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Bangladesh v England: Fiery series concludes with third ODI decider

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Bangladesh meet England in the final One Day International in their series at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong

Bangladesh and England renew hostilities in the series-deciding third ODI in Chittagong on Wednesday.

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Bangladesh tied the series at 1-1 by beating England by 34 runs in a fiercely-contested second ODI.

Jos Buttler received an official reprimand by the ICC for his reaction to the 'send-off' given to him by the hosts at the fall of his wicket, while Mashrafe Mortaza and Sabbir Rahman have been fined 20 per cent of their match fees for the part they played in proceedings.

There were also unsavory scenes as the two teams shook hands at the end of the game, with Tamim Iqbal appearing to shoulder barge Jonny Bairstow, and Ben Stokes getting involved in the dispute.

Stokes struck a maiden ODI hundred in the first ODI to help give England a 1-0 lead in the series before Bangladesh leveled things up, teeing up Wednesday's decider, which you watch live on Sky Sports 2, perfectly.

Captain Eoin Morgan lifts the Royal London one day series trophy as England celebrate their 4-1 success over Pakistan in Cardiff
Image: Eoin Morgan celebrates a 4-1 ODI series win over Pakistan earlier this summer, but misses the Bangladesh trip

Moeen Ali has said England won't back down and that events in the second ODI have just helped inspire the team even more.

Moeen said: "We really want to win the series and want to stop them winning too. We'll be giving everything for that.

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"We are pretty confident still. We know we let ourselves down the last game but we have put that to bed now and won't be taking a backward step. The best way for us to play is with aggressive cricket and keep attacking."

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Nasser Hussain and Nick Knight discuss the series decider between Bangladesh and England

Live coverage on Sky Sports

Watch every ball from the third ODI, live on Sky Sports 2 from 9am, on Wednesday.

James Taylor and Matt Prior make up our punditry team in the studio, while Nasser Hussain, Nick Knight, Rob Key and Dominic Cork provide the insight from Bangladesh.

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Watch Jos Buttler's outburst at the Bangladesh players during England's 2nd ODI defeat on Sunday

Form

Given their turnaround since the disaster at last year's World Cup, England will be confident of making it five series wins in seven.

They ended this summer by beating Pakistan for the second time, while New Zealand and Sri Lanka have also been put to the sword by this new-look England outfit. Indeed, England's only series defeats since the World Cup, both of them by narrow 3-2 scorelines, have come against world champions Australia and away to an AB de Villiers-inspired South Africa.

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Moeen Ali gives his thoughts on the Jos Buttler altercation

However, Bangladesh have an even more impressive record over the same period of time. The Tigers have won all five of their ODI series since the start of 2015 and although all five have been on home soil - and two of those came against 'lesser' opposition in Zimbabwe and Afghanistan - Pakistan, India and South Africa have all come unstuck in Bangladesh.

ODI Squads

Bangladesh: Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Imrul Kayes, Mosaddek Hossain, Mahmudullah, Nasir Hossain, Mushfiqur Rahim, Sabbir Rahman, Shafiul Islam, Mosharraf Hossain, Al-Amin Hossain, Taskin Ahmed.

England: Jos Buttler (capt), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Jake Ball, Sam Billings, Liam Dawson, Ben Duckett, Steven Finn, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, James Vince, David Willey, Chris Woakes.

Watch the third and final ODI between Bangladesh and England, live on Sky Sports 2 from 9am on Wednesday.

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