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Shakib guides Bangladesh to victory over England.

Shakib guides Bangladesh to victory over England

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Daily Bangla Times

With Shakib Al Hasan's all-round performance, Bangladesh secured a 50-run victory over England in the third and final match to avoid an ODI series sweep at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium today.

Shakib followed his 71 ball-75 with a 4-35, which made him the first Bangladeshi bowlers to take 300 wickets in addition of saving Bangladesh from being red-faced after they looked on the course of suffering their first series sweep on home soil since 2012.

Mushfiqur Rahim complemented Shakib's effort with 70 and Najmul Hossain Shanto scored 53, steering Bangladesh to 246 before being all out in 48.5 overs.

England's much-vaunted batting lineup crumbled under sustained pressure of spinners, led by Shakib to be all out for 196 in 43.1 overs.

Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam (2-52) and fast bowler Ebadot Hossain (2-38), the only change of Bangladesh for this match, claimed two wickets each to play around Shakib.

England won the first match by three wickets and the second one by 132 runs as they took the three-match series 2-1 finally.

Chris Woakes (1-27) had Afif caught by Moeen Ali for 15 and leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed removed Mehidy (5) for his debut wicket to end Bangladesh's chance to go anywhere closer to 300 runs mark.

Archer who grabbed 3-35 to be the top wicket-taker for England, cleaned up the tail as Shakib battled alone to take the score closer to 250. Shakib hit seven boundaries in his 52nd half-century plus knock.