England avoid World Cup humiliation

ENGLAND averted a possible World Cup humiliation by scraping to an unconvincing six-wicket win over Bangladesh to retain a tenuous hold on their hopes of progressing further in the tournament.

Successive defeats by Sri Lanka and Australia left England needing to win their remaining three matches to have any hope of qualifying for the semi-finals.

They had hoped to make a statement and show the rest of the tournament they could emerge as challengers after all by overcoming Bangladesh, the weakest of the Test teams still remaining in the competition.