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# 6 Bangladesh Def England - 2015 World Cup

Bangladesh win against England
Bangladesh win against England

In the 2015 World Cup, Bangladesh faced off against England with the final spot in the knockout stages up for grabs. While Australia, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka had already qualified for the next round as the top three spots of the group, Bangladesh and England were left to fight out for fourth place in the group.

England won the toss and sent Bangladesh in to bat and the decision paid dividends almost immediately. Anderson removed both Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes in the first three overs of the innings. Bangladesh's innings was salvaged by Soumya Sarkar and Mahmudullah and, while Sarkar would fall just before he reached his half-century, Mahmudullah would go on to score a century and Mushfiqur Rahim would contribute as well making 89.

England got off to a better start, with the Lions making it to 97 before they were 2 down. While Ian Bell would pass the 50-mark, Ali, Hales, and Root all made starts but failed to push on to make anything of their innings. Jos Butler and Chris Woakes looked like they were going to get England over the line. With 5 overs left to go, England needed 47 with 4 wickets in hand and both batsmen set at the crease. However, in the 46th over Bangladesh got both Butler and Jordan out in consecutive balls, sending the English camp into chaos.

Woakes did his best, but with 8 wickets down he was quickly running out of partners to do it with. One of Bangladesh's shining lights, Rubel Hossain, stepped up to bowl the 49th over and England only needed 16 to win off the final 12 balls. With the first ball of the over, Hossain cleaned up Broad's stumps, sending Bangladeshi fans into raptures. Following a nervous dot ball, Hossain landed a perfect yorker which ripped through Anderson and cannoned half way up middle and leg stump.

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