Match 7 of the ICC World Cup sees England take on Bangladesh in Dharamsala on Tuesday and we take a look at the game from a betting angle.
India firmed into 15/10 favourites to win the World Cup with England at 5/1, Australia and South Africa 11/2, you can get 13/2 New Zealand, 10/1 Pakistan and 66/1 Bangladesh at the time of writing.
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ENGLAND
England were in action in the opening match against New Zealand where they lost the toss and were sent into bat. They got off to a steady if unspectacular start, but lost wickets at regular intervals and were eventually 282 for 9 in their 50 overs. Joe Root was top score with 77 at a strike rate of 89 and there were a number of contributions across the batting order with everyone getting into double figures.
Curran struck early for England getting the wicket of opener, Will Young for a duck, but after that England bowlers were put to the sword as New Zealand reached 283 for 1 to win by 9 wickets with almost 14 overs remaining. Although he didn’t get a wicket, Moeen Ali was probably the pick of the English bowlers with his 0 for 60 off 9.2 overs.
BANGLADESH
Bangladesh played Afghanistan in their opening game and they won the toss and elected to field first. They restricted Afghanistan to a 156 all out in the 38th over and all of the bowlers shone although the pick for me was Mehidy Hasan Miraz with his 3 for 25 off 9 overs and Shakib Al Hasan got 3 for 30 off 8 overs.
Bangladesh lost the early wicket of Tanzid Hasan but ultimately got home with over 15 overs to spare and 6 wickets in hand and Miraz scored 57 at a strike rate of 78 and Shanto saw them home with an unbeaten 59 at a strike rate of 71.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Bangladesh and England met in a 3 match series in Bangladesh back in March with England winning 2-1 and Bangladesh winning the 3rd ODI by 50 runs. England have won 5 out of their last 6 matches against Bangladesh.
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England 1/5
Bangladesh 7/2
Suggested Bet: England Top Batter, Dawid Malan at 9/4
Malan was disappointing in the first match of the World Cup only getting 14 runs before he was caught behind off the bowling of Henry. He was in excellent form heading into the World Cup though and I am happy to give him another chance.
Suggested Bet: Top Bangladesh Bowler, Mehidy Hasan Miraz at 7/2
This looks a big price for a man who bowled so well in the game against Afghanistan and with his tail up he could well be amongst the English wickets.
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