Sports Desk:

Shakib Al hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim and Najmul Hossain Shanto each hit a fifty to power Bangladesh to 246 against world champions England in the third and final one-day international at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Monday.

With Shakib hitting a brisk 75 off 71 balls and Mushfiq, Shanto making a 93-ball 70 and 71-ball 53 respectively to propel the hosts to a moderate total before they were bowled out in the 48.5 overs.

It was Musfiq’s first fifty in ODI’s since last July. His last half-century came during the Tigers tourof Zimbabwe where he finished with an unbeaten 52 in the opener of the three match series at Harare.

Jofra Archer was the standout bowler for the visitors claiming 3-35 while Sam Curran, Adil Rashid took two wickets each and Rehan Ahmed and Chris Woakes claimed one wicket each.

With Liton Das dismissed for back-to-back duck and Tamim Iqbal falling on 11 by Curran, Bangladesh made a stuttering start being sent to bat, that limited them to 17-2 inside the third over.

In the third wicket stand, Shanto and Mushfiq shared a valuable 98-run to rebuild the innings and also bolster the total prior to the run-out of the former that halted the hosts’ momentum as the latter alongside Mahmudullah also followed his steps that shortened them to 163-5.

However, Shakib continued single-handedly and went big guns in the penultimate overs.