Summary

  • England beat Bangladesh by four wickets and maintain 100% start

  • Knight (79) and Dean (27) share unbroken 79 to get England, who had slipped to 103-6, over line

  • Knight overturned caught behind and lbw decisions and then a catch for the ball being grounded

  • Bangladesh bowled out for 178 after being put in by England

  • Spinners take 9-116 in 37.4 overs

  • Ecclestone pick of bowlers with 3-24

Live Reporting

Timothy Abraham

  1. 20-year-old Marufa Akter is going to start with the ball. She's an exciting pacer.

  2. Eng 0-0

    Target 179

    Tammy Beaumont and Amy Jones have made their way to the middle under the lights.

    England are chasing 179. They should be capable of doing it but the pitch has been turning.

  3. Red grapes = the world's best fruit and I won't hear anyone say otherwise.

  4. England bowled a whopping 211 dot balls in Bangladesh's innings by my reckoning.

    Anyway, Matthew Henry is on hand to talk you through England's reply.

    He's just offered some grapes to us all. What a gentlemen.

  5. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Every time Bangladesh tried to get some impetus into their batting, they were pegged back.

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    Greg: From 121-6 after 41 to 178-10 is a good comeback from Bangladesh to be fair. Over to the England batters.

  7. Sophie Ecclestone was the pick of England's bowlers.

    She finished with 3-24 from her 10 overs and with an economy of 2.40.

  8. 'We work so well as a spin quartet'

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    England spinner Charlie Dean: "The ball came out nice and as I got into my spell, I became more confident. Lots of turn and bounce from the wicket. It was good fun.

    "It was about adjusting lines and not bowling too wide, but also keeping the stumps in play. I changed my speed too to initiate some turn from the wicket.

    "I work on getting some turn when needed and that helped me today."

    On England's spin attack: "It is amazing. We work so well as a spin quartet and all bring different things. Linsey [Smith] will be buzzing with today and Alice Capsey will be happy too.

    "It looks a hard pitch so our batters will have to dig in. We need to bat long to tick these runs off."

  9. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    That was something of a recovery from Bangladesh thanks to Rabeya Khan. Nobody else could really get going however, they were stifled by England.

  10. A pretty handy day for England's spinners, overall.

    They took took nine wickets for 116 runs from 37.4 overs.

  11. How's stat?!

    Rufus Bullough
    CricViz analyst

    A superb cameo from Rabeya Khan who finished with 43* (28).

    It is just the second time a Bangladesh batter has scored over 20 runs at better than a run-a-ball in World Cups.

  12. wicket

    WICKET

    Meghla c Sciver-Brunt b Smith 1 (Ban 178 all out)

    Sanjida Akter Meghla duly chips Linsey Smith into the hands of Nat Sciver-Brunt to bring the Bangladesh innings to a conclusion.

    Rabeya Khan finishes with an unbeaten 43 off 27 balls.

    Why on earth was she batting down at number nine?

  13. Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport cricket writer on BBC Radio Sports Extra

    This has been an incredible innings from Rabeya Khan when you compare it to the other batters.

    I don't understand why Bangladesh are taking the singles however - they need to keep her on strike.

  14. Ban 178-9

    Rabeya Khan follows it with a four, sweeping Linsey Smith through fine leg.

    However, she has a bit of a brain fade taking a single rather than keeping the strike with three balls left.

  15. Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport cricket writer on BBC Radio Sports Extra

    Where has Rabeya Khan been? Bangladesh are showing that there are runs to be had if you are proactive.

  16. 6 runs

    Ban 173-9

    Rabeya Khan with the first six of Bangladesh's innings, hammering Linsey Smith over long-on for a maximo!

  17. Meghla survives

    A chunk of bat on it.

    A decent outing with the ball from Alice Capsey today. She finishes with 2-32

  18. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    There is a huge edge there. We don't need much replay to make sense of that.

  19. England review

    Alice Capsey hits Sanjida Akter Meghla on the pad with the final ball of the over.

    With two reviews left, England take a look. More in hope than expectation.

  20. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Alice Capsey has bowled a lot of short balls and got away with it but Bangladesh are getting some valuable runs from her now.