England 391 for 4 (Strauss 152, Collingwood 112*, Trescothick 85) defeated Bangladesh 223 (Ashraful 94, Collingwood 6-31, Tremlett 4-32) by 166 runs
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details

Paul Collingwood has been described as many things in his time as an international cricketer – the best drinks waiter in the country, the finest point fielder since Jonty Rhodes, England’s best one-day finisher since Graham Thorpe. But comparisons with the great Viv Richards have been few and far between … until today, that is. Because, by clubbing an unbeaten 112 from 86 balls and following up with 6 for 31 from 10 probing overs, Collingwood became the first one-day cricketer to do the double since Sir Viv himself, at Dunedin in 1986-87.His efforts ensured that Bangladesh were brought back to earth with a mighty thud after their heady triumph against Australia on Saturday, although an extraordinary onslaught from Bangladesh’s pocket battleship, Mohammad Ashraful, ensured that the margin of victory was less emphatic than it perhaps ought to have been.It was Ashraful’s century that sealed that famous victory at Cardiff. Today, however, he survived his first delivery in freakish circumstances, when a hat-trick delivery from England’s debutant, Chris Tremlett, landed on the top of his stumps and bounced away to safety. Understandably convinced that his luck was in, Ashraful proceeded to smear all of England’s seamers, not least a bewildered Steve Harmison, to all parts of the ground in a brilliant cameo of 94 from 52 balls.For a while, Michael Vaughan wore the same furrowed brow that had been Ricky Ponting’s preserve in the latter stages of Ashraful’s last innings. But there was one subtle difference. England, through the efforts of Collingwood, Marcus Trescothick and, especially, Andrew Strauss, had rattled along to a massive total of 391 for 4 – the second-highest score in one-day history. Glorious though Ashraful’s efforts were, they were every bit as futile as his brilliant Test hundreds against Sri Lanka in 2001 and India last winter.It wasn’t until Collingwood and his reduced pace entered the attack that England re-established their stranglehold. He bowled Ashraful with a slower ball in his third over and followed up with the wickets of Habibul Bashar and Aftab Ahmed from consecutive deliveries. Javed Omar chopped onto his stumps for a dogged 59 and Khaled Mashud was well caught down the leg-side by Geraint Jones, before Collingwood capped his day by bowling Mohammad Rafique with the final ball of his spell. That completed the best figures by an England bowler in one-day history, and the best allround performance by anyone, ever. Tremlett, who impressed throughout with his pace, bounce and accuracy, swept up the tail for the fine figures of 4 for 32.Ashraful’s intercession aside, it was another emphatic statement of intent from a ruthlessly focused England side. Vaughan produced his fifth correct call out of six to guard against an awkward run-chase in the twilight, but from the moment Trescothick strode out to resume his love-in with Bangladesh’s seam attack, a second upset in four days was never remotely on the cards.

Trescothick came into this match with the small matter of 445 runs to his name in three innings against Bangladesh; by the time he was dismissed, heaving Nazmul Hossain high into the covers, he had added a further 85 from 65 balls. He treated all bowlers with equal disdain, but it was the hapless Tapash Baisya who came in for the greatest abuse. His seven overs were smeared for a whopping 87 runs – the worst economy-rate for any spell of five or more overs in one-day history.It was something of a surprise when Trescothick failed to reach his fourth hundred in as many innings, but once he fell with the score already on 141, there was no pussyfooting around from England. Vaughan fell for an eighth-ball duck and Andrew Flintoff holed out to long-off for 17, but Collingwood’s arrival ensured that the early momentum was not lost.Collingwood instantly set about reproducing the sort of scampering, chivvying innings that had rescued England in their Twenty20 victory over Australia last week. In all he clobbered five sixes and ten fours from 86 balls, and by the latter stages of the performance, the big question was whether England could become the first side to top 400. In the event they failed by nine runs, but no-one will be counting the small change after entertainment of this quality.The biggest revelation of the innings, however, was Strauss, who raced along to his highest one-day score of 152 from 128 balls. While Trescothick was blazing away, he seemed utterly pedestrian by comparison but towards the end of the innings, he unveiled an audacious improvisatory streak with a series of superb inside-out clips that flew away for four through fine leg. He was eventually trapped lbw with one ball of the innings remaining, but by then England had laid down an emphatic gauntlet, both to Bangladesh, but more pertinently, to the chastened Australians, whom they now face in a tasty encounter at Durham on Thursday.

