Toothless England limp away from World Cup after defeat to Bangladesh

Mohammad Mahmudullah became the first Bangladeshi batsman to score a World Cup century faced with a dismal England bowling attack at the Adelaide Oval.

Mahmudullah scored 103 and brother-in-law Mushfiqur Rahim made 89 as the Tigers recovered from eight for two to post a challenging 275 for seven after being sent in to bat.

England, needing a win to stay afloat after winning just one of their previous four pool A matches, were bowled out for 260 as seamer Rubel Hossain claimed four wickets and wicketkeeper Rahim held four catches.

Ian Bell made 63 but England slipped to 163 for six before Jos Buttler (65 off 52 balls) and Chris Woakes (42 not out) briefly revived their hopes with a 75-run stand for the seventh wicket.

But the dismissals of Buttler and Chris Jordan off successive balls in the 46th over turned the match Bangladesh’s way.

“It was pretty poor, to be knocked out of the World Cup is unbelievably disappointing,” said England captain Eoin Morgan, whose side will bow out having failed to beat a test nation at the tournament.

“I’m gutted, we’ve struggled and fallen away since we arrived here. We wanted to get to the quarter-finals and from there fight through three games.”