BAN vs ENG: Jason Roy century, four-fors from Sam Curran, Adil Rashid end wait for England’s series win

The
opening
match
of
England’s
tour
had
gone
down
to
the
penultimate
over
as
Jos
Buttler’s
side
chased
down
a
modest
Bangladesh
total,
but
the
hosts
put
them
in
to
bat
first
this
time
and
were
scarcely
in
the
contest
thereafter.

Opener
Jason
Roy
scored
132
and
Buttler
weighed
in
with
76
to
help
England
finish
on
326-7
and
set
Bangladesh
a
target
it
quickly
became
clear
they
would
not
reach.

Indeed,
Curran
had
two
wickets
inside
the
first
over,
accounting
for
Litton
Das
and
Najmul
Hossain
Shanto
from
consecutive
balls,
and
added
a
third
soon
after
as
Mushfiqur
Rahim
was
caught
behind.

Opener
Tamim
Iqbal
(35)
finally
found
a
partner
in
the
form
of
Shakib
Al
Hasan
(58),
yet
Moeen
Ali
ended
that
stand,
and
Bangladesh
could
not
keep
Curran
out
of
the
game
as
he
took
the
catch
which
removed
Shakib.

While
that
gave
Adil
Rashid
the
first
of
four
wickets,
Curran
of
course
completed
the
job
with
the
dismissal
of
Mustafizur
Rahman
to
finish
with
4-29
–
Bangladesh
all
out
for
194
with
just
over
five
overs
remaining.

Curran
had
also
contributed
with
the
bat,
scoring
an
unbeaten
33
off
19
balls,
although
the
partnership
of
Roy
and
Buttler
did
much
of
the
heavy
lifting.

England
were
96-3
when
Buttler
joined
Roy
in
the
middle,
but
the
pair
put
on
109
for
the
fourth
wicket
to
take
the
game
away
from
Bangladesh.

Although
Roy
was
eventually
trapped
lbw
by
Shakib
attempting
to
sweep,
Buttler
ploughed
on
for
a
time
and
Moeen
Ali’s
42
kept
up
the
scoring.

Curran
hit
three
sixes
in
a
fast
finish,
and
he
was
the
headline
act
thereafter.

Roy
among
England
ODI
royalty

Although
Curran
later
stole
some
of
the
limelight,
Roy’s
132
–
the
exact
difference
between
the
two
teams
–
put
England
firmly
in
control.

It
was
his
fourth-highest
ODI
score
and
his
12th
century
in
the
format.
Only
Joe
Root
(16)
and
Eoin
Morgan
(13)
have
more
–
not
bad
company
to
be
keeping.

Streak
ended
with
Bangladesh
repeat

Arriving
in
Bangladesh,
England
had
been
winless
in
their
past
four
50-over
series,
but
a
hard-fought
victory
in
the
opening
match
set
the
stage
for
that
sequence
to
be
ended
in
convincing
fashion
in
Mirpur.

England
have
now
won
five
straight
ODIs
against
Bangladesh,
who
suffered
their
first
home
series
defeat
since
2016-17
–
also
against
England.