England won the third One-Day International by four wickets and stopped Bangladesh's tremendous run on home soil, which has seen them defeat Pakistan, India and South Africa in limited-overs series over the last 18 months. Bangladesh mustered 277/6 on the board after being sent in to bat and England, with handy contributions from Sam Billings, Ben Duckett and Ben Stokes, got across the line with 13 balls to spare to win the series 2-1.
England leg-spinner Adil Rashid (4/43) got plenty of turn away from the batsmen, and on a lively batting surface in Chittagong, the Bangladeshis fell short by 20 runs. Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes's patient 80-run stand gave Bangladesh a solid platform to land a big score. After two good outings, the England pacers, this time, failed do enough to induce the batsmen into making mistakes. They were culpable of letting Bangladesh ease their way to a solid start and not testing Mushfiqur Rahim and Mosaddek Hossain, who batted through the length of the last 10 overs to bring up an 85-run unbeaten stand.
Barring the wicket of well-set Sabbir Rahman, Rashid's other three wickets came off rather ordinary deliveries; the batsmen perished while using the long handle. However, Rashid and fellow spinner Moeen Ali were instrumental in stifling the Bangladesh batsmen in the middle overs.
The under-fire James Vince and Billings kept England's asking rate in check by regularly finding the boundary ropes. After the dismissal of Vince, Billings and Ben Duckett built a 64-run second-wicket stand.
With the ball seldom skidding on to the batsmen, England did not face many problems with spin. Duckett didn't do his reputation any harm by bringing up yet another solid half-century, his second in his first three games.
Bangladesh were back in the game when Jonny Bairstow and Duckett fell in quick succession. Stokes and Jos Buttler were looking set to take their team home but a poor shot from the England skipper off Mashrafe Mortraza gave Bangladesh another sniff. Moeen Ali didn't last long, and the game was wide open with the visitors needing 42 runs from 45 balls.
With the contest on the edge, Kayes missed a simple chance off Chris Woakes at first slip with England needing a run-a-ball 21. The hosts lost their chance to find their way back in the game, and Stokes and Woakes got their side over the finish line in a flourish to bring an end to the ill-tempered series.
Brief scores:
Bangladesh 277/6 in 50 overs (Mushfiqur Rahim 67 not out, Sabbir Rahman 49; Adil Rashid 4/43) lost to England 278/6 in 47.5 overs (Ben Duckett 63, Sam Billings 62, Ben Stokes 47 not out; Mashrafe Mortaza 2/51) by four wickets.
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