England Claim Convincing Warm Up Win

Ronnie Irani and Ian Blackwell performed well as England made 265 for seven.

And that proved way beyond Bangladesh who were bowled out for 188 with Dominic Cork taking two for ten in six overs.

Irani and Blackwell shared a fourth-wicket stand of 115 with the former getting exactly 100 and Blackwell 58.

They had luck on their side, though, Irani squirting fours off the first two balls he received just out of the reach of gully and slip and Blackwell dropped twice - at cover on eight and at long-on on 26.

Blackwell eventually departed to a smart catch behind by Khaled Masud off Tapash Baishya, who was the pick of the Bangladeshi bowlers.

Irani then fell to a return catch by slow left-armer Mohammad Rafique, leaving the lower order to push the total past 250 in the closing overs.

Earlier, Marcus Trescothick had misjudged a pick-up to leg and gone to a steepling catch at mid-off - and Nick Knight was bowled, advancing to medium-pacer Khaled Mahmud, but Owais Shah performed well before he was run out for 45.

Bangladesh never threatened England's score after Cork's spell stalled their mid-innings progress.