Scorecard and ball-by-ball

Andrew Strauss filled his boots against the Bangladesh attack for the third time in the NatWest Series as England comfortably sealed their place in the final with a five-wicket win at Headingley. Strauss was out with just one run needed, for 98, following Andrew Flintoff’s 4 for 29 which restricted Bangladesh after they made a promising start.Strauss attempted to finish the match in the grand manner, by reaching his century, but was bowled by Manjural Islam, the ball after hitting a six to get within two runs of his milestone (208 for 5). It was another impressive innings from Strauss and it is important that he now starts to take this form into the remaining matches against Australia – starting at Edgbaston on Tuesday.A target of 209 was never going to be enough to trouble England, especially when Strauss and Marcus Trescothick continued to gorge themselves on the Bangladesh bowling. Trescothick was in great touch again and it was a surprise when he got a feathered edge against Manjural for 43 – a relative failure against after his previous scores of 100* and 85 against Bangladesh in the tournament.Habibul Bashar was forced to turn to his spinners – Manjural and Mohammad Rafique – within the 15 overs and Trescothick took advantage and slog-swept into the Western Terrace (or Stand as it now prefers to be known). However, Manjural got his revenge when Trescothick tried another dab to third-man and got the thinnest of edges to Khaled Mashud (99 for 1).Flintoff was promoted to No. 3 but he again failed to make the most of his opportunity when he fell lbw sweeping at Rafique (134 for 2). Kevin Pietersen gave the Headingley crowd a brief glimpse of his power, clearing the midwicket boundary once during his 23, before finding long-on as he attempted to win the match quickly (182 for 4).

Bangladesh stuttered to 208 for 7 as England’s bowling improved after a poor start with Flintoff leading the resurgence with another menacing spell. Javed Omar provided the backbone to the innings with 81 from 150 balls and Mashud brought some much needed late acceleration with 42 off 43.Omar’s innings was a model of concentration and he largely managed to eradicated the cross-batted shots that have been is downfall in this series. But at times it was questionable whether he was doing more harm than good to the innings. However, after their rapid collapse against Australia yesterday they can be forgiven for ensuring they batted out their 50 overs.Simon Jones gained a useful workout. He grabbed the first wicket to fall, when Shahriar Nafees edged a expansive cut to first slip, where Trescothick took a well-judged low catch (22 for 1).But Flintoff was easily the pick of England’s seam attack after they generally wasted the new ball in a lazy display of bowling and fielding. As Tushar Imran attempted to increase the scoring rate he chopped into his stumps after comfortably scoring at a run-a-ball (92 for 2). It was typical of so many Bangladesh dismissals on this tour, with a batsman doing all the hardwork then losing concentration at the vital time.Mohammad Ashraful had a perfect base to continue his scintillating form, but picked out Trescothick at midwicket from his first ball (92 for 3). Flintoff was then within a whisker of a hat-trick – although not as close as Tremlett last week – when Habibul Bashar just managed to get his pad outside off stump.But Bashar did not last much longer and became another victim of Paul Collingwood’s sharp fielding in the covers. Omar dropped the ball and set off for a single but Bashar’s dive was not quite enough to get him home as Collingwood’s underarm flick just clipped the stumps (112 for 4). When Aftab Ahmed was bowled by Ashley Giles, Bangladesh had lost all their momentum (138 for 5) but Mashud used his experience to ensure they at least passed 200 and gave England a decent chase.Although not the most convincing of England’s performances against Bangladesh, they still got the job done with plenty of time to spare. Now the attention turns firmly to Australia for the rest of the summer. Although Tuesday’s game has no bearing on the final, some important psychological points can be scored ahead of the Lord’s showdown.

