ENG VS BAN - 7th Match, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023

So business as usual for England after that opening day thrashing. Bangladesh left pondering where they could do better, but in all fairness today they came up against a vastly superior side. That’s all then. We still wait on for the first real thriller of this World Cup. Hopefully tomorrow. Join us then, bye for now!!

Jos Buttler: Really good performance, stuck to our guns. Really important for us after a bad performance earlier. The back end I think we should have scored a few more, we could do well with some partnerships at the back end. It was fantastic to see Dawid Malan stand up and get a big hundred after what happened first game. We are always looking for the perfect performance, can't remember the number of times it actually works out. One of the challenges is going to be reading the conditions and pitch well, we have a fantastic, balanced squad - a good combination of swing and spin. Today was fantastic to see Reece Topley come in and perform that way.

Shakib Al Hasan: It was a good toss to win, there was some rain last night. There was some help for the faster bowlers but we didn't start well. When you give them a sniff, they will always come at us strong. We did well in the last 10 overs but it will always be tough to chase 350. We planned well, but we couldn't execute. The ball was swinging nicely, needed to put in the right areas and build momentum. Once they got the momentum it was tough to contain them. I think the position they were in, they could have scored 380-390, we restricted them well. But I think 320 would have been a good total to chase here. It is a long tournament, we have a tough fixture coming up in Chennai, NZ are playing well. We have to move on, keep doing the right things and take it one game at a time.

Highest win margins for England in World Cup (by runs)
202 vs India, Lord’s, 1975
196 vs East Africa, Birmingham, 1975
150 vs Afghanistan, Manchester, 2019
137 vs Bangladesh, Dharamsala, 2023

Dawid Malan | Player of the Match: It's nice to contribute, been a long journey to try and get to this stage, so to get here is fantastic and then to put in performance to win a game is great as well, I don't know what it is down to to, hopefully it will continue (talking about his incredible form this year). Sometimes I play good shots and sometimes I play bad shots and that's cricket (talking about the criticism), it's always about trying to cash in against some type of bowling which is yours on the day. When you got Root at three who is so consistent, it allows us to play a bit freely. I'm desperate to do well this format, desperate to win games of cricket and prove a point and prove people wrong. So, when I get in, I don't like to give it away.

18:30 Local Time, 13:00 GMT, 18:30 IST: After that horror show in Ahmedabad, a performance more akin to World Champions today as England roared back to claim their first points of the World Cup. This game was pretty much over in the first innings, after Malan scored a big hundred and Root and Bairstow added fifties. It was completely buried when Reece Topley priced out three wickets in his first spell in a superb display of swing bowling. Litton Das fought on for Bangladesh, and there was just a bit of exagerrated hope till he was around, but he was nipped out by a Chris Woakes outswinger. Keeper Mushfiqur and Towhid Hridoy got some runs, but all they were doing was delaying the end of the game. It took Liam Livingstone to price out Hridoy, and then Adil Rashid finally found his mojo with a googly. Then Wood and Curran rattled out the tail to give England a comfortable win. Over to the presentations now...

Sam Curran to Taskin Ahmed, out Bowled!! That'll do!! A middle stump yorker from Sam Curran as Taskin swings blindly across the line. Game, set, match for England. Taskin Ahmed b Sam Curran 15(25) [6s-1]

Sam Curran to Taskin Ahmed, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Sam Curran to Taskin Ahmed, no run, was that an edge? Fuller on leg side, deflects off the pad or bat and to the right of Buttler who gets a hand but can't grab on. Well, well. Replays show that actually thudded into the side of leg stump, that was the noise. Bails remained unmoved!!

Mark Wood to Mustafizur, no run, slower delivery, angles past the off stuff again

Mark Wood to Mustafizur, no run, full and quick again, defended towards point

Mark Wood to Taskin Ahmed, 1 run, 148.8 clicks, full and fast on off, Taskin chips his drive over the infield towards sweeper cover

Mark Wood to Taskin Ahmed, no run, slower delivery, just past off stump as Taskin swings for the hills and misses

Mark Wood to Mustafizur, 1 run, short on off, Mustafizur hangs out his and the ball lobs off it towards third-man. Couple of bounces to the fielder

Mark Wood to Mustafizur, no run, short pitched and at the body, Mustafizur gets out of harm's way

Sam Curran to Mustafizur, 1 run, wide yorker, stabbed out square of the wicket towards Harry Brook

Sam Curran to Mustafizur, no run, full outside off, a bit of away shape. A swing and a miss

Sam Curran to Taskin Ahmed, 1 run, slower delivery on off, stabbed into the pitch to the left of Sam Curran

Sam Curran to Mustafizur, 1 run, fired onto leg stump, inside halved towards fine leg

Sam Curran to Taskin Ahmed, leg byes, 1 run, full and angling onto the pads, deflects towards the point region