Defending champions Bangladesh suffered a seven-wicket loss towards England in a one-sided encounter to make a poor begin to their marketing campaign on the ICC Under-19 World Cup right here.
Coming to bat, Bangladesh have been bundled out for 97 by England, who then returned to overtake the goal in 25.1 overs.
England made a deadly bowling effort to bundle out Bangladesh for 51 for 9 within the twenty fifth over at Warner Park in a Group A match.
No. 11 Ripon Mondol scored an unbeaten 33 not out with an unbeaten 46 as Naimur Rohman (11) took Bangladesh near 100 factors.
For England, left-arm quick bowler Joshua Boyden took 4 wickets for 16 runs, whereas right-arm quick bowler Thomas Aspinwall took two wickets for 18 runs.
Apart from this, Tom Perst (1/5), Fateh Singh (1/29) and James Sales (1/29) took one wicket every.
In reply, England misplaced opener George Thomas (15) and captain Tom Perst (4), however Jacob Bethel (44) and James Ray (26 not out) scored 65, earlier than the previous was run out. Embarrassed from the end line as England cruised to victory.
Earlier, Bangladesh’s determination to bat first backfired as they misplaced wickets at common intervals and have been 26 for 5 by the 14th over.
Bangladesh made a sluggish begin to their innings earlier than dropping their first wicket within the fifth over to Mahfizul Islam.
Bangladesh’s wrestle from the start could be gauged from the truth that solely 4 of its batsmen have been in a position to rating double digits, with the final participant Mandal taking part in an unbeaten knock off 41 balls, which included 5 fours and a six.
Chasing a complete, England obtained off to a barely nervous begin as Bethel survived a run out when SM Mahrob couldn’t acquire the ball at stumps with solely 5 on the board.
He was saved by Ashiqur’s lbw attraction shortly earlier than transferring on after a cautious begin from opening accomplice Thomas.
But after hitting three boundaries, Thomas was dismissed for 15 when he struck one other off Ripon’s supply to depart England at 20 for one within the ninth over.
That success gave Bangladesh a small glimmer of hope, however the sport was a lot forward when England captain Perst outplayed his counterpart Rakibul for 4.
However, Ray shook fingers with Bethel and collectively they batted brilliantly, countering Bangladesh’s spin assault to ease any potential English nerves.
Bethel was ultimately run out by Ariful however the sport was over by then.
William Luxton got here to the crease and hit a six off his first ball earlier than scoring the successful run within the first ball of the twenty sixth over.
England thus took two comfortably to high Group A forward of their match towards Canada on Tuesday, whereas Bangladesh will return on Thursday towards the identical opponents who misplaced to the UAE of their first match on Saturday. .
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Bangladesh: 97 all out in 35.2 overs (Rippon Mondol 33 not out; Joshua Boyden 4/16, Thomas Aspinwall 2/18)
England: 98 for 3 in 25.1 overs (Jacob Bethel 44; Rakibul Hasan 1/13).
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
