Bell, recalled in the absence of injured No 3 Kevin Pietersen, faced 101 balls with six fours as England, chasing 251 to win, finished on 251 for four with 29 balls to spare.

Defeat left Bangladesh still searching for their first win against England, who have now beaten the Tigers in 20 matches all told, a sequence comprising eight Test victories and 12 one-day international successes.

SCORE BOARD

Bangladesh

Tamim lbw Broad    28
Imrul c Morgan b Anderson    14
Junaid lbw Yardy    51
Raqibul (run out)    76
Shakib c Anderson b Broad    20
Mushfiqur c Wright b Bresnan    22
Mahmudullah lbw Anderson    4
Hossain (not out)    8
Mortaza c Bell b Anderson    5
Razzak b Bresnan    3

Extras (B-1, B-7, W-11)    19
Total (for 9 wkts, 50 overs)    250
Fall of wickets: 1-40, 2-70, 3-136, 4-186, 5-222, 6-234, 7-236, 8-243, 9-250.
Bowling: Anderson 10-0-74-3, Bresnan 10-0-40-2, Broad 10-1-43-2, Tredwell 3-0-18-0, Wright 3-0-20-0, Collingwood 9-1-32-0, Yardy 5-0-15-1.

England

Strauss (run out)    50
Kieswetter c Faisal b Shakib    32
Bell (not out)    84
Collingwood c Siddique b Shakib    33
Morgan c Shafiul b Razzak    23
Yardy (not out)    10

Extras (B-5, LB-4, W-10)    19
Total (for 4 wkts, 45.1 overs)    251
Fall of wickets: 1-75, 2-93, 3-173, 4-213.
Bowling: Mortaza 6-0-30-0, Shafiul 5-0-46-0, Razzak 10-0-64-1, Shakib 10-0-35-2, Mahmudullah 8-0-41-0; Faisal 6.1-0-26-0.