Bangladesh's victories over Test-playing nations in ICC tournaments

#5 2011 World Cup vs England, Chittagong

Bangladesh scraped through by 2 wickets while chasing 226

In front of a raucous home crowd, it was the perfect opportunity for Bangladesh to upset another tough opponent. Already having endured a troublesome World Cup campaign, England were sent in on a flat pitch. They found themselves at 53/3 with spin accounting for all three scalps.

Jonathan Trott and Eoin Morgan then joined hands and stitched together a 109-run stand before Morgan, on 63, became Naeem Islam’s second victim. That opened the floodgates and next fell Trott, who had limped to 67 off 99 balls. All bowlers struck in unison to limit England to 225.

Tamim Iqbal gave Bangladesh a blazing start by hammering 38 off 26, but soon they were 73/3. England sniffed an opening, but Imrul Kayes and Shakib steadied Bangladesh’s boat by adding 82 vital runs. However, 155/3 became 169/8 as England hit back courtesy of Graeme Swann and Ajmal Shahzad. Down to Mahmudullah Riyadh and number ten Shafiul Islam, Bangladesh needed 56 off the last 10 overs.

The batsmen targetted Swann to revive the chase, smashing two fours and a six to take Bangladesh close. James Anderson then leaked 11 in the 46th as Andrew Strauss smelled danger. Shafiul utilised the situation to showcase his batting prowess and the formalities were completed when Mahmudullah drove Tim Bresnan, with Bangladesh winning by two wickets and an over to spare.