England win the toss and elect to bat - Andrew Strauss is given another opportunity to open with Marcus Trescothick Tapash Baisya has a bad first over that sees him deliver three no-balls and get warned for running down the pitch Trescothick plays some fine shots to complete his half-century off 51 balls as the Bangladesh attack are made to toil Strauss and Trescothick enjoy a first-wicket partnership of 141 before the latter falls to Nazmul Hossain for 85 Two overs later, Nazmul is celebrating again as captain Michael Vaughan chops the ball onto his stumps for a duck There is also only a cameo appearance for the big-hitting Andrew Flintoff who is caught off the bowling of Aftab Ahmed Paul Collingwood comes in at number five and scores England's second fastest ODI century off just 77 balls The innings, however, belongs to Strauss who scores 152 as England set the second highest ODI total in history of 391-4 Consecutive balls from debutant Chris Tremlett unseat Shahriar Nafees and Tushar Imran leaving him on a hat-trick Tremlett misses out on the feat when Mohammad Ashraful chops the ball onto his stumps without upsetting the bails Ashraful makes the most of his escape and goes on to make 94 before falling to man-of-the-match Paul Collingwood Mashrafe Mortaza becomes Collingwood's sixth victim before Tremlett claims the final two wickets to hand England victory
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