Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib-al Hasan delivered with bat and ball as they beat England by 50 runs in the third ODI to earn a consolation win and deny the visitors a clean sweep in Chattogram on Monday.
After top scoring with 75 runs to help the hosts post 246, he returned to finish with figures of 4/35 as the 35-year-old became the first Bangladesh player to take 300 ODI wickets.
“We have been very good in the last five to seven years at home and unfortunately we lost this series, but we can take a lot from what we’ve shown in this series,” Shakib said.
“I thought we showed a lot of character, we could have easily lost 0-3. We thought we were 20 to 30 runs short, but our bowlers talked about stepping up and doing a job for the team and all the bowlers contributed.”
England openers Jason Roy and Phil Salt laid the foundation for the run-chase with a 54-run partnership before they lost three quick wickets.
James Vince, Sam Curran and Jos Buttler also got starts but wickets fell at regular intervals as Shakib dismissed three of the top four batsmen.
Shakib almost capped his performance with a five-wicket haul when he trapped JofraArcher lbw with his final delivery but the England pacer-successfully reviewed the decision.
Earlier, Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bat but all-rounder Curran gave England an ideal start after dismissing the two openers in his first spell.
Brief scores: Bangladesh 246 in 48.5 ovs (Shakib-al Hasan 75, Mushfiqur Rahim 70; Jofra Archer 3/45). England 196 in 43.1 ovs (Shakib 4/35). Bangladesh won by 50 runs.