CRICKET: Andrew Strauss and Paul Collingwood hit centuries as England just missed out on the world one-day international record by scoring 391 for four in winning their triangular series match against Bangladesh by 168 runs yesterday.
Left-handed opener Strauss finished on 152 from 128 balls while Collingwood, coming in at five, made 112 not out from 86 in the day-nighter at Trent Bridge. They blitzed 210 runs together for the fourth wicket, the second 100 off an extraordinary 45 balls.
The world record innings total for an international one-dayer is held by Sri Lanka, 398 for five against Kenya in the 1996 World Cup.
Marcus Trescothick had set things off with a blazing 85 off 65 balls after England won the toss. He provided the brightest fireworks as he smashed 14 fours and two sixes. The 15th over from Tapash Baisya went for 23 runs, the batsman bludgeoning four fours and a six over long leg.
Refusing to throttle back, Trescothick attempted another lofted drive off fast-medium bowler Nazimul Hossain and skied high to cover to make it 141 for one in the 17th over.
For a while, Bangladesh checked the tide as three wickets fell for 38 runs. Collingwood, however, came in to reinject pace into the innings. Strauss fell off the penultimate ball of the innings.
Collingwood, bowling slow medium, took six for 31 off 10 overs as Bangladesh, who had beaten world champions Australia at the weekend, were dismissed for 223 in 45.2 overs. Debutant Chris Tremlett, bowling fast-medium, took the other four wickets while Mohammad Ashraful hammered a 52-ball 94 in a losing cause.
