Bangladesh v England, 3rd ODI – Statistical Highlights

England ended Bangladesh’s successful record in ODIs at home as they sealed the 3-match series with a 4-wicket win in the decider. After being put to bat, Bangladesh slowed down towards the end after a good start. Mushfiqur Rahim’s fifty ensured his side posted 277/6.

England were cruising in the chase with Sam Billings and Ben Duckett scoring fifties. However, some late strikes delayed the victory which came in the 48th over. Here we look at all the stats and records recorded during the game.

0 – Number of England captains before Jos Buttler who won all the tosses in an ODI series/tournament outside home. Buttler won 3 out of 3 tosses in this series.

1 – Bangladesh’s top 3 scored 45+ but none of them scored a fifty. This is the first such instance in ODIs where a team’s top 3 score 45+ but all the 3 failed to get past the fifty-run mark.

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1 – Tamim Iqbal became the first Bangladeshi player to score 5000 runs in ODI cricket.

6 – This series loss ended Bangladesh’s streak of 6 consecutive bilateral ODI series wins. Only 3 teams have had a better streak.

6 – This only the 6th instance of Bangladesh losing an ODI while defending a target over 275. They won on 14 occasions.

27y 206d – Age at which Tamim Iqbal completed 5000 ODI runs. He became the 10th youngest to do so.

37 – Matches taken by Adil Rashid to complete 50 ODI wickets, he is the 2nd fastest England spinner to the mark. James Tredwell took 35 matches.

145 – Runs scored by Jos Buttler in this series. These are the 3rd most runs scored by a captain in a 3-match ODI series while batting at no.6 or lower.

216 – Number of wickets Mashrafe Mortaza has taken in ODIs, the most by a Bangladesh bowler. He went past Shakib Al Hasan, who had 215 wickets in this format.

278 – England’s chase of 278 in this game is their 4th highest successful run chase outside home in ODIs.

2011 – Last time before Jos Buttler an England captain won all the tosses in an ODI series/tournament was Alastair Cook against India at home in 2011.

2014 – Last time Bangladesh lost in a bilateral ODI series was in June 2014 against India also at home.