England won the toss and chose to bowl against Bangladesh in Adelaide as they surrendered to the need to change an ailing side and sought the win that was necessary to retain any chance of qualifying for the World Cup quarter-finals.

Alex Hales finally won an opportunity at No. 3 - quite a challenge to come in for his first game of the tournament in a must-win game - in place of Gary Ballance, who had laboured at the top of the order. Chris Jordan came in for Steven Finn as England lost faith that he might rediscover the hostility that had once made him one of the most promising young fast bowlers in the world.

"It's a little bit sticky so we hope it might swing," said Eoin Morgan, England's captain, doubtless encouraging his seamers to bowl the fuller length that has so far eluded them in the tournament.

Bangladesh's captain, Mashrafe Mortaza, had hailed the match as one of the biggest in Bangladesh's history. They need only one win from their last two to beat England to a place in the last eight, but with New Zealand awaiting them in their final game, Adelaide represented their best prospect.

Bangladesh sought to exploit England's poor record as players of spin by including another specialist spinner - the left-armer Arafat Sunny - ahead of Nasir Hossain. Soumya Sarkar dropped to No 3 where he would also fulfil the role of third seamer. They were not helped by an overcast day, with overnight showers still lingering, an unused drop-in pitch and a 54m boundary towards the Donald Bradman pavilion.

Imrul Kayes, called into the Bangladesh squad in recent days as a replacement for the injured Anamul Haque, came straight into the side as an opener. Kayes had made a half-century when Bangladesh defeated England in the 2011 World Cup.

Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Imrul Kayes, 3 Soumya Sarkar, 4 Mahmudullah, 5 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 6 Shakib Al Hasan, 7 Sabbir Rahman, 8 Mashrafe Mortaza (capt.), 9 Rubel Hossain, 10 Taskin Ahmed 11 Arafat Sunny.

England: 1 Ian Bell, 2 Moeen Ali, 3 Alex Hales, 4 Joe Root, 5 Eoin Morgan (capt.), 6 James Taylor, 7 Jos Buttler (wk) 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Chris Jordan, 10 Stuart Broad, 11 James Anderson.