If you look at two of the most in-form teams in the ICC T20 World Cup, you will struggle to get past Pakistan and England. And you can reason why. Both teams are blessed with an attack which has variety, batsmen who can bat in the top six and can bowl a couple of effective overs of spin and take wickets, and power hitters.
England brought all those aspects into play in their second Group 1 encounter at the Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday as they crushed a limp Bangladesh by eight wickets and 35 balls to spare to register their second win in the group.
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Moeen Ali, whose white ball bowling was utilized well by MS Dhoni during his IPL stint with Chennai Super Kings, has flourished in England colours too. After impressing with 2 for 17 vs West Indies, where he bowled his full quota of overs, the off-spinner had another productive outing with 2 for 18 in three overs, bowling 10 dots.
Eoin Morgan is not a brave captain for nothing. Many would have taken Moeen off after he conceded two boundaries to Litton Das in the first over, which went for 10 runs after Bangladesh skipper Mahmudullah bucked the trend in the tournament and chose to bat. Not Morgan.
He gave Moeen another over in the powerplay and the all-rounder responded with two wickets off two balls in the third over, dismissing both openers Das and Mohammad Naim. The in-form Mushfiqur Rahim and the talismanic Shakib-Al Hasan have the pedigree to rescue their team from the stickiest of situations, but England seamers have embraced the tactic of hitting the pitch, rather than floating balls up to the batters. In Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan and the talented Tymal Mills, they have three bowlers who can do that with expertise which can be rewarding on dry, powdery surfaces.
Woakes, a master of hitting hard lengths, banged one in to Shakib which the Bangladesh star only managed to lob to short fine-leg and Adil Rashid grabbed the offering and surprised everyone, including himself, with his agility.
Mahmuddulah and Mushfiqur looked set to do a decent repair job, but England are blessed with cricketers who have sublime skills. Liam Livingstone is one of them. Known more for his long-range striking, he also can bowl wrist spin to the right-handers and off-spin to the lefties. He dismissed an over-adventurous Mushfiqur lbw as the batsman attempted a reverse sweep and then got Mahmudullah to derail Bangladesh’s innings.
Mills, a late addition to England’s line-up, showed his utility. Playing international cricket again after four years because of stress fractures of the back, the Sussex left-arm quick can bowl at 150 clicks and 105 without changing his action too much and that is a rare gift. He used those qualities to pick up 3-27 and end another impressive outing.
In the death overs (15-20), Mills has an outstanding economy rate of 7.50. Among pacers with a minimum of 100 overs, it is the best.
A target of 125 was never going to test the powerhouse batting line-up of England.
England brought all those aspects into play in their second Group 1 encounter at the Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday as they crushed a limp Bangladesh by eight wickets and 35 balls to spare to register their second win in the group.
SCORECARD
Moeen Ali, whose white ball bowling was utilized well by MS Dhoni during his IPL stint with Chennai Super Kings, has flourished in England colours too. After impressing with 2 for 17 vs West Indies, where he bowled his full quota of overs, the off-spinner had another productive outing with 2 for 18 in three overs, bowling 10 dots.
Eoin Morgan is not a brave captain for nothing. Many would have taken Moeen off after he conceded two boundaries to Litton Das in the first over, which went for 10 runs after Bangladesh skipper Mahmudullah bucked the trend in the tournament and chose to bat. Not Morgan.
He gave Moeen another over in the powerplay and the all-rounder responded with two wickets off two balls in the third over, dismissing both openers Das and Mohammad Naim. The in-form Mushfiqur Rahim and the talismanic Shakib-Al Hasan have the pedigree to rescue their team from the stickiest of situations, but England seamers have embraced the tactic of hitting the pitch, rather than floating balls up to the batters. In Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan and the talented Tymal Mills, they have three bowlers who can do that with expertise which can be rewarding on dry, powdery surfaces.
Woakes, a master of hitting hard lengths, banged one in to Shakib which the Bangladesh star only managed to lob to short fine-leg and Adil Rashid grabbed the offering and surprised everyone, including himself, with his agility.
Mahmuddulah and Mushfiqur looked set to do a decent repair job, but England are blessed with cricketers who have sublime skills. Liam Livingstone is one of them. Known more for his long-range striking, he also can bowl wrist spin to the right-handers and off-spin to the lefties. He dismissed an over-adventurous Mushfiqur lbw as the batsman attempted a reverse sweep and then got Mahmudullah to derail Bangladesh’s innings.
Mills, a late addition to England’s line-up, showed his utility. Playing international cricket again after four years because of stress fractures of the back, the Sussex left-arm quick can bowl at 150 clicks and 105 without changing his action too much and that is a rare gift. He used those qualities to pick up 3-27 and end another impressive outing.
In the death overs (15-20), Mills has an outstanding economy rate of 7.50. Among pacers with a minimum of 100 overs, it is the best.
A target of 125 was never going to test the powerhouse batting line-up of England.
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