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

Knight survives three on-field dismissals in nervy innings against Bangladesh

Live Reporting

Timothy Abraham

  1. Bangladesh 108-5 at drinks

    Sobhana Mostary of BangladeshGetty Images

    The umpires decide the fall of the wicket is the time for some refreshment.

    England seem well on top here.

  2. Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    The eventual breaking of the shackles leads to the wicket. Charlie Dean's second!

  3. wicket

    WICKET

    Ritu c Smith b Dean 5 (Ban 108-5)

    Ritu Moni, with her shirt collar buttoned up all the way to the top, decides now is the time for something more flamboyant...but it proves her downfall.

    The Bangladesh batter skips down the pitch to Charlie Dean and swipes across the line. She's got the height but not the distances as Linsey Smith calmly strolls in a few paces and pouches a comfortable catch.

    Ritu's five from 36 balls will not live long in the memory.

    Ritu is caught by Smith off the bowling of Dean

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

    Heather Knight of England (L) speaks to team mate Sophie EcclestoneGetty Images

    At what point are Bangladesh going to risk it? It is tough scoring out there but it would be nice to see them being more proactive.

    England are whizzing through overs and they could get away with no more seam if they want to.

  5. Ban 108-4

    Inevitably, the folly of drinking back-to-back brews is the second cup of tea lacks the temperature of the first.

    Another change of bowling here as Lauren Bell is summoned.

    Her fifth over is bookended by singles for Ritu Moni and Sobhana Mostary.

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

    Indore looks the flattest of all the pitches so do England bring Lauren Bell and Lauren Filer in or do they stick with the spinners? If both Laurens come in then who will miss out, I wonder?

  7. Ban 106-4

    Some nice flight and guile from Alice Capsey as she teases Sobhana Mostary outside off stump, and spins one past her outside edge.

    Ritu Moni opens the face later in the over and guides it fine for a couple.

    Half a chance at the end of the over when Moni gloved it down the leg side, but it would have been some take from England wicketkeeper Amy Jones.

  8. Phil Long
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    This is Sobhana Mostary's highest ODI score now.

  9. Ban 103-4

    Finished my first cup of tea, now about to start the second...

    Bangladesh have their first boundary for quite some time when Sobhana Mostary square drives Nat Sciver-Brunt through the covers forr four. Nice shot.

    And like number 10 buses, she has another four next ball via a thick edge which races through the vacant third region.

    Mostary hits back-to-back boundaries

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

    Bangladesh do not have to go for boundaries. You can get five runs an over just going for singles if you want to.

  11. Ban 92-4

    Emma Lamb of EnglandGetty Images

    Almost some cricket breaking out as Ritu Moni skips down the pitch to Alice Capsey but she misses with a big waft. The Bangaldesh batter has one run off 24 balls.

    Another maiden slips by.

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

    Bangladesh have got to find a way to put some pressure on. We have seen no fancy shots or anything to try and take the bowlers on.

  13. Ban 92-4

    Bangladesh's Sobhana MostaryGetty Images

    Ritu Moni and Sobhana Mostary nudge and nurdle a couple of runs off Nat Sciver-Brunt's fourth over.

    Ponderous stuff from Bangladesh.

  14. How's stat?!

    Rufus Bullough
    CricViz analyst

    Alice Capsey is having her best year with the ball in ODI cricket.

    She has seven wickets at an average of 15 in 2025 - her previous best year with the ball saw a bowling average of 34.

  15. Ban 90-4

    An opportunity for Alice Capsey, who can be a useful partnership breaker for England with the ball.

    She spins one past the edge of Sobhana Mostary's bat which pricks the interest of Amy Jones a little.

    Mostary keeps the strike with a single off the final delivery.

    This partnership is worth five off 35. Eke, or indeed eek.

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

    Bangladesh are crawling along. They are going to struggle to put an imposing total on the board. 150 might be possible.

    These four wickets have really cost them and they cannot afford to lose any more.

  17. Ban 89-4

    Nat Sciver-Brunt is dangling the carrot to Ritu Moni, but the batter is not biting. Just a single off the over.

    More safety first than Stanley Baldwin at the moment from Bangladesh.

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

    In terms of depth of batting, Bangladesh do not have a huge luxury compared to some of the better teams. At this point, can they just focus on rotating the strike and get runs that way?

  19. Ban 88-4

    Linsey Smith ratles through a maiden. She has 1-9 from seven overs. Miserly stuff from the spinner.

    How many cups of tea is acceptable in one sitting?

  20. Thanks, Matthew.

    Been slightly slow going, but England will not mind that.

    I've just made two cups of tea myself. Yes, TWO.