The person whose decisive, closing act within the drama will likely be indelibly linked to England’s maiden 50-over World Cup win seems destined to be part of the title defence this autumn following a breakthrough hundred on the Subcontinent.
Jason Roy’s rollicking 132 was the twelfth of his worldwide profession however — considerably — his first on this a part of Asia and got here in opposition to opponents beforehand unbeaten in more than six years at home.
Related challenges await over the border in India come October, though not all groups are as adept at exploiting such situations. Not because the winter of 2016-17 had Bangladesh misplaced a bilateral sequence on their very own soil, when a Jos Buttler-led England received right here, however historical past repeated itself.
Roy, the person with the throw that settled the 2019 Lord’s showpiece by the barest of margins, nicely and actually put behind him the patchy shows that positioned his future in jeopardy.
This was his second three-figure contribution in five England appearances in 2023, following 14 innings with out reaching 50, and trumped his effort in Bloemfontein due to the circumstances.
Jason Roy again to his greatest as he smashed his twelfth one-day worldwide hundred
Jos Buttler produced some big-hitting after Roy was dismissed as England posted an enormous whole
An indication of the difficulties a cheesy pitch offered was revealed within the plight of others. Whereas Roy and Buttler crunched their runs at higher than a run a ball — sharing a stand of 109 in 15.3 overs —the opposite 4 members of the highest six mixed for twenty-four off 54.
Roy mentioned: ‘Some a whole lot up to now, I’ve obtained to 40 and felt actually free-flowing however each run, each boundary I scored was a little bit of a scrap.
‘I’ve been placing within the work, staying centered and preserving my head down, ignoring quite a lot of the smoke that has been round. I’m my largest critic. I do know I’ve not been within the best of kind however I’ve been taking part in respectable cricket and hitting the ball nicely, so I felt it was only a matter of time.
‘South Africa was clearly an enormous weight off my shoulders, however to come back and use a very totally different talent set was very pleasing.’
Whereas Roy moved third in England’s listing of ODI centurions, Adil Rashid took up the identical place among the many wicket-takers, his 4 for 45, elevating him above the 178 victims of Stuart Broad.
Rashid spent a number of hours the day prior to this underneath intense, video hyperlink cross-examination, as a witness within the ECB’s disrepute prices in opposition to a number of former Yorkshire team-mates, however confirmed his psychological resilience to assist plunge Bangladesh to a 132-run defeat.
Thanks mainly to a swing masterclass by Sam Curran — thrown the brand new ball with Jofra Archer and Chris Woakes rested — the hosts had been already 4 wickets down when Rashid entered the assault.
The house crowd had been supplied with fleeting hope when Shakib Al Hasan, celebrating a four-hundredth look with a half century, and Tamim Iqbal put their private rift behind them to put a tourniquet across the early bleeding.
However the required charge was already at eight once they had been separated and Afif Hossain’s demise to Rashid left Bangladesh 160 for six, and supporters who noticed India humbled right here final December streaming for the exits.
Sam Curran shone with the brand new ball and completed with 4 wickets within the match
Adil Rashid additionally took 4 wickets on a turning pitch as England sealed a snug win
Buttler’s facet can take confidence from a sequence win on the sub-continent forward of the World Cup later this yr
After being inserted, England’s scoreboard moved sluggishly until Roy was on strike, but even he recognised advantage within the template utilized by Wednesday’s centurion Dawid Malan.
Like Malan, he struggled initially in opposition to the spinners, however acknowledging the worth of sweeping, overcame such difficulties to succeed in 50 off 54 balls.
Roy had struck 9 of the innings’ 10 fours when Buttler introduced himself with a reverse sweep to the rope off Taijul Islam, and the fourth-wicket pair developed such impetus that the 30-over rating of 157 for 3 was greater than doubled, and 107 got here from the ultimate 10 overs.
Roy’s rampage of six fours in a burst of 11 deliveries preceded a weary swipe at Shakib and despite the fact that Buttler was brilliantly caught by Mehidy Hasan Miraz in his observe by for 76, Curran and Moeen Ali continued the cost to take England to an impregnable place within the sequence, which concludes on Monday.
