Stuart Broad played his first match of England’s tour of Bangladesh on Sunday, as the tourists cruised to a six wicket win in the first One Day International in Mirpur.
Having been rested for England’s two warm-up victories against a Bangladesh Cricket Board XI, Broad took two wickets for 46 runs in his nine overs and then sat it out to watch Paul Collingwood hit an unbeaten 75 as England won with four overs to spare.
Rookie England skipper Alastair Cook won the toss and elected to field first and initially that didn’t appear to be a wise decision, as Bangladesh roared on to 63-0 in the first nine overs.
Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal went on to score 125 after being dropped when on just 10, but support from the rest of the hosts batting order was scant with number eight Naeem Islam (25) being the next highest run scorer in the Bangladesh innings.
Graeme Swann was once again the pick of the England bowlers, with three wickets from his 10 overs for the loss of just 32 runs.
Cook, along with Craig Keiswetter on debut, got England off to a solid start with an opening partnership of 73, in which Cook faced every ball of the first three overs, before they slipped to 96-3.
Keiswetter was eventually stumped for 19, which brought Kevin Pietersen to the wicket, but the former England skipper didn’t last long, scoring just one off five balls before being caught at slip.
Cook became a victim of a poor lbw decision from local umpire Nadir Shah for 64 off 68 balls, which brought Collingwood and Eoin Morgan together and the pair went on to share a partnership of 88 before Morgan holed out at extra cover for 33.
With Collingwood at the crease, England always looked likely to ease to victory and that was exactly what happened, with Matt Prior adding an unbeaten 30 in support.
The second ODI of the three match series takes place at 08.00 GMT in Mirpur and you can keep up to date with all the news from the England team at ECB.
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