The title defence of the defending Under 19 World Champions Bangladesh didn’t start in a great manner at the 2022 ICC Under 19 World Cup going on in West Indies as they were rolled over for 97 by England while batting first after winning the toss.
At one point, even getting 97 didn’t look like a possibility as they were reduced to 51-9 in the 25th over before 46 runs stand for the 1oth wicket between number 10 Naimur Rohman Noyon and number 11 Ripon Mondol.
After winning the toss and deciding to bat first, Bangladesh would have thought of getting to a great start but it wasn’t to be as England bowlers got all over them and removed the first four batters at a cumulative score of eight runs in the first 10 overs.
The misery didn’t end there as after a partnership of 18 runs the wickets once again started to fall and from 26-4 in the 14th over, the junior Tigers suddenly lost five wickets in the next 25 runs. An easy catch was also dropped by England otherwise the innings would have ended much earlier.
For England, fast bowler Josh Boyden picked four wickets while Thomas Aspinwall picked two. Among the rest of the wickets, there was one run out and James Sales, Fateh Singh and part-time bowler and skipper Tom Prest picked one wicket each.
Later, England lost a couple of early wickets and were 26/2 when Jacob Bethell and James Row provided the resistance and put up a partnership of 65 runs for the third wicket. Bethell was eventually run out for 44 off 63 but England went over the line quite comfortably by 7 wickets.