England take decider by four wickets

Bangladesh 277 for 6 (Mushfiqur 67*, Sabbir 49, Imrul 46, Tamim 45, Rashid 4/43); England 278 for 6 (Duckett 63, Billings 62, Stokes 47*)

Chasing a challenging 278 for the win, England put on a resilient show and survived a late fightback from the Tigers to seal a 2-1 series win with a four-wicket victory .

England’s Chris Woakes hit a six off Shafiul Islam to seal a series-clinching four-wicket victory in the third and final One-day International against Bangladesh. Sam Billings justified his selection with his maiden fifty and Ben Duckett registered his second half-century of the series but it was Ben Stokes’ unbeaten 47 off 48 balls that helped England pull off a tricky 278-run chase with 13 balls to spare.Put in to bat in Chittagong, Bangladesh had posted a strong 277-6 on the back of a string of top-order cameos and Mushfiqur Rahim’s unbeaten 67 down the order.The 2-1 ODI series defeat was Bangladesh’s first at home in two years. England’s chase got off to a good start before Nasir Hossain dismissed James Vince for 32. Having added 63 runs with Vince, Billings added another 64 with Duckett, the duo helping themselves to fluent half-centuries in the process.

At 227/4 in the 41st over, England looked heavy favourites but Mashrafe Mortaza struck twice, dismissing England captain Jos Buttler (25) and Moeen Ali (one) in quick succession to inject fresh excitement into the contest.Stokes, however, maintained his composure and hit two sixes and a boundary while running hard between the wickets to keep England on course. Woakes proved a worthy partner as the duo added 42 runs in 32 balls to seal the victory.