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The Bangladesh players didnt go down to their haunches when Chris Woakes slammed Shafiul Islam for the winning hit, but you could see that their collective energies were spent. They had given it their all, and if there was any more left, it fizzed out with Imrul Kayes dropped catch with England still needing 21 runs to win.The four-wicket loss ended their quest for a seven successive home ODI series win, but from mid-November 2014 till this game, they have taken rapid strides of progress. One of their biggest gains during this time has been to rely less on spinners and a little more on the pace bowlers.Throughout Englands innings on Wednesday, if you didnt know that there was dew in the outfield, it would be hard to understand why Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza kept using his pace bowlers. But he had no other option given the rapid change in conditions at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. This was also a major chance for the pace bowlers to solely win Bangladesh a series-deciding match but they couldnt quite enforce themselves as a unit.It was already hard for Shakib Al Hasan, Nasir Hossain and Mosaddek Hossain to get a good grip on the ball. Shakib looked bemused towards the end as he endured a wicketless performance and had two overs unused. Nasir and Mosaddek provided breakthroughs but they were never going to push England batsmens skill-level. Mashrafe said that they knew about the evening dew from their 2015 win over South Africa at this ground, so from the beginning understood that his spinners would become ineffective.On the wicket the spinners werent getting any turn towards the end, so we had to use the pacers more. Had there been even half of the dew that fell tonight, the score would have been more difficult for them. It had become very easy instead, said Mashrafe.He took the new ball along with Shafiul instead of Shakib, but the pair couldnt quite put together a good start. Mashrafe bowled five up front and then brought himself back in the 33rd over for a two-over spell. He finished his quota in the slog overs, finally picking up two wickets. It was quite late in the game but the exit of Jos Buttler and Moeen Ali gave Bangladesh some hope.Shafiul started off poorly for two overs before he returned to the attack in the 21st over for another two-over spell. He, too, gave Bangladeh a glimmer when he removed Jonny Bairstow and Ben Duckett but couldnt quite make a decisive intervention. He usually bowls a few overs in the first Powerplay before being kept aside for the last ten overs,but because the spinners were hampered by the dew, Mashrafe had to use Shafiul regularly.Taskin Ahmed was the pick of the trio, bowling with impressive pace but little luck. He beat the bat a number of times, and was used as an attacking option as well as a run-saving tool throughout the innings.After a poor first over that cost 12 runs, Taskins next four cost only eight runs. He was quite disciplined too, trying hard to force England to make a mistake. He finally found the edge in the 47th over but Imrul made a hash of it.There is little doubt that the pace bowlers improvement is turning into match-winning potential. Mustafizur Rahman, the left-armer whose absence was felt significantly, leads the way with Mashrafe and Taskin always bringing their experience and pace to the party. Shafiul was perhaps lucky to play ahead of Al-Amin Hossain while Rubel Hossains comeback in the Afghanistan series didnt particularly please the team management.But the increase in options in the bowling attack can only help the Bangladesh team. Mashrafe said that the improvement of the pace bowlers was marked, and if some of them do get to play the Tests against England, they may continue their development.The pacers are doing well now. If you see in the last one and a half years, everyone has improved a lot. These are results of their improvement, he said. I am sure when Mustafizur returns, the pace bowling group will be stronger. We have to continue, hopefully they will do well in the Test match as well. Wil Myers Padres Jersey . Colin Wilson had two goals and an assist, and Mike Fisher scored a goal and helped set up two others in the Predators 6-4 victory over the Red Wings on Monday night. 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Hampshire 134 for 9 beat Sussex 133 for 8 (Taylor 46*, Nash 32, Griffiths 3-33, Wheal 2-17) by one runScorecard A low-scoring classic at Hove saw Sussex Sharks snatch defeat from the jaws of victory as a floundering middler order saw them make a mountain out of a low target set by Hampshire. A simple chase of 135 from 20 overs took a turn when Sussexs batsmen only managed five runs from three overs, in which they lost the wickets of Matt Machan and Chris Jordan.That meant 23 needed off the final three overs, which soon became 17 off 11 when Dawson caught Craig Cachopa at deep third man off the bowling of Gavin Griffiths. The silver lining of the wicket meant Ross Taylor found himself back on strike. Three fours in the remaining five balls of the penultimate over meant a manageable five off the final six.With three needed from the final two deliveries, Taylor went to lap Brad Wheal around the corner, only for the ball to pass him and leg stump through to the keeper. No wide was signalled and, with a cracking yorker, Wheal sealed a one-run win for Hampshire. Sussex Sharks skipper Luke Wright, while questioning the wide decision did not shy away from the brutal truth that Sussex lost this match through their own inexcusable carelessness.Even Matt Prior, watching on from the stands, could not bite his tongue when Sussexs middle order woes were put to him, suggesting that he was prepared to help - although stopping short of saying in quite what capacity. While Griffiths returned three figures, it was 19-year-old Wheal that influenced where this game was headed. It was not just his ability to send the ball down consistently above the 85mph mark but his knack of second-guessing the batsmen to return 14 dot balls. Bowling Luke Wright for just nine and then trapping Machan in front just as he looked to steer the game away from Hampshire were marquee wickets.Having chosen to bat, Hampshire posted an under-par target with a batting effort that went some way to explaining why they were rooted to the bottom of the South Group before the match. It makes for unsettling viewing. In an era when the phrase Moneyball has been bastardised to the extent that you could get away with applying the phrase to a petrol station meal deal, they were one of the few sides that appreciated the analytics and application of T20 ttheorems.dddddddddddd This will be the first season in the last eight in which they have not made it out of the group stages.Liam Dawson, morphing from one of English crickets most improved to most valuable white ball cricketers, cast as many disapproving looks to teammates as boundaries. Miscommunication with Tom Alsop and Shahid Afridi saw both run out embarrassingly, leaving him to pick up the pieces.Former Barbados under-19 Jofra Archer made his T20 Blast debut and, in his second over, picked up the wicket of Adam Wheater, with Chris Jordan taking the catch. It was Jordan who spotted Archer and recommended that Sussex make use of his British passport and bring him to Hove. Judging by the chain and chunky golden watch, Jordan may accessorise him, too.When he wasnt encouraging Archer, he was showing him how its done. Four overs returned two for 14, as Jordan toyed with the tail when he finished his set with the 17th and 19th overs. His part in the game did not end with the ball, as he made an appearance in the 16th over of the chase, in at No. 6, as Sussex began to get stage fright.Three sixes - Taylor hitting Tino Best into the flats out at midwicket and Machan taking two in a row off Dawson - gave Sussex a degree of insurance. So, too, did Chris Nashs 32 off the top of the innings. But a game that by Wrights estimation should have been won in the 18th over slipped through their fingers in embarrassing fashion.It has been a strange season for Sussex: one which started with talk of an all out attack on the sole promotion spot out of Division Two and now, in the midst of the county summers own silly season, has them assessing how many eggs to place in each basket. Promotion is still not out of the question. But the uncertain weather and sheer effort needed to win four day games on down-trodden tracks means they will have to embark on an unheard of run in their final 10 matches to take them back to the top division.In the short term, staying in the hunt for T20 success means placing everything on beating Essex Eagles, Surrey and Glamorgan - all of whom sit above them in the group. They are still in control of their own destiny to a point but have lost all wiggle room. ' ' '