‘Hungry’ Roy conquers Bangladesh spinners with sweeps and reverse sweeps

Roy’s ton was sufficiently big to finish the hosts’ proud dwelling report of seven unbeaten ODI sequence wins in seven years. Bangladesh had been bundled out for 194 in pursuit of 327, and it was Roy’s innings that primarily put them out of the competition.

Roy bought 4 boundaries with reverse hits off the left-arm spinners, aside from taking part in the traditional sweep to take advantage of the sluggish bowlers.

“It was a plan [to sweep and reverse sweep] with the amount of turn,” Roy mentioned. “To go over point was the safest option for me. I tried to go over cover a couple of times, it was just too slow and too much spin. I tried to put that to bed quickly. Once Shakib [Al Hasan] gets that undercutter, I should have hit it to the sightscreen, but I tried to sweep him [and got out]. It was a slightly poor decision but apart from that, I think you had to keep your boundary options very simple. You can hit it wherever you want when you get a lot of runs. Out there, [hitting the sweeps and reverse sweeps] was one of the only boundary options for me today.”

Roy mentioned that the Dhaka pitch performed to the batters’ benefit. It was sluggish, however the spin was to a constant diploma, which allowed for simpler strokeplay in comparison with the primary ODI the place the pitch supplied uneven bounce.

“As far as skillset for batsmen, to score runs in these sort of conditions is as rewarding as it can get. I am very happy to score.”

Jason Roy

“I only faced four balls the other day, it was clearly a lot easier today,” he mentioned. “But there was a bit more spin, but it was consistent. The other day it was slightly inconsistent bounce as well as turn. It was far lower scoring whereas today there was slow bounce. I think the boys showed a high amount of skill to give us that total.”

Roy spoke concerning the reduction of getting runs on this Bangladesh tour, notably after getting out early within the first recreation.

“Every single time [scoring a hundred] means the world. I worked hard to right my wrongs from the first match. I made a silly mistake then, and I was hungry to make some runs. There are some hundreds in the past when you get to 40, and you feel really free-flowing when you get to the hundred. Every boundary was a scrap. I built a great partnership with Jos [Buttler]. We ticked over nicely.

“Every place poses utterly totally different skillsets. None extra so someplace like right here. I’ve scored runs in India. As far as skillset for batsmen, to attain runs in these form of circumstances is as rewarding as it could actually get. I’m very joyful to attain. The quantity we scored at this time on that wicket in a series-defining match was superior.”

Roy said that he took a leaf out of Dawid Malan’s book from the first ODI when the left-hander struck his fourth ODI hundred. It saved England from defeat essentially, as Malan mastered the conditions to take the visitors home.

“I’ve realised that in a short time as soon as I caught that one up within the air within the first recreation,” Roy said. “The manner Malan went about his innings, I rapidly realised to modify on, put my head in and bat a while.

“It was just time at the crease. I can score a lot of runs if I batted that amount of time. As simple as that. I reduced the risk in boundary options. The one I got out to, was the highest risk for a boundary option I took. I got out stupidly.”