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England opt to bowl in third Bangladesh ODI

Chittagong : England captain Jos Buttler won the toss and elected to bowl first in the third one-day international against Bangladesh at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Wednesday. The three-match ODI series is currently level at 1-1 after England won the first

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Published 12 October 2016, 8:00 · Updated 18:24

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England opt to bowl in third Bangladesh ODI

Chittagong : England captain Jos Buttler won the toss and elected to bowl first in the third one-day international against Bangladesh at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Wednesday.

The three-match ODI series is currently level at 1-1 after England won the first match by 21 runs and Bangladesh followed up with a 34-run win in the second match.

Bangladesh fielded an unchanged squad from Sunday's equalling win in Dhaka, while England brought in Sam Billings and Liam Plunkett for injured Jason Roy and David Willey respectively.

Bangladesh: Mashrafe Mortaza (captain), Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Mosaddek Hossain, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mushfiqur Rahim, Sabbir Rahman, Shafiul Islam, Nasir Hossain, and Taskin Ahmed.

England: Jos Buttler (captain), Sam Billing, James Vince, Jonny Bairstow, Moeen Ali, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Ben Duckett, Adil Rashid, Jake Ball, and Liam Plunkett.

Toss: England

Umpires: Marias Erasmus (SA) and Anisur Rahman (BAN)

TV Umpire: Aleem Dar (PAK)

Match Referee: Javagal Srinath

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