On whether he enjoyed his birthday
Bowling 46 overs? [laughter] It’s been a tough day, [Damien] Martyn and [Jason] Gillespie played well, especially Martyn, and we had to do a lot of work to get them out.On the pitch today, and how it was different from the first day
It was slower, and it did not offer so much bounce. I had to pitch it up more than I did in the first innings.On Martyn’s innings, and how it was different from the first innings
He played mostly on the back foot, waited for the ball to come to him, and punished all the loose balls he got. He showed tremendous patience, and that is what is needed on such a pitch.On India’s chase tomorrow
We need a good start. In this match the first session has been good for batting, and we need to capitalise on that. If we reach lunch in a comfortable position, we’ll be well placed to win the match.On Parthiv Patel’s wicketkeeping
Look, a lot has been said about Parthiv, but it is a tough job that he does, especially on these kinds of wickets, where the pitch has these rough patches. It makes it worse that these decisions are shown on television again and again. He’ll get better as the series gets along.On how the Indian batsmen will fare against Shane Warne on the fifth day
He’s a great bowler, but our batsmen play him well. I think 200 is a gettable score.On how he rates his performance in this Test
Quite high. It came against the No. 1 team in the world. We were one down in the series and we needed to win this desperately. Had you told us before the match started that we would be in this situation, we would have taken it.On the bowling support he got
I bowled the whole day. It’s not easy for two spinners to bowl through the day. Zak [Zaheer Khan] really bowled well, and Irfan [Pathan] didn’t get into his rhythm.On whether Pathan is fit, considering he bowled so little in the day
YesOn whether, regarding Pathan not bowling today and Mohammad Kaif’s injury a day before, they were fasting for Ramadan
No

Kevin Pietersen has not backed away from any of the challenges that have been thrown his way during his dramatic start to international cricket – from playing in front of a baying crowd at Johannesburg to blasting England over the winning line against Australia – and he is now ready for the ultimate challenge: his Test debut at Lord’s on Thursday.”I’ve always said I want to challenge myself against the best and see where I stand.” Pietersen said during England’s pre-series press gathering in London. “I played OK against them in the one-dayers and it’s just a case of going out there. It will be good to see how I stand up against them.”He has no regrets that he starts against Australia, despite missing out on some stress-free runs against Bangladesh. “It may have been easier to get a hundred against somebody else but you don’t know where you are,” he said. “To get one against Australia would be extra special.”I’ve been through two tough experiences, in South Africa and now I’ve been chucked in against Australia in one-day cricket. It might have been easier going in against someone else but I look forward to the challenge. They are a great side with great players and are over here to do a job. They will probably come harder at me now because of what I did against them in the one-dayers. That will obviously be a bigger challenge for me and hopefully I can conquer the challenge.”The Australians have already focused on Pietersen and feel they have gained useful insights during the one-day series. John Buchanan, the Australia coach, told Cricinfo that he could see a clear weakness in his game. “Look, Pietersen is obviously integral in one-day cricket, but we’ve no doubt he’s a very poor starter and that gives us one or two areas to work with,” he said.”The one-day arena seems to suit his style of play, and I haven’t really seen him in the longer form of the game but, I suppose, he has longer to play and stay at the wicket and time to score more runs as well. He is certainly one of those confidence players and he wants to take on Australia. The England selectors have given him his chance.”Pietersen was the centre of attention at England’s team hotel and his friendship with Shane Warne – after their time at Hampshire – has created much interest about what Pietersen might be able to tell his team-mates. But he insists he has no magic formula for facing Warne, who has taken 132 wickets in 26 Ashes Tests: “I don’t know which is the best way to play him, you should probably ring Sachin Tendulkar or Brian Lara if you want to find that out, not me. I’ve watched Warney a bit, I know how he looks to take wickets, he was pretty open with me because he’s a mate of mine. That isn’t to say that it won’t pitch in the rough and knock the top of off stump, it’s a funny game this Test cricket, anything can happen.”However, he did say that he would be happy to pass on any bits of information if he is asked and has no doubt that Warne will be filling in any blanks the Australians have about him. “I’ll be offering some sort of advice if people ask me. He will probably do the same because he is looking to get me out, he is looking to win the Ashes, but hopefully I’m not going to let him do it.”Warne has openly said how he would like to claim Pietersen as his 600th Test wicket – he currently has 583 – and Pietersen admits it could be a bit strange when he faces up to him, especially as Warne is not shy of having a chirp at the batsmen. “I don’t know what it will be like,” he said. “When I faced him last month for Hampshire [in England’s one-day warm-up match] it was pretty funny but I tried not to see the funny side because I was trying to get the job done as we were in a bit of trouble. It will be fun, I’m looking forward to it, and it will be enjoyable.”While Pietersen will be battling on the field with Warne and the rest of Australia’s attack he believes what happens off the field – in the stands – can have a huge bearing on the outcome of the series. “If the crowd can get behind us from the first ball and replicate what the Rose Bowl crowd did [during the Twenty20 international] it would be fantastic. It will pick the boys up, not that I’m saying they won’t be up for the Test, it will be massive, but if the crowd can get behind the players and give them stick from ball one it would be brilliant.”But he added that he is not going to get drawn into a sledging war and believes England have to concentrate on playing tough cricket. “Who am I to start abusing these blokes, they are a great side, we are out to play hard, tough cricket to make sure that we stand up and be counted and are not bullied,” he said. “That is how we play and that’s how we are going to go about it. There is no point just going up and verbally abusing them because I don’t think that will get to them anyway. It is just a case of play good, positive cricket.”

