‘A lot of credit to our bowlers’

England raced to a second successive victory at the Twenty20 World Cup with an eight-wicket drubbing of Bangladesh yesterday in the two nations' first ever meeting in the format.

Opening batsman Jason Roy smashed 61 off 38 balls as England romped to their victory target of 125 in 14.1 overs.

Player-of-the-match Roy reached his seventh T20 half-century with a straight six in his 50th match and put on a key partnership of 73 with Dawid Malan, who made an unbeaten 28.

"Very special match for us, we had to back up our last performance and came out firing with the ball. A lot of credit to our bowlers again," said Roy after the match.

England skipper Eoin Morgan also praised his bowlers. "The bowlers have started the tournament exceptionally well, they've adapted really well again today, very disciplined and backed up with good catching and ground fielding."

"It's a huge compliment to how far out white-ball cricket in general has come along, a lot of players involved in the 2019 World Cup success and that's lent itself to T20 cricket as well. [Roy] It's nice for him and Dawid to get some time at the wicket. The way Jason plays is so imposing, makes it difficult to set fields, so great to see him in good touch," Morgan added.