Mahmudullah (75) played with composure to hold Bangladesh's innings together and Mashrafe Mortaza (44) landed lusty blows in the slog overs to propel the home side to a challenging total of 238 for 8 in the second One-Day International (ODI) against England at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Sunday (October 9). Earlier, Chris Woakes and Jake Ball bowled a barrage of short deliveries to strike at regular intervals and clamp down on Bangladesh's scoring rate. The short delivery proved to be the central part to England's fine effort with the ball. It was Woakes who started the slide by nipping out both Imrul Kayes (11) and Tamim Iqbal (14). The 27 year-old allrounder mixed up his lengths smartly to join the dots. He then used the surprise short delivery to dislodge Kayes. Woakes pounded life out of a slow track to extract disconcerting bounce and induced Kayes to pull it straight to David Willey, stationed at backward square leg. England were jubilant after taking the scalp of Kayes, as the left-handed opener had crunched a noteworthy century in the first ODI. Woakes continued to leave an imprint on proceedings by bagging Tamim's wicket with another short ball. Just like his opening partner, Tamim, too, couldn't keep the pull stroke down and offered an easy catch to Moeen Ali positioned at short mid-wicket. Ball, England's star performer in the first game, backed up Woakes by probing away with purpose. In his first over, the 25-year-old pacer nipped one back off the seam to induce Sabbir Rahman to chop it onto the stumps. Rahman paid the price for playing with an angled bat. For a while, the pair of Mushfiqur Rahim (21) and Mahmudullah breathed life into the innings by scoring a series of a boundaries. Adil Rashid, the legspinner, either bowled too full or dragged it short and the duo made sure to take a heavy toll of it. In an attempt to wrestle the initiative, Rahim attempted the dreaded pull shot. However, just like his team-mates, the diminutive batsman skied the stroke to fine leg, where Moeen snaffled a fine diving catch to give Ball his second wicket. Shakib Al Hasan (3) arguably Bangladesh's best batsman, then gloved one to Jos Buttler off Ben Stokes. The left-handed batsman would consider himself a trifle unlucky as he was dismissed of a strangle down the leg-side. At the other end, Mahmudullah continued to play a neat and orderly knock. He was the pivot around whom Bangladesh constructed their innings. Mahmudullah was able to ride on the bounce to cut and occasionally pull. He also opened the face of the bat and swept the spinners to manoeuvre the field. Mahmudullah also joined forced with Mosaddek Hossain (29) to share a promising stand of 48 before Rashid struck the decisive blow by dismissing the half-centurion leg-before. The veteran right-hander placed his belief in the review, but on replays, it projected that the impact was in line and the ball would knock over the off-stump. As a result, the on-field decision stayed. Mosaddek followed Mahmudullah back to the pavilion and it was again a short delivery that led to his downfall, giving Rashid his second scalp. Mortaza and Nasir Hossain (27 not out) though, landed some powerful blows to ensure the home side would end up with a competitive score. With his swinging blade, Mortaza thumped Moeen for a couple of sixes in the 43rd over and also collected a four and a six off Willey in the 46th over. The stand between the two was worth 69 off only 49 balls. England looked a well-drilled outfit with the ball, which can be capsulised by the fact that they hardly bowled anything on the stumps and used the slower ball to good effect. The track is offering assistance to the spinners, but the dew factor might come into play. Brief scores: Bangladesh 238/8 in 50 overs (Mahmudullah 75, Mashrafe Mortaza 44; Chris Woakes 2-40) vs England.
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