Jason Roy hit the highest individual score of the World Cup so far as England got their campaign back on track with a 106-run win over Bangladesh in Cardiff on Saturday. Following a surprise defeat by Pakistan, which came after England's opening rout of South Africa, captain Eoin Morgan urged the hosts to "stick to what we do well".
Tournament favourites England, whose rise to the top of the one-day international rankings has been based on aggressive batting, clearly took those words to heart. Roy's 153 took England to an imposing 386 for six, leaving Bangladesh needing to surpass Ireland's 329-7 against England in 2011, the highest score by any team batting second to win a World Cup match.
Despite Shakib Al Hasan's 121, the Tigers were never in the hunt and they were eventually dismissed for 280 with seven balls to spare.
"It was great to right those wrongs from the last game," said man-of-the match Roy. "Jonny and myself didn't quite know what the pitch was going to behave like so we knew with our line-up batting the whole 50 we were going to get enough.
"We've put in a well-rounded performance so I'm extremely happy with the boys."
Bangladesh's chase got off to a bad start when fast bowler Jofra Archer (3-29) dismissed Soumya Sarkar for two with a ball that clipped the top of the left-hander's off stump.
But Shakib anchored the innings, flicking Archer for six on his way to a 95-ball century that also included nine fours.
Shakib put on 106 with Mushifqur Rahim (44), a partnership that ended when Roy held a good catch at point.
And 169-3 soon became 170-4 when Mohammad Mithun fell for a duck after edging leg-spinner Adil Rashid to wicket-keeper Jonny Bairstow.
The Test gloveman was behind the stumps after Jos Buttler suffered a hip injury during a typically dashing 64. Shakib, who had hit fifties in a win over South Africa and a loss to New Zealand this World Cup, was eventually yorked by Ben Stokes to leave Bangladesh on the brink of defeat.
Pace bowling all-rounder Stokes followed up to finish with figures of 3-23.-AFP
Scoreboard
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England
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J. Roy c Mashrafe b Mehidy 153
J. Bairstow c Mehidy b Mortaza 51
J. Root b Saifuddin 21
J. Buttler c Soumya b Saifuddin 64
E. Morgan c Soumya b Mehidy 35
B. Stokes c Mashrafe b Mustafizur 6
C. Woakes not out 18
L. Plunkett not out 27
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Extras: (lb3, nb1, w7) 11
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Total: (6 wkts, 50 overs) 386
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Did not bat: J. Archer, A. Rashid, M. Wood
Fall of wickets: 1-128 (Bairstow), 2-205 (Root), 3-235 (Roy), 4-330 (Buttler), 5-340 (Morgan), 6-341 (Stokes)
Bowling: Shakib 10-0-71-0 (2w); Mashrafe 10-0-68-1; Saifuddin 9-0-78-2 (2w); Mustafizur 9-0-75-1 (1nb, 2w); Mehidy 10-0-67-2 (1w); Mosaddek 2-0-24-0
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Bangladesh
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T. Iqbal c Morgan b Wood 19
S. Sarkar b Archer 2
S. Al Hasan b Stokes 121
M. Rahim c Roy b Plunkett 44
M. Mithun c Bairstow b Rashid 0
Mahmudullah c Bairstow b Wood 28
M. Hossain c Archer b Stokes 26
M. Saifuddin b Stokes 5
M. Hasan Miraz c Bairstow b Archer 12
M. Mortaza not out 4
M. Rahman c Bairstow b Archer 0
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Extras: (lb9 w10) 19
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Total: (all out, 48.5 overs) 280
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Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Soumya), 2-63 (Tamim), 3-169 (Mushfiqur), 4-170 (Mithun), 5-219 (Shakib), 6-254 (Mosaddek), 7-261 (Mahmudullah), 8-264 (Saifuddin), 9-280 (Mehidy), 10-280 (Mustafizur)
Bowling: Woakes 8-0-67-0; Archer 8.5-2-29-3 (1w); Plunkett 8-0-36-1 (2w); Wood 8-0-52-2; Rashid 10-0-64-1 (2w); Stokes 6-1-23-3 (1w)
Result: England won by 106 runs
Man-of-the-match: Jason Roy
Toss: Bangladesh
Umpires: Joel Wilson (WIS) and Kumar Dharmasena (SRI)
TV umpire: Bruce Oxenford (AUS)
Match referee: David Boon (AUS).
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