How the day turned out
It’s nice to pick up two wickets. It was quite a close decision on the third. Overall, I’m quite happy with that.What Australia would have done if they won the toss
I haven’t talked to Ricky [Ponting], but normal practice would be to bat, so that we can bowl last. Whether that was going to be his intention, I’m not sure. But as conditions turned out, having three quick bowlers right from the outset was a favourable move.About the bad light
The light was pretty uneven all day. I think when you turn on the lights, it improves the conditions, but here it created more complications, because behind the bowler’s arm, it became a [great] deal darker. They [the umpires] made the right decision about offering the light.What the pitch is like
No matter where you go, you will always see something on offer to the new ball. I thought once the rain had intervened, there was some moisture on the wicket, [but] it settled down reasonably quickly.On Brett Lee
There’s been a temptation to play Brett Lee for the whole series, but as we’ve said all along, the three quick bowlers we have in the side have done a fantastic job.The thinking behind picking Nathan Hauritz ahead of Cameron White
Nathan probably is a better spinner. Cameron is a batsman-bowler. Nathan is a far more experienced spin bowler. If we were to go to a line-up with two spinners, he was going to be our second choice after Shane Warne.On McGrath and Kasprowicz’s illness
They’ve passed it on to somebody else now, so there you are [chuckle]. We’ll wait and see who comes down with it next.

Shane Warne was disappointed with the behaviour of some team-mates during his one-year drugs ban. Warne, who returns from a broken thumb in the first Test against New Zealand at the Gabba on Thursday, said he “worked out who my real friends were” after learning at the 2003 World Cup that he had tested positive to a banned diuretic.”Of all the team-mates I play with at Victoria, Hampshire and Australia, I was disappointed with a few of them,” Warne told Inside Cricket. “Very disappointed with them. Most were very supportive.”Warne also denied that there were rifts between him and Adam Gilchrist, who said Warne would have to fight to get some fans back on side, and Steve Waugh. “‘Gilly’ and I get along fine,” Warne said. “We have had a few disagreements over a few things. But just because of that doesn’t mean we don’t get along or that we are not friends. That’s press talk. There were rumours during the 1999 World Cup that myself and Steve Waugh were at loggerheads as vice-captain and captain and I don’t know where that came from. We are fine too.”Warne, who was dumped as Test vice-captain in 2000, said he still wanted to lead Australia, although that appears unlikely after his list of indiscretions. “I would liked to have done it and I think I would have done a pretty good job,” he said. “It’s not like I lie awake at night harping on it.” But Warne said Ricky Ponting has done a great job and he was 100% behind him.

