Jos Buttler has thumped 67 off 42 balls to underpin England’s 6-156 within the first of three T20s towards Bangladesh in Chattogram.
Buttler bludgeoned 4 sixes within the arc between long-on and midwicket in addition to 4 fours whereas the England captain shared stands of 80 with Phil Salt and 47 with Ben Duckett.
However, Duckett and Buttler had been dismissed off successive deliveries and the springboard they offered was not capitalised upon as England added simply 30 runs to their whole within the final 5 overs.
In their first T20 since being topped world champions final November, England – who fielded seven of the gamers who featured within the last towards Pakistan – had been requested to bat first within the afternoon sunshine and it was solely Buttler who actually obtained to grips with one other difficult floor.
Phil Salt solely intermittently hit high gear in what was a stodgy innings earlier than nicking off for 38 from 35 balls, taking a evaluate with him, whereas Dawid Malan contributed simply 4 singles after which launched his sixth ball straight to long-on.
Duckett, referred to as up particularly for this sequence after lacking the 2-1 ODI win due to his Test commitments, made an necessary cameo of 20 from 13 balls however sadly had his off-stump taken out by a Mustafizur Rahman grubber.
Buttler, dropped on 19, then slammed the following ball to extensive long-on and from there, England’s batters had been stored on the again foot by the slower balls despatched down by Bangladesh’s fast bowlers.
Hasan Mahmud was the choose of the assault with two for 26, together with the important thing wicket of Buttler, whereas there have been wickets for fellow quicks Mustafizur and Taskin Ahmed and spinners Shakib Al Hasan and Nasum Ahmed.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
