West Indies and England were two teams that Bangladesh could fancy their chances against. That's what we thought before the Super Eights started. One can now scratch England off that list. England put in a impressive bowling performance and skittled out Bangladesh for 143. Panesar (who was not very impressive against Australia) did a great job and picked up 3 wickets for 25 runs in his 7 overs. Surprisingly, Sajid Mahmood was pretty good too. We get the feeling that Mahmood is a rich man's Ajit Agarkar. He will bowl well when everything is going swimmingly well but will wilt under pressure.
Chasing a meager score of 143, England decided that the match needed a little fizz and started losing wickets. Eventually, England scored the required runs but crawled instead of sprinting towards the total. They took 45 overs to score the runs. Bangladesh scored 143 in 37 overs. That is just ridiculous. England made real heavy weather of the chase. It was not entertaining cricket but England got the two points they desperately needed.
England's next match will be against South Africa. The winner of that match will go to the semi-final. England will need to pick up their game to have a chance of beating SA.
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