buttler won the toss and elected to bowl first.
England’s Chris Woakes hit a six off Shafiul Islam, while Sam Billings justified his selection with his maiden fifty and Ben Duckett registered his second half-century of the series but it was Ben Stokes’ unbeaten 47 off 48 balls that helped England pull off a tricky 278-run chase with 13 balls to spare.
Put into bat in Chittagong, Bangladesh had posted a strong 277-6 on the back of a string of top order cameos and Mushfiqur Rahim’s unbeaten 67 down the order.
The 2-1 ODI series defeat was Bangladesh’s first at home in two years. England’s chase got off to a good start before Nasir Hossain dismissed James Vince for 32.
Bangladesh: Mashrafe Mortaza (captain), Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Mosaddek Hossain, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mushfiqur Rahim, Sabbir Rahman, Shafiul Islam, Nasir Hossain, and Taskin Ahmed.
England: Jos Buttler (captain), Sam Billing, James Vince, Jonny Bairstow, Moeen Ali, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Ben Duckett, Adil Rashid, Jake Ball, and Liam Plunkett.
