Bangladesh seal series whitewash over T20 world champions England

Bangladesh completed an impressive series whitewash over T20 world champions England on Tuesday after a 16-run victory in Mirpur.

The home side reached 158-2 in their innings after losing the toss with opener Litton Das top-scoring with 73, while Najmul Hossain Shanto continued his fine form with an unbeaten 47.

England also made life difficult for themselves with Rehan Ahmed and Ben Duckett both dropping simple chances off the bowling of Jofra Archer.

In reply, England lost Phil Salt for first ball duck before a 95-run stand between Dawid Malan and captain Jos Buttler gave them hope of avoiding a third defeat in a row, carrying the tourists to 100-1 after 13 overs.

But they lost Malan (53) and Buttler (40) in successive balls, swinging the momentum firmly back in Bangladesh's favour and the visitors could only reach 142-6 from their 20 overs.

Victory at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium capped a memorable series for the hosts who had won the first two matches by six wickets and four wickets, respectively, in what is only the third T20I whitewash ever inflicted on England.

“We were really good in this T20 series, fielded well, the bowlers were good, batters contributed,” said Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan.

“We batted really well on a tricky wicket, credit to Litton and Rony, we were happy with the total, and had to stick to our plan.

“That over to get two set batsmen out in two balls [Malan and Buttler] changed the game completely. From then on, we had the momentum.”

Opener Liton had given Bangladesh a positive start, putting on 55 runs with Rony Talukdar in the opening stand.

England's first breakthrough came when Adil Rashid dismissed Rony for 24 but Najmul Hossain and Liton added 84 runs for the second