LONDON, 17 June 2005 — Marcus Trescothick marked his 100th One-Day International by scoring 100 not out as England thrashed Bangladesh by 10 wickets in the opening NatWest Series triangular match at The Oval here yesterday.
The 29-year-old Somerset opener, only the tenth England player to play in 100 one-dayers, faced 76 balls with 16 fours for his ninth limited overs international hundred.
His fellow left-hander Andrew Strauss finished on 82 not out off 77 balls with one six and 10 fours as England, chasing 191 for victory, won with 25.1 overs to spare.
It was only the second time in 414 matches that England had won an One-Day International by 10 wickets after beating West Indies by the same margin in July 2000 at Durham’s Riverside ground.
As runs flowed, first change Khaled Mahmud saw his opening over go for 21 runs with four fours and three no-balls.
Trescothick, who scored 191 and 154 in England’s 2-0 Test series win against Bangladesh earlier this season, twice cut Mahmud over the head of wicketkeeper Khaled Mashud for cheeky fours.
On 89 he almost holed out against left-arm spinner Mohammad Rafique, the ball dropping short of Tushar Imran, who was slow to run-in from long-on.
All the Bangladesh bowlers suffered, with seamer Nazmul Hossain’s seven overs costing 61 runs. Even though they set a far from challenging target, Bangladesh — bottom of the world one-day international rankings — were lucky to have made 190 after their collapse to 76 for six having lost the toss.
But Aftab Ahmed (51) and Rafique (30) doubled the score to 152 for seven.
Then tailenders Mashrafe Mortaza (29 not out) and Nazmul put on 31 for the last wicket.
But despite the seam-bowler friendly, overcast, conditions Trescothick and Strauss cashed in against a wayward attack.
