Adil Rashid takes four wickets in England win day after giving testimony in CDC hearings
Roy struggled in tricky conditions in Dhaka but bloomed as his innings progressed, recording his first ton in the subcontinent and 12th overall, moving up to joint third in the all-time England list.
He shared a 109-run stand with Jos Buttler, who scored 76 off 64 balls, while there were late cameos from Moeen Ali (42 off 35) and Sam Curran (33no off 19) as England surged to 326-7.
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Hide AdAfter Curran took three wickets in five balls at the outset of the reply, Rashid ripped through the middle order to finish with 4-45, as Bangladesh subsided to 194 all out, and a 132-run thumping guarantees their first ODI series loss at home since 2016 as England went 2-0 up with one to play.
Rashid’s performance was all the more impressive given he spent the previous evening being grilled via video link at the Cricket Discipline Commission hearing in London, in which he repeatedly corroborated Azeem Rafiq’s claim that former England captain Michael Vaughan had allegedly made a racist remark at Yorkshire in 2009.
Curran wrapped up an England win to finish with 4-29 as last year’s T20 World Cup player of the final and tournament underlined his credentials for the 50-over version in the autumn.
An unchanged Bangladesh won the toss for a second time in oppressive heat but opted to bowl first while Curran and Saqib Mahmood, making his return after 10 months out injured, were brought in for England following their three-wicket win 48 hours earlier, with Jofra Archer and Chris Woakes rested.
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Hide AdRoy was tested by what is perceived to be a frailty first up as Bangladesh plumped for slow left-armers at either end. While Taijul Islam’s first-ball long-hop was dispatched to the midwicket fence, it was a rare instance of Roy finding the middle of the bat in the powerplay.
Dawid Malan came unstuck to Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s sharp turning off-break while Taijul found just the right amount of spin to kiss James Vince’s outside edge, leaving England 96-3.
Roy launched Mehidy down the ground for six before a single took him to a 104-ball hundred. He upped the ante when Taskin Ahmed erred in length, claiming three fours in an over, but was plumb lbw after missing a sweep at Shakib Al Hasan.
England were unshackled in the last 10 overs, adding 107, with Buttler dispatching Shakib’s drag down for four to reach a run-a-ball fifty and then lofting Mehidy for successive straight sixes.
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Hide AdBangladesh needed their highest successful chase in ODIs to level the series but were two down after five balls as Litton Das was persuaded into a loose drive off Curran, who then drew Najmul Hossain Shanto into following an outswinger to also depart for a golden duck.
Mushfiqur Rahim survived the hat-trick ball but was on his way back to the pavilion in Curran’s next over after a review, with technology showing he got a feather to one angled across him.
Captain Tamim holed out for 35 while Rashid, not introduced until the 24th over of the reply, was in the wickets column when an off-balance Shakib miscued to mid-off to depart for 58 off 69 balls.
A conventional leg-break did for Mahmudullah, who edged to slip, while Rashid then located the outside edge of Afif Hossain’s bat before Mehidy picked out substitute fielder Rehan Ahmed at long-off as Bangladesh folded in 44.4 overs.