The ICC have confirmed the appointment of the Appeals Commissioner who will hear Sourav Ganguly’s case. Tim Castle, a New Zealand barrister, has been named in the role.Ganguly, the Indian captain, was suspended for two Tests by the ICC match referee Clive Lloyd for his team’s slow over-rate during Saturday’s one-day international against Pakistan, which breached one of the ICC Codes of Conduct. As this was Ganguly’s second such trangression of the year, he was handed an automatic ban and he will miss both Tests against South Africa if the punishment is upheld.Castle, meanwhile, has over 30 years’ experience in the areas of litigation, representative sport, national and international sports administration and management. He will have up to seven days to review a video of the match, Lloyd’s reasons for banning Ganguly, and also Ganguly’s grounds of appeal.If the decision on the appeal does take a week, Ganguly would be eligible for the first Test at Kanpur. But theoretically, a decision to uphold the suspension could be taken a day before the Test, which would leave Rahul Dravid with some last-minute reshuffling.

Sourav Ganguly, the Indian captain, has refused to comment on whether he will play in the Challenger Series which begins on October 10 at Mohali.There have been reports of uncertainty over Ganguly’s participation after he met Dr. Kalyan Mukherjee, an orthopedic surgeon, and got an MRI scan done on his injured right elbow. “I am not going to say anything on the Challenger now,” Ganguly was quoted as saying by the Press Trust of India.Gautam Dasgupta, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) joint secretary, said that he had not received any information on Ganguly’s unavailability for the series. Chandi Ganguly, Ganguly’s father, also refused to comment on the subject.Ganguly sustained the injury during a practice match on India’s recent tour of Zimbabwe.The Challenger series, which involves India Seniors, India A and India B, will serve as a selection trial for the forthcoming one-day series against Sri Lanka.

Rahul DravidOn sealing the series 4-0
I am really happy for the team and the whole squad, the management. We have been a great group over the last ten days, and we are winning a series at home after a long time. It feels real nice to sew up a series with three matches to go. The youngsters showed today what they can do. Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina’s was a fantastic partnership, two young boys doing the job in a pressure situation. It showed that our batting future is quite bright. It is great for Indian cricket that we have so many options.On whether he thought the series would have been wrapped up so early
I was confident that if we played good cricket, we could win. I knew we would have to play well and honestly, we have played really well. You can’t take credit away from the Indian team, it isn’t as if the Lankans have played badly.On whether it was a gamble to play Suresh Raina late in the order
We thought since he hadn’t played in a while, since Murali was bowling and since Irfan had played Murali in Nagpur, we would keep Suresh for later. But as he showed, we needn’t have done that at all. He played a superb innings under great pressure, but yes, it was a bit of a gamble. It gives the team great confidence when, two games in a row, you successfullychase 250-plus against the side that is probably the second best team in the world. It also tells us that some of the things which we are doing are working.Ajit AgarkarOn how this five-for compares with his 6 for 42 against Australia
I’d rate this higher than my career-best (6-42) against Australia inMelbourne last year, because this has come in a winning cause. It won usthe match, and we won the series as well today. Nothing can be moresatisfying.On the pitch
It was a good wicket to bowl on in the morning, there was a little moreassistance than you get in Indian tracks for one-day cricket. Even so, youhad to get the ball in the right areas. I got two key wickets first-up,and that definitely helped.On whether he had cemented his place in the one-day side
I would like to hope so. [Laughs] But I honestly don’t look at it thatway at all. The idea is to always give 100% when you areselected to play for the country. Today was my day, everything worked outwell. The bottom line, however, is that we won the series 4-0.Tom MoodyOn the series loss
It is not an ideal situation to be in, but India played very well. We have to accept that, and we will have to continue to make improvements like we have done over the last two games. I thought we were about 15-20 runs light after having recovered so well from being exposed to the conditions in the morning. We should have got 280-290, which would have made the game a lot more interesting. Also, a couple of our bowlers have struggled with the conditions here. India is a very tough country for fast bowlers, it is a graveyard for the quicks, and in a way, it is therefore awonderful opportunity for some of the younger guys to be exposed to bowling in India. They will grow and improve as cricketers in time to come.On dropping catches against batsmen like Virender Sehwag
Against a batsman like Sehwag, against India in India when they are on a run as they are now, you must take every opportunity that comes your way. If we had taken Sehwag the first time, it would have been 50 for three, and a different game altogether. I thought we let ourselves down with our catching.On the mood in the team
We are very disappointed, no team likes to lose a match, let alone a series. We need to focus on the areas where we need to improve. The batting is falling into place, but we have to improve our bowling, and the fielding isn’t sharp enough. Over the next three games, we will be playingnot merely for pride but also to get something out of the experience of playing in India. We have made mistakes in all departments, and India have played exceptionally well. They have come out punching from the first game, and taken us on. They have played their shots, taken their chancesand that has been their downfall at times, like Tendulkar’s off-stump being uprooted today after an uncharacteristic shot. But they have done most things right, many of their gambles have paid off, and we must give them credit for that.

