LONDON (AP) Opener Tamim Iqbal’s century launched Bangladesh to 305-6 against England in the opening match of the Champions Trophy at The Oval on Thursday.
Tamim scored 128 off 142 balls, featuring in a 166-run stand for the third wicket with Mushfiqur Rahim, who was out for 79 straight after Tamim departed.
Their twin exits in the 45th over brought in two new batsmen who hadn’t faced a ball, and expectations of a bigger total dipped. Even so, 305 was Bangladesh’s highest score against England, in its first one-day international on English soil in seven years.
England is the bookies’ favorite for the trophy, but Bangladesh has beaten England at the last two Cricket World Cups.