England have won their opening match of the Hong Kong Sixes tournament by 4 wickets against Bangladesh.
England, captained by Rory Hamilton- Brown and managed by Chris Adams, won the toss and elected to field first in their first 5 over game of the tournament. Nazmul Hossain got Bangladesh off to a good start, but in the third over, Hamilton- Brown had fellow opener Rony Taladakar cuaght by Tom Smith for just 4. The skipper then had his second wicket when he bowled Enamul Haque first ball and Bangladesh were 30-2 after 3 overs.
However, Nazmul Hossain and new batsman Shabbir Rahman, upped the run rate, taking 22 off of Peter Trego's over. Hossain retired as he had past 30, but Mosharraf Hossain joined Rahman and took 30 off of former Surrey man Rikki Clarke's over, to take their side to 81-2 off their 5 overs.
Hamilton- Brown opened up with Peter Trego and set their sights on a gettable total. However, Trego went early with the score on 18, when he was bowled by Rapash Baisya. Darren Stevens came to the crease and took over the scoring but Hamilton-Brown went for 11 when he was bowled by Hossain with the score on 52.
Stevens continued to score quickly until he retired after hitting 3 sixes and 4 fours in his 10 ball 35. Rikki Clarke and Chris Read got together with England needing 18 to win off the final over. Enamul Haque was the bowler but Read had far too much experience, leading England to victory, with an unbeaten 23 off 6 balls, with just 1 ball remaining.
England sit joint top of Group B and play their final two games of the group tomorrow against Ireland and Australia, with the first starting at 5.30 UK time, and the latter at 8.30.
Other results today-
Group A- Sri Lanka (83-5) beat Scotland (53-3) by 30 runs
Scotland (94-0) beat New Zealand (88-0) by 6 wickets
Group B- Ireland (66-1) beat Bangladesh (65-4) by 5 wickets
Australia (105-2) beat Ireland (78-1) by 27 runs
Group C- India (119-1) beat Hong Kong (117-1) by 5 wickets
Pakistan (110-3) beat South Africa (87-2) by 23 runs
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