England vs Bangaldesh – Second one day at Bristol on 10.17.10: Bangladesh won by five runs

Tamim Iqbal completed 500 runs in the calendar year 2010 during his knock of 18 in this game. At the end of this game, his aggregate stood at 517. He became the eleventh batsman to total 500 plus runs in 2010. Others are – RT Ponting {761}, CL White {724}, SR Watson {706}, MEK Hussey {664}, TM Dilshan {627}, V Kohli {598}, Imrul Kayes {578}, MJ Clarke {564}, AB de Villiers {524} and HM Amla {523}

Imrul Kayes’s 76 in this game represent his fourth half century and fifth fifty of his one day career. Other four occasions are – 70 vs India at Dhaka on 07.01.10, 101 vs New Zealand at Christchurch on 11.02.10, 63 vs England at Dhaka on 02.03.10 and 66 vs Pakistan at Dambulla on 21.06.10. Thus his 76 in this game represents bis second fifty and also his highest score against England in one day games.

Imrul Kayes’s 76 represent the 12^th occasion of a Bangladesh batsman scoring a fifty against England. His knock also represents the sixth occasion of a Bangladesh opening batsman scoring a fifty against England. This knock provides the second fifty for Imrul Kayes and he became the second Bangaldesh opening batsman to score two or more fifties after Javed Omar who has to his credit three fifties

Mashrafe Mortaza was run out in this game providing the 24^th occasion of a Bangladesh captain dismissed run out in one day games. His run out provides the fourth occasion of a Bangladesh captain dismissed run out against England in one day games. The other three occasions are – Khaled Mahmud for 11 at Dhaka on 12.11.03, Habibul Bashar for 10 at Leeds on 26.06.05 and Habibul Bashar for 4 at Bridgetown on 11.04.07. Thus Mashrafe Mortza’s score of 22 in this game represent the highest score by a Bangladesh captain who was dismissed run out against England

Abdur Razak shared the new ball in this game providing the 12^th occasion of a Bangladesh left arm spinner opening the new ball in an one day game. Of these 12 occasions, Abdur Razzak has opened the bowling on ten occasions. It also provides the first occasion of a Bangladesh left arm spinner opening the bowling against England.

Abdur Razak’s opening the bowling in this game provide the 39^th occasion of a left arm spin bowler sharing the new ball in one day games. Abdur Razak of Bangladesh and RW Price of Zimbabwe share the record for most number of occasions of a left arm spinner opening the bowling in one day games. Both the bowlers have opened the bowling on ten occasions.

IJL Trott’s 94 in this game provide the 37^th occasion of an England batsman scoring a ninety in one day games. IJL Trott became the third England batsman to score a ninety against Bangladesh. Others are – N Hussain – 95 at Nairobi {Gym} on 05.10.00 and AJ Strauss – 98 at Leeds on 26.06.05

IJL Trott’s 94 in this game provide the 20^th occasion of an England batsman scoring a fifty against Bangladesh in one day games. This knock is the third fifty for IJL Trott and also represents his highest one day score. Other fifties are – 87 vs South Africa at Centurion on 22.11.09 and 52* vs Souh Afica at Port Elizabeth on 29.11.09. He has played five games in which he has scored three fifties.

IJL Trott’s 94 in this game represent the 427^th occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety in one day games.

At the end of this game AJ Strauss has an aggregate of 1384 runs as captain which places him fourth in the list of England batsmen who have scored 1000 plus runs. The list reads thus – N Hussain {1598}, MP Vaughan {1418}, MA Atherton {1392}, AJ Strauss {1384}, GA Gooch {1378} and MW Gatting {1013}

Bangladesh with this victory by five runs registered its first ever win over England in one day games and its 56^th overall.

This win represents Bangladesh’s second win with single digit runs margin, the first being its win by eight runs against Zimbabwe at Harare on 10.03.04

England’s dismissal for 231 in this game provides the first occasion of England dismissed all out against Bangladesh. England’s all out in this game provide the 48^th occasion of a team dismissed all out by Bangladesh in one day games,

Bangladesh’s win by five runs in this game provide the 16^th occasion of a team winning an one day game by five runs margin