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ADELAIDE: England batsman James Taylor (left) walks back to the pavilion as celebrate his dismissal during their 2015 CricketWorld Cup Pool A match at the Adelaide Oval. — AFP Tigers devour England

ADELAIDE: Bangladesh knocked England out nation at the tournament with their only win ence. Certainly on a day like today you look at of the World Cup yesterday sparking scenes of thus far against Scotland. it and you know we have a lot of work to do in wild celebration for the Asian whipping boys’ This was Bangladesh’s third win over one-day ,” he said. “All you know is it’s a millions of long-suffering fans and wide- England in their last four one-day internation- game we felt we should have won. We’ve just spread derision for the game’s inventors. als, including the two- success in got to take that on the chin.”Condemnation of Mohammad smashed 103 to Chittagong during the previous World Cup England’s exit was swift and brutal. become the first Bangladesh player to make a four years ago. “Well done Bangladesh! England pathetic! World Cup century while brother-in-law “I feel very proud,” said Bangladesh When are we going to pick the selectors to made 89 as the Tigers , who led his side superbly pick a team for the one-day format? Time for clinched a nail-biting 15-run win to reach the in the field. “Mahmudullah scored his first change,” wrote former England all-rounder Ian quarter-finals for the first time. hundred for Bangladesh, and Mushfiqur was Botham on Twitter. , controver- They had to recover from being eight for also brilliant at the end. sially exiled from the England squad last year, two to post a challenging 275 for seven after “I think Rubel Hossain will be very happy tweeted: “I CANNOT BELIVE THIS! I JUST CAN- being sent in to bat in overcast conditions. as he picked up four crucial . We had a NOT! But, well done Bangladesh! You England, needing a victory to stay afloat good combination today, especially with the deserved it!” after winning just one of their previous four seven batsmen. They showed their guts, and Mahmudullah and Rahim put on 141 off Pool A matches, were bowled out for 260 as the bowlers then did a very good job.” 144 balls for the fifth wicket after Bangladesh SCOREBOARD seamer Rubel Hossain claimed four wickets Victory meant Bangladesh assured them- were struggling at 99 for four in the 22nd and wicket-keeper Rahim held four catches. selves of a place in the knockout phase even over. Scoreboard at close of play in the World Cup match between England and Bangladesh made 63 but England slipped to 163 before their last pool match against co-hosts Mahmudullah, who hit seven fours and a on Monday in Adelaide, Australia. for six before (65 off 52 balls) and New Zealand while England will return home six in his maiden one-day international centu- Bangladesh Innings: England Innings: (42 ) briefly revived their after their closing ‘dead’ league match against ry, surpassed the previous highest individual T. Iqbal c Root b Anderson 2 M. Ali run out (Sarkar, Rahim) 19 hopes with a 75-run stand for the seventh Afghanistan in Sydney on Friday. Bangladesh score at a World Cup of 95 by I. Kayes c Jordan b Anderson 2 I. Bell c Rahim b R. Hossain 63 wicket. team-mate against Scotland last S. Sarkar c Buttler b Jordan 40 A. Hales c Rahim b Mortaza 27 But the dismissals of Buttler and Chris BESIEGED MOORES week. J. Root c Rahim b Mortaza 29 M. Mahmudullah run out (Woakes) 103 Jordan off successive balls in the 46th over Besieged England coach Peter Moores, in Rahim’s 77-ball knock contained eight E. Morgan c Al Hasan b R. Hossain 0 turned the match Bangladesh’s way. his second spell at the helm, insisted he boundaries and a six. , a 22- S. Al Hasan c Root b Ali 2 J. Taylor c Kayes b Ahmed 1 “It was pretty poor, to be knocked out of would not make any hasty decisions over his year-old left-hander playing only his fifth ODI, M. Rahim c Jordan b Broad 