Malan slams 140 as England roar again with Bangladesh demolition

England 364 for 9 (Malan 140, Root 82, Mahedi 4-71) beat Bangladesh 227 (Litton 76, Topley 4-43) by 137 runs

But regardless of an England slide of seven for 68 from the ultimate 10.3 overs, Bangladesh have been nonetheless left with an asking fee of greater than seven an over – and a goal properly in extra of their highest whole batting second in ODIs. The problem swiftly turned steeper nonetheless, as Topley struck together with his fourth, fifth and sixteenth balls, leaving Bangladesh tottering on 26 for 3, a scoreline that quickly turned 49 for 4 as Chris Woakes recovered from an costly begin.

The margin of victory was a consolation to England, whose standing and confidence had taken a dent following their thumping in Ahmedabad. Again they have been inserted after shedding the toss, however this time the highest order greater than produced the products – if not with the overt aggression Jos Buttler had spoken of after defeat to New Zealand, then by way of a cold-blooded certainty of their strategies.

No one within the present XI does cold-blooded certainty higher than Malan, whose imperious type has seen him go from spare half to first decide in a matter of months. His fourth ball, from Mustafizur Rahman, was stroked via further cowl for 4 and he proceeded to unload his full repertoire of pulls, flicks and slog-sweeps in the course of the course of his 107-ball keep, which was a masterclass in acceleration.

Bangladesh thought he ought to have been given out caught behind in single-figures, just for DRS to verify Ahsan Raza’s on-field name after a Mustafizur bouncer flicked his shoulder on the best way via. That was as shut as Bangladesh got here to taking a wicket within the opening powerplay, as Malan responded by driving for 4 after which swinging his first six over deep backward sq.; two overs later, Mustafizur was pulled into the gang at deep midwicket and flipped down the bottom in one other crisp one-two as England’s tempo started to extend, leaving them properly positioned on 61 for 0 after ten.

As Malan moved to a 39-ball fifty, with 40 of his runs coming in boundaries, Bairstow was in a position to play a bit extra circumspectly. Nevertheless, he marked his one hundredth ODI look with a primary half-century within the format since July 2022, earlier than having his leg stump shivered by Shakib Al Hasan to present Bangladesh a much-needed breakthrough.

There was no respite, nonetheless, with Shakib the one bowler to exert any management. Root was rapidly into his groove, ending a five-over spell with no boundary by ramping Mustafizur for six over tremendous leg after which reverse-paddling Shakib for 4. At the opposite finish, Malan continued to bear down on three figures – for the sixth time in 23 ODI appearances – mentioning the landmark with a push into the covers off Shakib. In doing so, he turned the oldest Englishman to attain a World Cup hundred.

In the subsequent over, Malan crashed Mehidy Hasan Miraz for a sequence of 4, 6, 6, 4, earlier than Root notched his second consecutive fifty of the match, from 44 balls, as England regarded to show the screw. Root surpassed Graham Gooch as his nation’s main run-scorer in World Cups, earlier than one other pull, off Taskin Ahmed, introduced Malan his fifth six. But ideas he would possibly eclipse one other England document – Andrew Strauss’ innings of 158 at Bengaluru – have been ended when Mahedi was rewarded for tossing the ball up.

With England cruising via the center powerplay, scoring at 7.9 runs per over, it appeared as in the event that they have been on target to put up the second 400-plus rating of the match – and Malan’s dismissal solely introduced Buttler to the crease, within the temper for carnage. The captain by no means discovered his timing throughout a frenetic 20 off 10, nonetheless, and his dismissal to Shoriful, dragging a large knuckleball on to his stumps, within the fortieth over set the stage for a belated Bangladesh fightback with the ball.

Shoriful’s variations did for Root – caught behind heaving at one other knuckleball – and Liam Livingstone, who misplaced his off stump to a cutter. Harry Brook, Sam Curran and Adil Rashid all fell to Mahedi as an in any other case dominant innings ended with a bout of ungainly thrashing.

Bangladesh had chalked up a win chasing in opposition to Afghanistan of their first sport on this floor, however this was a very totally different beast. Topley, making his World Cup debut after changing Moeen Ali within the XI, shredded their probabilities by having Tanzid Hasan edge to second slip and Najmul Hossain Shanto taken at backward level from consecutive balls, earlier than producing a peach of a supply to skelp Shakib’s off bail and successfully finish the sport as a contest. Bangladesh finally battled via to the forty ninth over, as England’s bowlers received a radical exercise – such was their stage of consolation, there was barely any want to fret concerning the state of the outfield because the World Cup-holders prevented being tripped up once more.