{"id":294383,"date":"2023-10-11T19:13:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T19:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=294383"},"modified":"2023-10-11T19:13:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T19:13:44","slug":"five-things-we-learned-from-england-thrashing-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/%d1%81ricket\/five-things-we-learned-from-england-thrashing-bangladesh\/","title":{"rendered":"FIVE THINGS WE LEARNED from England thrashing Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"
An outstanding century from Dawid Malan and Reece Topley’s eye-catching return put England’s World Cup defence back on track as they hammered Bangladesh by 137 runs.<\/p>\n
The 2019 champions were bruised by a thumping loss to New Zealand in the tournament opener but banked a handsome win of their own to cap their visit to the outer ranges of the Himalayas.<\/p>\n
Malan was the architect, rolling out a career-best 140 in 107 balls as he carried England to 364 for nine with a fourth century in his last nine innings.<\/p>\n
Bangladesh lost their way entirely with the bat, ambling aimlessly to 227 all out and helping repair much of the previous damage to England’s net run-rate.<\/p>\n
Mail Sport’s Lawrence Booth takes a look at five things we learned from the victory in Dharamshala.<\/p>\n
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England’s Reece Topley took four wickets with his first 16 deliveries against Bangladesh<\/p>\n
Since 2015, England have rarely looked as toothless with the ball as they did against New Zealand\u2019s Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra, both left-handers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Enter Reece Topley, whose natural movement takes the ball away from the lefties.<\/p>\n
With his first 16 deliveries against Bangladesh he removed Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto and Shakib Al Hasan.<\/p>\n
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Joe Root\u00a0was in the groove again in Dharamshala, taking Bangladesh for 82 from 68<\/p>\n
A quiet end to the summer, in which Joe Root made six, nought, four and 29 against New Zealand in his first ODIs since July 2022, were no kind of build-up for the World Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But he looked sharp in the first game against the New Zealanders and was in the groove again in Dharamshala, taking Bangladesh for 82 from 68.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now he just needs others to hit out around him.<\/p>\n
Twice now England\u2019s innings has fallen away, when the 2019 model might have accelerated. Against New Zealand, 188 for four became 252 for nine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Against Bangladesh, 296 for two led to a total of 364 for nine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Both outcomes felt underwhelming and could have done with a late flurry from Liam Livingstone, who has so far contributed 20 off 22 balls and a golden duck.<\/p>\n
In the first over of New Zealand\u2019s chase, Chris Woakes conceded 10. Then against Bangladesh, it was 12.<\/p>\n
He simply looks short of a gallop, though Jos Buttler did well to keep him on after four expensive overs against the Bangladeshis: the wicket of Mehidy Hasan Miraz followed immediately.<\/p>\n
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Influential Ben Stokes has missed the first two games at the World Cup due to a hip injury<\/p>\n
Ben Stokes continues to make progress from the hip injury that ruled him out of the first two games.<\/p>\n
But it\u2019s unclear if he\u2019ll be ready to face Afghanistan on Sunday, and repeated internal flights are not helping his body\u2019s recovery.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Afghanistan game is ideal preparation for next week\u2019s showdown against South Africa.<\/p>\n