89 J. Buttler c Rahim b Ahmed 65 the World Cup is unbelievably disappointing,” future. teamed up with Mahmudullah to retrieve the Sa. Rahman c Morgan b Jordan 14 C. Woakes not out 42 said England captain , whose “Well, it’s certainly not my decision. I said situation with an 86-run stand for the third M. Mortaza not out 6 C. Jordan run out (Al Hasan) 0 side will bow out having failed to beat a Test yesterday I’m here to try and make a differ- wicket. He made 40. A. Sunny not out 3 S. Broad b R. Hossain 9 J. Anderson b R. Hossain 0 Bell and gave England a flying Extras (b-1 lb-4 nb-1 w-8) 14 Total (for 7 wickets, 50 overs) 275 Extras (lb-4 nb-1) 5 start with an opening stand of 43 off 44 balls Total (all out, 48.3 overs) 260 Fall of wickets: 1-3 I. Kayes, 2-8 T. Iqbal, 3- World Cup result and standings when a messy run out cost Ali his wicket. Alex Fall of wickets: 1-43 M. Ali, 2-97 A. Hales, Hales marked his first appearance in the tour- 94 S. Sarkar, 4-99 S. Al Hasan, 5-240 M. 3-121 I. Bell, 4-121 E. Morgan, 5-132 J. Pool A nament by helping Bell add 52 for the second Mahmudullah, 6-261 M. Rahim, 7-265 Sa. Taylor, 6-163 J. Root, 7-238 J. Buttler, 8- At Adelaide wicket, before he was caught behind off Rahman 238 C. Jordan, 9-260 S. Broad, 10-260 J. Bangladesh 275-7 (Mahmudullah 103, Mushfiqur Rahim 89) v England 260 all out (Jos Buttler 65, Ian Bell 63) Mortaza for 27. Did not bat: R. Hossain, T. Ahmed Anderson. Bangladesh won by 15 runs Rubel then dismissed Bell and Morgan : J. Anderson 10-1-45-2; S. Broad Bowling: M. Mortaza 10-0-48-2; R. (nought) in four deliveries to make it 121 for 10-0-52-1; C. Jordan 10-0-59-2 (w-5); C. Hossain 9.3-0-53-4; A. Sunny 8-0-42-0; S. Played won lost tied no result points run rate four in the 27th over and from that point on, Woakes 10-0-64-0 (nb-1 w-2); M. Ali 9-0- Al Hasan 10-0-41-0; T. Ahmed 9-0-59-2 (nb-1); Sa. Rahman 2-0-13-0. Pool A England were struggling. — AFP 44-1 (w-1); J. Root 1-0-6-0. New Zealand 5 5 0 0 0 10 +3.090 - qualified Result: Bangladesh won by 15 runs. Australia 5 3 1 0 1 7 +1.597 - qualified Bangladesh 5 3 1 0 1 7 +0.211 - qualified 5 3 2 0 0 6 -0.151 - qualified England 5 1 4 0 0 2 -1.001 Downton backs Moores after woeful exit Afghanistan 5 1 4 0 0 2 -1.881 Scotland 4 0 4 0 0 0 -1.423 LONDON: England and Wales Cricket Board for his second spell as England head coach 11 obviously going to be pressurised - was that chief Paul Downton is standing behind under- months ago, but Downton insists the former experience. “We’re very early into an appoint- Pool B fire coach Peter Moores in the aftermath of Lancashire coach remains the right man for ment. Much as we’d like to change things India 4 4 0 0 0 8 +2.246 - qualified England’s embarrassing World Cup exit. the job. instantly, it takes time. “Look at New Zealand South Africa 5 3 2 0 0 6 +1.462 Moores’ men crashed out of the tourna- “I have every faith in Peter Moores,” and where they were with their one-day crick- Pakistan 5 3 2 0 0 6 -0.194 ment in the group stages yesterday as a humil- Downton told Sky Sports. “Part of the reason et two years ago - it takes time to bring things Ireland 4 3 1 0 0 6 -0.820 iating 15-run defeat to Bangladesh saw for appointing Peter Moores was he is a very through. West Indies 5 2 3 0 0 4 -0.511 Zimbabwe 5 1 4 0 0 2 -0.595 England hit a new low in a woeful World Cup experienced coach. “We had a very successful team between UAE 4 0 4 0 0 0 -1.691 campaign that has included four defeats in five “Whoever took this job was going to have 2009 and 2013, we have to rebuild again. Note: Top four in each group qualify for quarter-finals. matches. a really difficult job. “We had a side that broke “There are no shortcuts. We have to back our Moores’ tactics and team selection have up in Australia, we had to introduce new play- players, invest in them and in time we will be been widely criticised since he was appointed ers and part of dealing with it - which was back there again.” — AFP