Roy ton powers England to victory in 2nd Bangladesh ODI

DHAKA: Jason Roy struck a century while Sam Curran put in a fine all-round performance as England thrashed Bangladesh by 132 runs in their second ODI here on Friday.

The victory, giving holders England valuable practice on spinning, low-bounce South Asian pitches before the 50-over World Cup in India later this year, meant that the visitors took the series 2-0 with one match still to play.

England dismissed Bangladesh for 194 runs in 44.4 overs, thanks to Curran’s 4-29 and Adil Rashid’s 4-45 after Roy struck 132 off 124 balls to guide the side to 326-7, the highest ODI score by a side in Dhaka in over five years.

Curran, replacing Chris Woakes after the first match, took three wickets in five balls in the opening two overs, including two in two balls in the first over to leave Bangladesh reeling at 9-3.

The hosts never recovered from the damage despite veteran all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan making 58 runs.

Shakib and skipper Tamim Iqbal shared 79 runs for the fourth wicket before Moeen Ali removed Tamim for 35 to end their resistance. Shakib was caught by Curran at extra cover off Rashid.

Bangladesh, who were playing their 100th ODI at Mirpur, earlier elected to bowl first and kept the tourists in check at the start.

Top-order batsmen Phil Salt (7), James Vince (5) and first-match centurion Dawid Malan (11) all fell cheaply. But Roy and skipper Jos Buttler gave England lift-off with their fourth-wicket stand of 109.

Roy finally departed when Shakib had him out leg before and Buttler then took over the charge until he was dismissed by Mehidy for 76 off 64 balls.

Moeen added a late blitz of 42 runs from 35 balls and Curran played his part with an unbeaten 33 off 19 balls.

Taskin Ahmed was the pick of the Bangladesh bowlers with 3-66.

Buttler paid tribute to Roy and called it a “fantastic” series win ahead of the final game on Monday in Chittagong. “Bangladesh are a formidable team at home so we’re delighted to get the win. (We) spoke about areas to improve from the last match and we really did that,” cricket website Cricinfo quoted the England captain as saying.

“We’ll assess the conditions and play accordingly, there’s lots of guys putting their hands up and putting up performances, which is fantastic,” he said.

Tamim said he was disappointed by the way Bangladesh bowled while ruing a missed run-out. “Roy and Buttler batted exceptionally well. When you lose, you can point fingers. I’m not going to do that. We didn’t do well as a team, and that’s why we lost,” he said, according to Cricinfo.

Score Board

Bangladesh won the toss:

England Innings:

Roy lbw b Al Hasan 132

Salt c Najmul b Taskin 7

Malan lbw b Miraz 11

Vince c Rahim b Taijul 5

Buttler (c) c & b Miraz 76

Jacks c Al Hasan b Taskin 1

Ali c Das b Taskin 42

Curran not out 33

Rashid not out 6

Extras:(b 1, lb 1, nb 1, w 10) 13

Total: 50 Ov 326/7

Did not bat: Saqib Mahmood, Mark Wood

Fall of wickets: 1-25, 2-83, 3-96, 4-205, 5-208, 6-260, 7-299

Bowling: Al Hasan 10-0-64-1, Taijul 10-0-58-1, Taskin 10-0-66-3, Rahman 10-0-63-0, Miraz 10-0-73-2

Bangladesh Innings:

Iqbal (c)c Vince b Ali 35

Das c Roy b Curran 0

Hossain c †Buttler b Curran 0

Rahim c Buttler b Curran 4

Al Hasan c Curran b Rashid 58

Mahmudullah c Ali b Rashid 32

Hossain c †Buttler b Rashid 23

Miraz c sub (Rehan) b Rashid 7

Ahmed run out (Ali) 21

Islam not out 1

Rahman c †Buttler b Curran 0

Extras: (b 4, lb 7, nb 1, w 1) 13

Total:44.4 Ov 194

Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-1, 3-9, 4-88, 5-122, 6-160, 7-167, 8-184, 9-194, 10-194

Bowling: Curran 6.4-1-29-4, Mahmood 9-0-41-0, Wood 4-0-14-0, Jacks 6-0-27-0, Ali 9-2-27-1, Rashid 10-0-45-4

Match result: England won by 132 runs

Man of the match: Jason Roy

Umpires: Ruchira, Sharfuddoula