England v Bangladesh: Trott combines with Strauss in historic victory

Centurions Andrew Strauss and Jonathan Trott shared England's highest one-day partnership as the hosts secured the NatWest Series in style with a 144-run win over Bangladesh at Edgbaston.

The pair came together four balls into the England innings after Craig Kieswetter was bowled for a duck and put on 250 as England posted 347-7, their third largest one-day total.

Strauss's majestic 154, his fourth one-day hundred, contained 16 fours and five sixes – the third biggest knock in English one-day history – while Trott (110) added a maiden century.

The pair's partnership bettered the 226 Strauss shared with Andrew Flintoff against West Indies in 2004, while Ravi Bopara hit four of his 16 balls for six to finish on 45 not out.

Bangladesh were all out for 203, Bopara chipping in with four wickets in an eye-catching return to the side.

If Bangladesh's chances of taking the series 2-1 seemed remote at the interval, things only got worse when an Ajmal Shahzad slower ball deceived danger man Tamim Iqbal, who made a typically brisk 16.

Shahzad also accounted for Imrul Kayes (four), snaring the outside edge with a fierce rising delivery to make it 24-2.

Junaid Siddique might have made it 24-3 when he top-edged a Tim Bresnan bouncer a moment later but it caught the breeze and continued on for six over fine leg.

Junaid continued to counter-attack with successive fours off Shahzad before swatting Stuart Broad's third ball through mid-wicket.

Four more from Jahurul Islam brought up the Tigers' 50 at all-but a run a ball but the task ahead remained huge.

Junaid should have been run out in the 10th over but failed to make the best of his life, chipping Bresnan to Wright to go for 25. Jahurul (27) gave Broad a wicket with a loose pull and when Shakib Al Hasan was run out for six England were rampant.

Bopara's bright return to the side continued when he picked up the wickets of Mohammad Ashraful (13) and Mashrafe Mortaza (14) as the tourists lurched to 124-7.

Mahmudullah, who top-scored with 42, and Abdur Razzak, with 27, delayed the inevitable before Michael Yardy and Bopara wrapped things up.

England's innings started in the worst way possible, Kieswetter playing on to a Mortaza off-cutter for a duck.

That brought Strauss and Trott together after just four balls and they were not to be separated for another 40 overs.

Strauss nicked the first ball of Mortaza's second over just short of slip but responded positively, pulling his first six over mid-wicket moments later.

Shafiul Islam helped the partnership get the scoreboard ticking, shelling 24 off his first two overs on the way to his country's costliest-ever figures of 97-2.

At 65-1 after 15 overs of powerplays, Mortaza turned immediately to spin.

Neither Strauss nor Trott are renowned for their improvisations but both responded with a variety of sweeps and reverses that peppered the boundary boards.

Strauss took 63 balls over his 50, Trott seven more, and – one hoisted six from the captain aside – the pair settled in for a period of milking ones and twos.

Strauss then shifted gears in the 32nd over, launching Razzak into the Edgbaston building site over long-on and losing the ball in the process.

He passed three figures soon after and, emboldened by the landmark, celebrated with three fours in a single Rubel Hossain over.

The batting powerplay came in the 38th over and Trott cashed in to bring up his maiden ton with a 12th four.

The records duly began to tumble until Trott found Shakib's safe hands to depart for 110. Then, after waiting 240 balls for a second wicket, Mortaza made it two in two as Wright bagged a golden duck.

Strauss struck two further maximums and was eyeing Robin Smith's record England innings of 167 when he holed out to Rubel 13 short of the mark.

Wickets tumbled as Paul Collingwood (eight), Eoin Morgan (one) and Tim Bresnan (10) all fell to big shots.

Bopara succeeded where they failed, teeing off with abandon in a thrilling cameo worth 45no.

England were beaten by New Zealand in the second NatWest women's one-day international at Taunton as the White Ferns levelled the three-match series at 1-1.

Claire Taylor made 66 and Lydia Greenway, returning from an illness which ruled her out of Saturday's clash at the same venue, added 40 but despite the pair's partnership of 79, England could reach only 208-9 as Suzie Bates took 3-27 and Erin Bermingham 2-41.

Bates added an unbeaten 75 as the tourists chased down the target with 2.1 overs to spare.

England v Bangladesh

Edgbaston: England beat Bangladesh by 144 runs

England

A J Strauss c Shakib Al Hasan

b Rubel Hossain 154

C Kieswetter b Mashrafe Mortaza 0

I J L Trott c Shakib Al Hasan

b Mashrafe Mortaza 110

L J Wright c Jahurul Islam

b Mashrafe Mortaza 0

P D Collingwood c Mohammad Ashraful

b Rubel Hossain 8

E J G Morgan c Iqbal b Shafiul Islam 1

R S Bopara not out 45

T T Bresnan c Iqbal b Shafiul Islam 10

M H Yardy not out 8

Extras b1 lb4 w4 nb2 11

Total 7 wkts (50 overs) 347

Fall: 1-1 2-251 3-251 4-272 5-280 6-283 7-297

Did Not Bat: S C J Broad, A Shahzad.

Bowling: Mashrafe Mortaza 10 2 31 3; Shafiul Islam 9 0 97 2; Rubel Hossain 9 0 61 2; Abdur Razzak 9 0 63 0; Shakib Al Hasan 10 0 75 0; Mahmudullah 3 0 15 0.

Bangladesh

Iqbal c L J Wright b Shahzad 16

Kayes c Kieswetter b Shahzad 4

Siddique c L J Wright b Bresnan 25

Islam c Strauss b Broad 27

Shakib Al Hasan run out 6

Mohammad Ashraful lbw b Bopara 13

Mahmudullah lbw b Yardy 42

Mashrafe Mortaza c Kieswetter b Bopara 14

Abdur Razzak c Bresnan b Bopara 27

Islam b Bopara 16

Rubel Hossain not out 2

Extras lb2 w5 nb4 11

Total (45 overs) 203

Fall: 1-20 2-24 3-64 4-77 5-86 6-102 7-124 8-180 9-190

Bowling: Shahzad 4 1 24 2; Bresnan 7 0 39 1; Broad 10 1 27 1; L J Wright 7 0 27 0; Bopara 10 1 39 4; Trott 3 0 18 0; Yardy 4 0 27 1.