<p>Mahmudullah became the first Bangladesh batsman to score a World Cup hundred, guiding his team to a decent 275 for seven against England in a crucial Pool A cricket match, here today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>For Mahmudullah, it was his maiden One-day hundred and it could not have come at a better time as his side is still in the race to qualify for the quarterfinals.<br /><br />Mahmudullah bettered Bangladesh's previous individual best of 95 made by Tamim Iqbal against Scotland earlier the tournament.<br /><br />He, along with Mushfiqur Rahim, who smashed his way to 89 off 77 balls, lifted Bangladesh from a sloppy start by adding 141 runs for the fifth wicket.<br /><br />The partnership was another World Cup record for the Bangladesh side.<br /><br />Paceman James Anderson (2/45) had provided England a fiery start by removing both the openers -- Imrul Kayes (2) and Tamim Iqbal (2) -- in his first two overs but the following batsmen showed a lot determination.<br /><br />Mahmudullah first shared a 86-run stand with Soumya Sarkar (40) to stabilise the innings and then combined with Rahim to stitch up a decent total.<br /><br />Mahmudullah's 103 came off 138 balls with seven hits to the fence and two over it and Rahim punished the British bowlers by eight fours and a six.<br /><br />Bangladesh could have scored more but Chris Jordan bowled a fantastic penultimate over in which he gave away just three runs and took a wicket too.</p>
<p>Mahmudullah became the first Bangladesh batsman to score a World Cup hundred, guiding his team to a decent 275 for seven against England in a crucial Pool A cricket match, here today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>For Mahmudullah, it was his maiden One-day hundred and it could not have come at a better time as his side is still in the race to qualify for the quarterfinals.<br /><br />Mahmudullah bettered Bangladesh's previous individual best of 95 made by Tamim Iqbal against Scotland earlier the tournament.<br /><br />He, along with Mushfiqur Rahim, who smashed his way to 89 off 77 balls, lifted Bangladesh from a sloppy start by adding 141 runs for the fifth wicket.<br /><br />The partnership was another World Cup record for the Bangladesh side.<br /><br />Paceman James Anderson (2/45) had provided England a fiery start by removing both the openers -- Imrul Kayes (2) and Tamim Iqbal (2) -- in his first two overs but the following batsmen showed a lot determination.<br /><br />Mahmudullah first shared a 86-run stand with Soumya Sarkar (40) to stabilise the innings and then combined with Rahim to stitch up a decent total.<br /><br />Mahmudullah's 103 came off 138 balls with seven hits to the fence and two over it and Rahim punished the British bowlers by eight fours and a six.<br /><br />Bangladesh could have scored more but Chris Jordan bowled a fantastic penultimate over in which he gave away just three runs and took a wicket too.</p>