Bangladesh beat England by 16 runs to seal 3-0 T20 series win

Taskin Ahmed removed Moeen Ali and Ben Duckett in the 17th over

England stumbled to a 16-run defeat in the final T20 as Bangladesh completed a 3-0 series clean sweep.

Chasing 159, England were in control at 100-1 as Jos Buttler and Dawid Malan added 95 for the second wicket in Mirpur.

But Bangladesh fought back when the pair fell in consecutive balls in the 14th over.

The pressure built on England's middle order and they finished on 142-6 after losing 5-28 in the space of 35 balls.

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Bangladesh's 158-2 was set up by opener Litton Das' explosive 73 from 57 balls and Najmul Hossain Shanto's 47 not out from 36.

Ben Duckett dropped Das on 51 and Rehan Ahmed dropped a simple chance from Rony Talukdar on 17.

But England salvaged some pride at the death as Sam Curran and Chris Jordan restricted Bangladesh's scoring, conceding only 27 runs from the final five overs.

Despite losing Phil Salt for a duck in the first over, Malan and Buttler led an impressive counter-attack on a slow, wearing pitch.

But Mustafizur Rahman changed the game when Malan was caught behind for 53 and Buttler was sensationally run out for 40 by Mehidy Hasan.

The series concludes England's winter and the white-ball side will not be in action again until August.

England's batting stumbles again

It has been a difficult series for England's batters as captain Buttler and coach Matthew Mott have attempted to juggle a bowler-heavy squad because of absences.

England are without key batters from their T20 World Cup triumph last year in Ben Stokes, Alex Hales, Harry Brook and Liam Livingstone.

Bangladesh comfortably chased 157 in the first game before England crawled to 117 in the second, and in Mirpur it was a similar situation as the hosts handled the conditions better.

Das capitalised on England's sloppy fielding to hit 10 fours and a six but Bangladesh also ran smartly, constantly pushing for a second run and scampering singles when boundaries were not on offer.

But England faltered even when the run-rate was under control. Even after Malan and Buttler fell in succession, the equation was an achievable 59 from 40 balls.

The pitch did start to deteriorate to favour the bowlers, but England kept searching for boundaries instead of adjusting and accumulating.

In the crucial 17th over the masterful Taskin had Moeen Ali caught on the boundary and Duckett was bowled attempting a heave down the ground.

Knowing the players they have to return, England will not be too concerned, but their batters will have learned valuable lessons from the tour with the 50-over World Cup taking place in India in October.

England's successful winter ends in defeat

While England's winter has ended in disappointment, it still caps their joint most successful winter of all time with 14 wins across all formats - matching their tally in 1986-87 but in four more games.

The highs came from the T20 World Cup success in November and a thrilling Test series win in Pakistan, with some lows from the anti-climactic ODI series against Australia that followed the World Cup and this Bangladesh defeat.

England will be disappointed as the Tigers are ranked ninth in the world, but it was evident Buttler's side were coming to the end of a long and busy winter, especially with their uncharacteristic fielding performance.

But the competition for places in the white-ball side cannot be understated in a World Cup year, with Phil Salt, Ben Duckett and Rehan Ahmed gaining precious time in an England shirt, while Buttler, Malan and Rashid have proven their value in holding the side together.

And as the winter ends, a thrilling summer awaits, with a one-off Test against Ireland before a mouth-watering Ashes contest followed by a white-ball series against New Zealand.

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