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England wins series

BIRMINGHAM: England beat Bangladesh by 144 runs in the third One-Day International at Edgbaston to clinch the three-match series 2-1 here on Monday.

Andrew Strauss (154) and Jonathan Trott (110) were involved in a record-breaking stand of 250 as England piled up 347 for seven. Bangladesh was never really in the chase and was eventually dismissed for 203.

Strauss and Trott's stand was England's best for any one-day wicket, topping the 226 shared by Strauss and Andrew Flintoff against the West Indies at Lord's in 2004.

England: A. Strauss c Shakib b Rubel 154, C. Kieswetter b Mortaza 0, J. Trott c Shakib b Mortaza 110, L. Wright c Jahurul b Mortaza 0, P. Collingwood c Ashraful b Rubel 8, E. Morgan c Tamim b Shafiul 1, R. Bopara (not out) 45, T. Bresnan c Tamim b Shafiul 10, M. Yardy (not out) 8; Extras (b-1, lb-4, w-4, nb-2): 11; Total (for seven wkts. in 50 overs): 347.

Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-251, 3-251, 4-272, 5-280, 6-283, 7-297.

Bangladesh bowling: Mortaza 10-2-31-3, Shafiul 9-0-97-2, Rubel 9-0-61-2, Razzak 9-0-63-0, Shakib 10-0-75-0, Mahmudullah 3-0-15-0.

Bangladesh: T. Iqbal c Wright b Shahzad 16, I. Kayes c Kieswetter b Shahzad 4, J. Siddique c Wright b Bresnan 25, J. Islam c Strauss b Broad 27, Shakib (run out) 6, M. Ashraful lbw b Bopara 13, Mahmudullah lbw b Yardy 42, M. Mortaza c Kieswetter b Bopara 14, A. Razzak c Bresnan b Bopara 27, Shafiul b Bopara 16, R. Hossain (not out) 2; Extras (lb-2, w-5, nb-4): 11; Total (in 45 overs): 203.

Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2.24, 3-64, 4-77, 5-86, 6-102, 7-124, 8-180, 9-190.

England bowling: Shahzad 4-1-24-2, Bresnan 7-0-39-1, Broad 10-1-27-1, Wright 7-0-27-0, Bopara 10-1-39-4, Trott 3-0-18-0, Yardy 4-0-27-1 .

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