First One day game : England vs Bangladesh at Nottingham on 08.07.10 : England won by six wickets

Bangladesh was led by Mashrafe Mortaza in this game, He became the 12^th captain to lead Bangladesh in one day games. Gazi Ashraf {07}, Minhajul Abedin {02}, Akram Khan {15}, Aminul Islam {16}, Naimur Rahman {04}, Khaled Mashud {30}, Khaled Mahmud {15}, Habibul Bashar {69}, Rajin Saleh {02}, Mohammad Ashraful {38}, Shakib Al Hasan {26} are the other eleven captains who have led Bangladesh in one day games

Junaid Siddique’s 51 in thisg game represent the tenth occasion of a Bangladesh batsman scoring a fifty against England in one day games. This knock was his maiden fifty against England. His previous best was zero at Dhaka on 28.02.10. It was his second one day game against England in which he came with a half century.

Raquibul Hasan’s 76 in this game represent the eleventh occasion of a Bangladesh batsman scoring a fifty against England in one day games. The eleven occasions of Bangaldesh batsman’s fifties against England read thus – 63* by Javed Omar at Nairobi {Gym} on 05.10.00, 51 by Aftab Ahmed at The Oval on 16.06.05, 59 by Javed Omar at Nottingham on 21.06.05, 94 by Mohammad Ashraful at Nottingham on 21.06.05, 81 by Javed Omar at Leeds on 26.06.05, 57* by Shakib Al Hasan at Bridgetown on 11.04.07, 125* by Tamim Iqbal at Dhaka on 28.02.10, 63 by Imrul Kayes at Dhaka on 02.03.10, 76 by Mushfiqur Rahim at Dhaka on 02.03.10, 51 by Junaid Siddique at Nottingham on 08.07.10 and 76 by Raquibul Hasan at Nottingham on 08.07.10

Junaid Siddique {51} and Raquibul Hasan {76} scored fifties in this game providing the second occasion of two Bangladesh batsmen scoring fifties in the same innings against England. The other occasion was witnessed at Dhaka on 02.03.76, when Imrul Kayes {63} and Mushfiqur Rahim {76} had scored fifties

Junaid Siddique’s 51 provides his fourth half century in one day games. The other three occasions are – 97 vs Pakistan at Dambulla on 21.06.10, 85 vs New Zealand at Dhaka on 09.10.08 and 55 vs West Indies at Basseterre on 31.07.09

JM Anderson returned with figures of 3 for 74 in this game providing the 36^th occasion of an England bowler conceding 70 plus runs in one day games. JM Anderson became the first England bowler to concede 70 plus runs against Bangladesh. His figures of 3 for 74 represent the most expensive bowling figures by an England bowler in terms of runs conceded against Bangladesh. The previous most expensive bowling figures in terms of runs conceded was credited to D Gough who had figures of none for 59 at Leeds on 26.06.05

JM Anderson has conceded 70 plus runs on seven occasions which read thus – none for 72 vs Pakistan at Karachi on 15.12.05, none for 72 vs West Indies at Ahmedabad on 28.10.06, 1 for 78 vs West Indies at Birmingham on 04.07.07, none for 79 vs India at The Oval on 05.09.07, 1 for 86 vs New Zealand at Napier on 20.02.10, none for 75 vs Australia at Lord’s on 03.07.10 and 3 for 74 vs Bangladesh at Nottingham on 08.07.10

JM Anderson became the fourth bowler in the history of one day games to conceded 70 plus runs on seven or more occasions. Others are A Nehra of India {08}, Naved-ul-Hasan {07} and Waqar Younis {07}

JM Anderson became the first bowler outside the subcontinent to concede seventy plus runs on seven occasions in one day games. He is also the first England bowler to suffer such an ignominy, SJC Broad is the other England bowler to concede seventy plus runs on five occasions.

Raquibul Hasan was dismissed run out after scoring 76 in this game providing the 17^th occasion of a Bangladesh batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in one day games. Raquibul Hasan became the second Bangladesh batsman to be dismissed in such a manner against England. Aftab Ahmed was the other batsman. He was run out after scoring 51 at The Oval on 16.06.05

At the end of this game, Tamim Iqbal {2363} and Shakib Al Hasan {2360} were running neck to neck to occupy the second place among the most run getters for Bangladesh in one day games. They were three runs apart. Mohammad Ashraful with 3327 runs leads the table. Habibul Bashar {2168} is the other batsman who has an aggregate of 2000 plus runs.

