Adelaide: Bangladesh knocked England out of the World Cup with a sensational 15-run Pool A victory at the Adelaide Oval on Monday to make the quarterfinals.
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Rubel Hossain (four for 53) was Bangladesh's star at the finish, clean bowling Stuart Broad and last man James Anderson to seal victory for the Tigers as England finished on 260 all out chasing a target of 276.
England's James Anderson is bowled by Bangladesh’s Rubel Hossain. (Photo: AP)
Opener Ian Bell made 63 before Jos Buttler's dashing 65 threatened to see England to victory. Earlier, Bangladesh -- who had been eight for two -- made 275 for seven after being sent into bat, with Mohammad Mamudullah (103) compiling the country's first individual World Cup hundred and Mushfiqur Rahim making 89.
James Taylor reacts after getting out. (Photo: AP)
England skipper Eoin Morgan, who was out for his fifth nought in his last 11 innings, admitted his side had fell below standards. "It was pretty poor, to be knocked out of the World Cup is unbelievably disappointing. I'm gutted, we've struggled and fallen away since we arrived here. We wanted to get to the quarterfinals and from there fight through three games," said Morgan.
Defeat meant England -- whose only win at the tournament so far has been against non-Test Scotland -- couldn't claim a quarterfinal place but Bangladesh's victory saw them into the last eight along with Sri Lanka.
New Zealand and Australia complete the qualifying picture from Pool A for the quarterfinals. "We are really impressed by the attitude of our boys. All the boys chipped in," said Mamudullah, the man-of-the match.
Mahmudullah celebrates after scoring a century. (Photo: AP)
"I tried to bat properly. Mushfiqur at the end was the aggressor and it was a good partnership. We thought we might have been 15-20 runs short, but we knew if we could get early wickets we were in. It's really special for us," Mamudullah added.
England made two changes from their previous game against Sri Lanka, bringing in attacking batsman Alex Hales and seamer Jordan in place of Gary Ballance and Steven Finn respectively.
Bangladesh also made two changes, dropping all-rounder Nasir Hossain and the injured Anamul Haque to play Kayes and left-arm spinner Arafat Sunny.
Teams:
Bangladesh: Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Mushfiqur Rahim (wkt), Mohammad Mahmudullah, Sabbir Rahman, Soumya Sarkar, Rubel Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Arafat Sunny
England: Eoin Morgan (capt), Moeen Ali, Ian Bell, James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler (wkt), Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Joe Root, James Taylor, Chris Woakes
