A lackluster batting performance saw Bangladesh score only against England in their second game of the Super 12 stage of the ICC T20 World Cup in UAE.
Bangladesh at one point seemed struggling to reach 120, but finally managed to do so courtesy of an unlikely cameo from Nasum Ahmed. The left-arm spinner scored 19 off just nine deliveries, hitting a couple of sixes and a four off Adil Rashid in the 19th over.
Tymal Mills picked up three wickets, with Moeen Ali and Liam Livingstone picking up a couple each.
After opting to bat first, Bangladesh lost both their openers in the third over as Moeen Ali dismissed Liton Das (9) and Mohammad Naim (5) in consecutive deliveries.
A brilliant catch from Rashid then saw Shakib Al Hasan (4) back, and Bangladesh found themselves three-down within the powerplay.
A 37-run stand between Mushfiqur Rahim and skipper Mahmudullah Riyad showed some promise, but it all went to vain when Mushfiq was out LBW to part-time leg-spinner Liam Livingstone, trying a reverse sweep.
Mushfiq (29) was initially given not out, but a review from the English saw the decision overturned.
Afif Hossain (5) was the next to go as he was run out after Mahmudullah threw him under the bus by calling for a second and then refusing once the youngster was well out of the crease.
Mahmudullah went back after a sluggish knock of 19 off 24 deliveries as Livingstone picked his second. Tymal Mills then got rid off Shak Mahedi Hasan (11) as Bangladesh were reduced to 98-7.
From there on, Nasum’s cameo took Bangladesh to 124-9 as Nurul Hasan Sohan and Mustafizur Rahman were dismissed in the final two deliveries of the innings.
Bangladesh XI: Mohammad Naim, Liton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah (captain), Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan (wk), Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman
England XI: Jason Roy, Jos Buttler (wk), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Eoin Morgan, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Tymal Mills