Imrul Kayes aggregated 502 runs at the end of this game. He became the tenth batsman to total 500 plus runs in the calendar year 2010. Others are – RT Ponting {761}, CL White {724}, SR Watson {706}, MEK Hussey {664}, TM Dilshan {627}, V Kohli {598}, MJ Clarke {564}, AB de Villiers {524} and HM Amla {523}

Imrul Kayes became the first Bangladesh batsman to complete 500 runs in calendar year 2010. Tamim Iqbal is close behind with 499 runs to his credit

At the end of this game, AJ Strauss has 12 fifties to his credit as England captain. Only N Hussain {13| has more fifties than AJ Strauss as England’s captain. MP Vaughan {11} and MA Atherton {10} are the other two England captains to score ten or more fifties.

N Hussain {12}, AJ Strauss {11} and MP Vaughan {11} are the three England captains who have scored ten or more half centuries at the end of this game.

Bangladesh scored an exact 250 runs in 50.0 overs in this game providing the 26^th occasion of a team scoring exact 250 runs in 50,0 overs in the history of one day games. It was the second such occasion by Bangladesh, the first being its 250 for 8 in 50.0 overs against Australia at Canterbury on 30.06.08

AJ Strauss scored 50 in this game which represents his 25^th one day fifty {03 Centuries plus 22 half centuries}. He became the ninth England batsman to score 25 or more fifties in one day games. Others are – ME Trescothick {33}, GA Hick {32}, AJ Stewart {32}, PD Collingwood {31}, GA Gooch {31}, NV Knight {30}, AJ Lamb {30} and KP Pietersen {27}

IR Bell’s 84 not out in this game provide his 16^th one day half century and 17^th fifty.

AJ Strauss {50} and IR Bell {84*} scored fifties in this game providing the 18^th and 19^th occasions of an England batsman scoring fifties against Bangladesh.

AJ Strauss with his 50 in this game registered his fourth fifty against Bangladesh. The other three occasions are – 82* at The Oval on 16.06.05, 152 at Nottingham on 21.06.05 and 98 at Leeds on 26.06.05.

With his four fifties AJ Strauss holds the record for most fifties by an England batsman against Bangladesh. He wrested the record from A Flintoff and ME Trescothick who had scored three fifties each.

AJ Strauss’s 50 in this game provide the eleventh occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a fifty against Bangladesh. AJ Strauss with his 50 in this game registered his fourth fifty as an opening batsman against Bangladesh. The other three occasions are – 82* at The Oval on 16.06.05, 152 at Nottingham on 21.06.05 and 98 at Leeds on 26.06.05.

With his four fifties AJ Strauss holds the record for most fifties by an England opening batsman against Bangladesh. He wrested the record from ME Trescothick who had scored three fifties.

AJ Strauss was run out after scoring a fifty in this game providing the 23^rd occasion of an England opening batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in one day games. AJ Strauss became the first England batsman to be dismissed in such a manner against Bangladesh.

AJ Strauss became the seventh England captain to be dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in one day games. The other six are – AJ Stewart for 77 vs South Africa at Melbourne on 12.03.92, MA Atherton for 81 vs New Zealand at Birmingham on 19.05.94, N Hussain for 79 vs Sri Lanka at Brisbane on 17.12.02, MP Vaughan for 67 vs West Indies at Gros Islet on 02.05.04, MP Vaughan for 79 vs West Indies at Bridgetown on 21.04.07 and KP Pietersen for 63 vs India at Rajkot on 14.11.08. He is the first England captain to be dismissed run out after scoring a fifty against Bangladesh

AJ Strauss became the second captain to be dismissed run out after scoring a fifty against Bangladesh. ADR Campbell was the other captain. He was run out for 97 at Dhaka on 25.03.99.

IR Bell and PD Collingwood added 80 runs for the third wicket in this game which represent the record stand by England batsmen for the third wicket against Bangladesh. The previous best was the 74 runs stand between C Kieswetter and PD Collingwood at Chittagong on 05.03.10

England’s win in this game represent its 12^th one day win against Bangladesh.