England slump to defeat as Bangladesh clinch 3-0 sweep in T20 international series | Cricket News

England suffered a batting collapse in the last innings as Bangladesh won the T20 international series 3-0 with a 16-run win in Mirpur.

England’s batting had stuttered after losing the first two matches by six and four wickets and they faltered again on Tuesday chasing 159, falling from 100-1 after 13 overs to 123-5 after 17 and finishing at 142-6 once 95-runs stood. between Dawid Malan (53) and Jos Buttler (40) for the second wicket came to the end.

Malan, who reversed his lbw dismissal for six before being dropped on 42, and skipper Buttler departed from the ball successfully in the two-run 14th over – Malan caught behind, Buttler run out – before Moeen Ali (9), Ben Duckett (11) and Sam Curran (4) come and go.

England needed 27 from the final over and gave themselves a glimmer of hope when Chris Woakes (13no) smoked Hasan Mahmud for four in a row, but the tourists managed just two byes and two points after that as Bangladesh celebrated a whitewash against the T20 world champions. .

England did not fare well in the field as Bangladesh reached 131-1 from 15 overs after being put in, with many mistakes including terrible catches from Rehan Ahmed and Duckett.

Duckett cut Bangladesh top-scorer Litton Das (73 off 57) at deep midwicket after Ahmed had grassed Das’ opening partner Rony Talukdar (24) on 17 in the short third, with Jofra Archer the unlucky bowler on both occasions as he went wicketless.

The tourists limited the Tigers to just 27 runs from the last five overs as Archer (0-33), Curran (0-28) and Chris Jordan (1-21) bowled superbly and variedly – but the Bangladesh attack was then equally impressive. death later.

England are not in white-ball action again until August 30, when they begin a four-match T20 international series at home to New Zealand, with four ODIs against the Black Caps and then three ODIs against Ireland to follow before the 50-over. India’s World Cup title defense in October and November.

Bangladesh swept England as the tourist middle order stumbled

England’s chase got off to a poor start with Phil Salt (0) stumping debuting Bangladesh spinner Tanvir Islam in the first over and they were perhaps lucky not to be 8-2 in the second.

Malan was given lbw to Taskin Ahmed but overturned the decision on review with the TV umpire deciding the bat was involved – although the spike in UltraEdge seemed to have arrived after the ball passed the inside edge of the left.

England were the clear favorites with nine wickets in hand and 59 needed from the last seven overs, only for Malan to top-edge Mustafizur Rahman’s pull off behind and Buttler to run out when Mehidy Hasan Miraz shot down the stumps from point.

Moeen got out inside Taskin three overs later before the bowlers splattered the stumps of Duckett and Curran – once again coming at a potentially very high point at No 6 – sliced ​​Shakib Al Hasan for a spot in the middle to fall 5-28.

Litton and Rony put on 55 for Bangladesh’s first wicket in the series finale after being helped by some misfielding by England, but their position was thrown out in the eighth over when Rony returned to Adil Rashid (1-23) at the back. .

The hosts continued to dominate, though, when Litton and Najmul Hossain Shanto (47 not out 36) plundered 84 off just 58 balls, during which Shanto smeared sixes off Rashid’s fellow spinners Ahmed and Moeen, and Litton mowed Archer’s maximum five balls later. . which dropped.

The last boundary of Das’s 11 overs came in the 15th over – a brilliant four from Rashid outside off – and he was then out of Jordan in the 17th over as England’s bowlers struggled and Shanto and Shakib (4 not out) struggled to score.

Archer featured in back-to-back games, a sign that his fitness is good as he aims to play a big role in England’s bid to reclaim The Ashes from Australia in June and July and then retain the 50-over World Cup in the autumn.