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- Updated: October 12, 2016
England’s stand-in captain Jos Buttler praised the solidity and adventure of two more understudies – the untried opening pair of James Vince and Sam Billings – for preparing the ground for a series victory against Bangladesh.
England’s successful chase is the highest ever achieved at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong, bettering Bangladesh’s 227 for 8 against England in the 2011 World Cup.
Buttler said that the lesson from their poor chase when they were defeated in the second ODI was that they needed to be less tentative, something they achieved in style as they extended a run that now stands at only one defeat in the last 12 ODIs where they have had to chase a target.
Vince and Billings, a new opening pair that had to be cobbled together because Jason Roy couldn’t shake off his injury, added 63 in 11.4 overs and, while it may not have shaken Bangladesh too much, it gave the batsmen in the …
