England vs Bangladesh, ICC World Cup 2019: Recent form and Head to Head records

Hosts England will take on a promising Bangladesh side at the Sophia Gardens, Cardiff in the first match of the double header on Saturday.

By M. Sai Sidharth

Updated on Jun 08, 2019 | 11:40 AM IST | 1.3M

England vs Bangladesh, ICC World Cup 2019: Recent form and Head to Head records

Both sides have won a game each coming into this encounter. England go into this game as favorites but with Bangladesh having surprised South Africa at Kennington Oval they could not be taken lightly.

Contrary to popular expectations, the Bangla tigers have had the better off the Englishmen in World Cup games by winning 2 out of their 3 previous encounters. Also, they have won both their encounters at this venue, beating Australia and New Zealand in 2005 and 2017 respectively. On the other hand England, would be keen to bounce back strongly and show the world that their loss against Pakistan was a blip.

Recent form:

England: LWWWW

Bangladesh: LWWWW

Head to Head records:

In World Cups: Played-3, Bangladesh-2, England-1

Previous encounter: Bangladesh beat England by 15 runs at Adelaide on 9th Mar 2015

In ODIs: Played-20, England-16, Bangladesh-4

Previous encounter: England beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets at The Oval on 1st June 2017.

At this venue- Sophia Gardens, Cardiff:

Bangladesh- Played-2, Won-2

England- Played-13, Won-7, Lost-3, No Result-3

Avg first innings score: 223