England’s Woakes injured out of rest of Champions Trophy

This year, the ICC Champions Trophy will be contested in the United Kingdom for the third time.

Australia, England, South Africa and New Zealand would fancy their chances and will feel familiar with the conditions and surroundings of England and Wales.

Yet for all that players on both sides have tried to label Sunday’s clash as “just another game”, the fact is someone always has something to lose in an India-Pakistan match, a fixture that commands the attention of billions round the world let alone in the two cricket insane sub-continent. The momentum was carry forwarded by Tamim along with Imrul Kayes as they added another 39 run stand for the second wicket to take the score to 95 runs in the 20th over.

The 28-year-old feared his involvement in England s latest bid to win a maiden major ODI trophy was over even before his bowling stint in south London was at an end.

Despite the lean run, England have won five of those six matches and his opening partner Hales, who made 95 against Bangladesh, is confident his teammate will turn his fortunes around sooner rather than later.

Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusinghe said: “Obviously it (the defeat to India) affects the confidence a little bit, but this is a practice game”.

He and Stokes exchanged pleasantries as the Durham man came back into the attack, which prompted a talking to from the umpires and a rise in the noise levels around the ground. Their previous highest was 288, in Dhaka in October 2016.

But a determined Bangladesh, after an absence of more than 10 years, have made a welcome return to the Champions Trophy ranked sixth, above both Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

Mashrafe said that the problem started after their two set batsman Tamim Iqbal (128) and Mushfiqur Rahim (79), got out in quick successions.

As well as the bat sensors, at each match there will also be a drone to monitor enhanced detail of pitch analysis and an in-stadium virtual-reality zone to give supporters a new insight into batting against worldwide bowlers.

Bairstow has staked a strong claim for a regular place in the line-up with three half-centuries in his last four innings and, since the World Cup, has lifted his average by nearly 85 per cent and his strike rate by 22 per cent. It was a whirlwind innings from the skipper who ended up smashing eight fours and two sixes. Root got off the mark with a delicate drive off Shakib and then peppered his favoured channel wide of mid on while Hales was his usual bustling self, slog-sweeping, cutting and clipping off his legs.

“Joe is the glue in our side, he’s scored a lot or runs, he’s not slow, it’s at pace and today he was outstanding”.

Sabbir Rahman hit 24 off 15 balls to take the Tigers past 300.

5 Centuries across formats for Tamim against England – three in Tests and two in ODIs – his most against any opposition.