ICC Men’s ODI World Cup: Reece Topley, Dawid Malan script big win for England over Bangladesh

Dawid Malan bludgeoned 140 before Reece Topley destroyed the Bangladesh top order as England bounced back on Tuesday after their mauling by New Zealand in the opener of the ICC Men’s ODI World Cup.

In-form Malan belted five sixes in his career-best one-day international score and Topley took 4/43 as the defending champions won by 137 runs after piling up 364/9 in Dharamsala.

The total could have been even higher but England subsided from 296/2 in the 40th over due to some disciplined bowling by paceman Shoriful Islam and off-spinner Mahedi Hasan, who took seven wickets between them.

Bangladesh shot out of the blocks, with Litton Das hitting three consecutive fours off the first over bowled by Chris Woakes.

But they were quickly reduced to 14/2, with Tanzid Hasan and Najmul Hossain Shanto unable to cope with the pace and movement of the towering Topley, who replaced Moeen Ali in the side.

That became 26/3 when captain Shakib Al Hasan was bowled by the paceman and the expensive Woakes then got in on the act, enticing an edge from Mehidy Hasan Miraz, with England captain Jos Buttler taking the catch behind the stumps.

Despite the carnage, Litton looked untroubled at the other end, reaching his fifty off 38 balls as Bangladesh tried to...

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