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Bangladesh v England, 3rd ODI: England bowl; Billings, Plunkett recalled

Jason Roy missed out on the final ODI between Bangladesh and England in Chittagong because of injury to give Sam Billings his first opportunity of the series in an uncommon opening role.

England also drafted inLiam Plunkettin preference to his Yorkshire team-mateDavid Willey. "He has been fantastic for us in the past year and we thought it was time to get him in," said England's captain Jos Buttler.Plunkett has brought hostility to the middle overs, but it remained to be seen whether the enforcer role was within his capability on a traditionally low and slow Chittagong pitch.

He would not have to await his opportunity for long as Buttler won the toss for the third time in succession and elected to bowl.Bangladesh, who were unchanged, would win a three-game series against England for the first time if they won in Chittagong. After a feisty affair in Dhaka on Sunday, after which two Bangladesh players were fined and Buttler reprimanded, Mashrafe Mortaza suggested there could be no let-up in aggression."We don't have any choice. It is the final match. We have to play hard," he said.Groundstaff had done an excellent job to get the ground for after three centimetres of rain had fallen on Chittagong in the previous 24 hours.

The forecast was for further rain, leading to fears of a disrupted match, but the tosstook place only a few minutes behind schedule as the skies lightened.

Bangladesh 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Imrul Kayes, 3 Sabbir Rahman, 4 Mahmudullah, 5 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 6 Shakib Al Hasan, 7 Mosaddek Hossain, 8 Nasir Hossain, 9 Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), 10 Shafiul Islam, 11 Taskin Ahmed

England 1 Sam Billings, 2 James Vince, 3 Ben Duckett, 4 Jonny Bairstow, 5 Ben Stokes, 6 Jos Buttler (capt & wk), 7 Moeen Ali, 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Adil Rashid, 10David Willey, 11 Jake Ball