In-form Malan belted five sixes and 16 fours to rack up a career-best one-day international (ODI) score and Topley took 4-43 as the defending champions won by 137 runs after piling up 364-9 in Dharamsala. England’s Dawid Malan, left, celebrates his century with Joe Root during their Cricket World Cup match against Bangladesh in Dharamsala, India, yesterday. Bangladesh, who beat Afghanistan in their opening match in India, finally got the breakthrough they desperately needed when Mahedi bowled Malan. Wickets kept tumbling — Shoriful finished with figures of 3-75 and Mahedi took 4-71 — but the total proved well beyond Bangladesh. The 10 teams at the World Cup play every other side once in a single round-robin format, with the top four teams progressing to the semi-finals.

Source: Taipei Times October 10, 2023 21:01 UTC