England vs Bangladesh Live Score, World Cup 2019: Bangladesh opt to bowl first

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PLAYING XIs

England: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (c), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wk), Chris Woakes, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Liam Plunkett, Mark Wood

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mohammad Mithun, Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mehidy Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Mustafizur Rahman

CAPTAIN TALK

Morgan: I don't think this is a bad toss to lose consiering the amount of grass that has come off this wicket. We had a bady day against Pakistan. We played some good cricket against South Africa and hopefully we will play good cricket too.

Mortaza: We will bowl first. This pitch has been under cover for the last two days. We liked to but we are sticking with the same team. Last match was disappointing but hopefully we will bounce back. We have to play at our best to beat this England team.

TEAM NEWS: England bring in Liam Plunkett for Moeen Ali.

TOSS NEWS: Mashrafe Mortaza wins the toss and Bangladesh have decided to bowl first.



Hello! It's Day 10 of the ICC World Cup, and action has once again shifted to Cardiff in Wales, where co-hosts England will take on a confident Bangladesh side.

The Bangla Tigers began well by upsetting South Africa and then almost put it past New Zealand. That makes them a dangerous team, and who knows it better than England. The English team suffered an agonising defeat against Bangladesh in the 2015 World Cup, which led to their exit from the tournament.

But this English team knows how to win consistently, but that doesn't rule out the threat that Bangladesh pose under dark skies at the Sophia Gardens. Little-to-no forecast for rain, though.





Here's the Match Preview:

England will face the side who kick-started their transformation into a major threat in one-day internationals when the tournament hosts continue their World Cup campaign against Bangladesh in Cardiff on Saturday.

The Tigers condemned Eoin Morgan's men to a first-round exit at the 2015 edition with a 15-run victory in Adelaide.

At that point there was no longer any way of hiding England's white-ball woes and, with a home World Cup up next, then England and Wales Cricket Board director Andrew Strauss was determined the national side's limited overs form had to improve.

To that end, Peter Moores was sacked as coach, with Strauss bringing in experienced Australian Trevor Bayliss as his replacement.

Since that debacle 'Down Under', England have risen to to the top of the one-day international rankings.

But having started their quest to win a first men's World Cup with a 104-run thrashing of South Africa at the Oval, they head into this weekend's clash on the back of a surprise 14-run defeat by Pakistan.

That match saw England lose their cool, with opening batsman Jason Roy and fast bowler Jofra Archer both fined for lapses in their conduct on the field.

Meanwhile if England were annoyed by some of Pakistan's 'verbals', there were times when the large contingent of fans for the sub-continental side -- a common sight even when England are at home -- also had an effect.

England all-rounder Chris Woakes, usually the most mild-mannered of cricketers, put his finger to his lips in a bid to 'silence' Pakistan supporters after taking a catch on the boundary.

It could well be a similar story at Sophia Gardens on Saturday, particularly as several players on both sides who featured in England's ill-tempered 2016 win over Bangladesh in Dhaka are likely to be involved again.

England fast bowler Liam Plunkett, who could be recalled after missing the Pakistan defeat, said his team-mates knew how to maintain their composure.

'The way they play'

"Pakistan are pretty good like that, they can get niggly. When they're on top they're good at doing it," said the 34-year-old.

"Similarly Bangladesh and India, they're good at doing that, good at appealing quite a lot. It's just the way they play their cricket.

"But we've played in big competitions, guys have played around the world - at IPL (Indian Premier League) and Big Bash in front of big crowds -- it shouldn't be too much for the players." Bangladesh also head into the weekend following a defeat after losing out by two wickets in a tense contest with New Zealand.

But Plunkett said the days when the Tigers were rank outsiders away from the sub-continent had gone.

"There's no real shock defeats in this competition," he insisted.

"We've already seen Bangladesh beat South Africa and that's not a shock defeat.

"They're a strong squad. I remember when they beat England way back when (in Bristol, 2010) and it was a shock defeat.

"I don't think them beating teams like South Africa is like that anymore."

Adil Rashid bowled five costly overs against Pakistan and, given the leg-spinner's ongoing shoulder injury, England may decide to leave him out on Saturday.

For Bangladesh, a match at Sophia Gardens sees them back at the scene of one of their greatest triumphs -- a 2005 ODI win over Australia, then as now world champions, that is arguably the biggest upset in the history of international cricket.