The in-form Mahela Jayawardene is confident that, in the limited amount of time they have had on tour, Sri Lanka have more or less stamped their authority on India for the rest of Test series. The first Test at Chennai ended in a draw with rain eventually turning out to be the winner. But Sri Lanka did well to dismiss India for their lowest ever total against them of 167, and then replied with 168 for 4 before the match ended.Jayawardene said a positive start was vital: “When you start a three Test series the first most important thing is how you play, how you approach the game and how you stamp your authority. We did that pretty well in the first Test.”We showed them that we can definitely bowl them out, which is very important in a Test match. Once you do that there is going to be hesitancy in the next game. We want to hit them as hard as possible so that they can’t make a comeback”We have nothing to lose in India. We haven’t won a Test match nor have we done all that well here. For India, it’s a lot of pressure, playing on home territory they have to do well. Every time the Indians came to Sri Lanka we have beaten them and won the series. That’s a reverse psychology. We just need to put pressure on them.”Jayawardene explained the break the team had between the one-day series – which they lost 6-1 – and the Tests helped them to learn from their mistakes. “When we came to Bangalore, even though it wasn’t the best of pitches, we learnt a lot. That is the most important thing.”What we realised is that in India every venue offers us something different,” he added. “In Chennai we got the advantage over the Indians. By excelling in all three departments it psychologically gave us the upper hand. We just need to focus on what we did well and continue.”Although there was much talk of the Chennai pitch, Jayawardene, who made 71 with 66 runs in boundaries on the final day, said it was not the worst pitch he had played on. “You just needed to apply yourself and try and get the exact pace of the pitch. Once you get into that rhythm it wasn’t hard.”I found that you didn’t have to hit the ball that hard to get through the field. The pitch did turn a bit but it was not the turn that you couldn’t play. You have to give credit to our bowlers. They bowled exceptionally well. Vaasy, Dilhara [Fernando], Murali and especially Malinga [Bandara] who came back into the team after seven years and bowled really well. We put a lot of pressure on the Indians and we didn’t give them any easy runs.”For Jayawardene, who has the strokes to enrapture the spectators as he did during his near two-hour stay at the wicket at Chennai, the on-going Test series has got off on the right note for him to make a mountain of runs.”I had a good start and I just went with the flow. I was very positive in whatever I did. I wanted to use my feet against Harbhajan [Singh] so that he didn’t dominate me and it paid off. I was on top of most of the bowlers which I wanted to be at the start of a series. Everything went for me and I felt good, the timing was there. For me the wicket didn’t look that hard to bat on.””Every time before a series I have certain plans against certain bowlers which I want to apply out there. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. During the last year I have been playing really well and getting a lot of runs. My plans and my approach have been good.”Jayawardene also realises that this tour is a good opportunity for him to improve his record overseas. He says that everyone had been telling him that his track record overseas wasn’t all that good, but offers a defence: “I haven’t played many matches abroad. I have played a lot of my cricket at home.”The second Test starts in Delhi on Saturday.