Bangladesh secured a confidence-boosting victory in their final warm-up match before the one-day series against England as they beat Middlesex by 141 runs at Lord's on Monday. The success was set up by a 143-run stand between Jahurul Islam (88) and Imrul Kayes (77) which laid the platform for an imposing 301 for 7. The home side only briefly threatened while Owais Shah was making 61.

In their opening practice match against Sussex the tourists had embarrassingly

collapsed to 104 all out against a second-string attack. Middlesex also fielded a weak line-up and this time the batsmen managed to cash in to give themselves a valuable confidence boost before the first ODI, at Trent Bridge on Thursday. The bowlers, led by Mashrafe Bin Mortaza's tight opening spell, then produced a solid performance as the spinners made inroads.

SCORES IN BRIEF

BANGLADESH: 301-7 in 50 overs (Jahurul 88, Kayes 77, Evans 3-51).

MIDDLESEX: 160 in 39.3 overs (Shah 61, Shafiul3-31).

RESULT: Bangladesh won by 141 runs.