England LOSE their first T20 match since becoming world champions as Bangladesh cruise to victory target of 157 with captain Jos Buttler's 67 off 42 balls in vain Bangladesh beat England by six wickets in the first match of their T20 series Jos Buttler and Phil Salt put on 80 for the first wicket but England lost their way Half-century by Najmul Hossain Shanto guided Bangladesh to target of 157 By Richard Gibson for the Daily Mail Published: 07:20 EST, 9 March 2023 | Updated: 18:43 EST, 9 March 2023 e-mail 35 shares 16 View comments England were humbled by Bangladesh in their first match since becoming Twenty20 world champions as their threadbare batting left them exposed. Jos Buttler's team featured seven of those that defeated Pakistan in Melbourne last November, but crucially were missing three frontline batters and it told as they were condemned to a six-wicket defeat with two overs unused by opponents that had lost 22 of their previous 25 T20s against fellow Test nations. Aside from captain Buttler's power-packed contribution of 67 and a cameo from Ben Duckett, there was a distinct lack of fluency about England's innings and in an anaemic end just 21 runs came from the final four overs. It proved the decisive period of the contest. Ironically, one player who had shown an ability to thrive in these conditions by hitting a match-winning hundred during England's one-day series win, Jason Roy left this tour on Tuesday and crunched a breathtaking, unbeaten 63-ball 145 in the Pakistan Super League 24 hours later. The England selectors did not want to ask a player they dumped on the eve of last year's World Cup to stay on as Will Jacks' injury replacement, foregoing a franchise fee in the process, or indeed ask another PSL participant to hot-foot it across Asia, so instead opted to stick with what they had. Bangladesh's Najmul Hossain Shanto hits out during his innings of 51 off 30 deliveries Shanto carved the England bowling attack, including Mark Wood, for eight boundaries Shanto celebrates his half-century in front of an enthusiastic crowd in Chattogram It means the tourists will use Moeen Ali and Sam Curran at numbers five and six throughout the three games and when Duckett and Buttler were dismissed from consecutive deliveries, it meant the make-do pairing came together at 135 for four, with 23 deliveries to come. Backed up by the more established duo of Mustafizur Rahman and Taskin Ahmed, death specialist Hasan Mahmud was at his stingy best, denying his opponents any pace to work with at a ground where the Bangladeshis squeezed so effectively to take a consolation ODI win earlier in the week. 'Bangladesh finished the innings well, we were in a position to kick on but were 20 short,' conceded Buttler, whose sixth 50 in 10 T20 international innings arrived from the first of successive sixes, soon after Phil Salt's stodgy 38 from 35 balls came to an end. Faced with a modest chase, Bangladesh turned the extra speed of England's attack against them. Rony Talukdar, making his second international appearance eight years after his first, set the tone at the top of the order before man-of-the-match Najmul Hossain Shanto and debutant Towhid Chowdhury shared a decisive stand of 65 for the third wicket. It came in no time thanks to a spree of six fours in a row between them, the latter four from Shanto off Mark Wood. Short of numbers in batting, England at least had plenty of options with the ball - seven in all - but they simply didn't have enough runs to work with and even though Wood returned to silence a vociferous and sizeable crowd by skittling Shanto's stumps following a swashbuckling 51, Shakib Al Hasan and Afif Hossain were able to toddle home in second gear. Earlier, Shanto held three catches at long-on and created a last-ball chance that fellow boundary rider Talukdar squandered as Bangladesh recovered from gifting lives to Salt and Buttler in the same Nasum Ahmed over to bring the World Cup winners back down to earth. England's Jofra Archer (second left) is congratulated after taking the wicket of Litton Das Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan celebrates after getting the wicket of Dawid Malan England's Dawid Malan puts down a catch off Bangladesh's Afif Hossain in Chattogram The home crowd celebrate as their team close in on victory during the first of three T20 games England captain Jos Buttler hits out during his impressive innings of 67 off 42 deliveries Bangladesh celebrate taking the wicket of Buttler as they stemmed England's run rate well Ben Duckett is clean bowled by Mustafizur Rahman after making 20 in England's innings Hasan Mahmud celebrates getting the wicket of England's Sam Curran for six off 11 balls England opener Phil Salt made 38 off 35 balls, including five boundaries, in a positive start Share or comment on this article: England lose to Bangladesh in first T20 despite Jos Buttler 67 e-mail 35 shares Add comment Comments 16 Share what you think Newest Oldest Best rated Worst rated View all The comments below have not been moderated. View all The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Add your comment Enter your comment By posting your comment you agree to our house rules . Submit Comment Clear Close Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. No Yes Close Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy . .