DHAKA: Bangladesh have won the toss and opted to bowl first against England in the 12th mach of the ICC World Cup group game at at Sofia Garden Cardiff on Saturday (June 8).
Both beat South Africa in their respective first match and both narrowly lost their respective second match against Pakistan and New Zealand.
The pitch has been undercover for the last two days, so hopefully there's something in the first hour," says Mashrafe. "Playing an extra quick might be helpful in these conditions."
Bangladesh name an unchanged team.
Eoin Morgan, "it's not a bad toss to lose, once the grass comes off the wicket it will stay the same conditions all day."
Morgan confirms Moeen misses out for Plunkett, for the reasons that George already read in his mind.
Squads:
Bangladesh - 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Shakib Al Hasan, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 5 Mohammad Mithun, 6 Mahmudullah, 7 Mosaddek Hossain, 8 Mohammad Saifuddin, 9 Mehidy Hasan, 10 Mashrafe Mortaza, 11 Mustafizur Rahman
England - 1 Jason Roy, 2 Jonny Bairstow, 3 Joe Root, 4 Eoin Morgan (capt), 5 Ben Stokes, 6 Jos Buttler (wk), 7 Chris Woakes, 8 Adil Rashid, 9 Liam Plunkett, 10 Jofra Archer, 11 Mark Wood
BDST: 1526 HRS, JUN 08, 2019
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