England demolish Bangladesh to claim first win of 2023 WC
What's the story
England have defeated Bangladesh by 137 runs to get their first win in the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup.
While Dawid Malan starred with the bat with a career-best 140, Reece Topley ran through Bangladesh's batting order with a four-wicket haul.
The Tigers also made a valiant fight back as Litton Das and Mushfiqur Rahim slammed fifties.
Here we look at the key stats.
Summary
How did the game pan out?
Batting first in Dharamsala, England were off to a flying start as openers Bairstow and Malan attacked bowlers from the outset.
While Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow scored fifties, Malan made 140. As a result, England posted 364/9.
In reply, Topley reduced them to 26/3.
Though Litton Das and Mushfiqur Rahim scored valiant fifties, the Tigers were eventually folded for 227.
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100 ODIs for Bairstow
The game marked Bairstow's 100th appearance in ODIs as he scored 52 off 59 balls.
Bairstow has now raced to 3,738 ODI runs at 45.03. He has slammed 11 hundreds and 16 fifties (SR: 103.57).
3,091 of Bairstow's runs have come in 74 ODIs as an opener.
His average of 46.83 is the highest among England openers with at least 1,000 runs.
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Career-best score for Dawid Malan
Malan played with remarkable intent as he scored runs all over the park.
He ended up scoring a career-best 140 off 107 balls (16 fours, 5 sixes).
In 23 ODIs, he has now raced to 1,200 runs at a sensational average of 63.16.
This was Malan's sixth ton in ODIs. He also owns five fifties in the format.
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Fastest to six ODI tons
Malan became the fastest to complete six centuries in ODI cricket, having taken just 23 innings.
Pakistan's Imam-ul-Haq was the previous-fastest batter to attain the milestone ( 27 innings).
At 36 years and 37 days, he also became the oldest Englishman to get a WC century. He went past Graham Gooch (34 years and 105 days), who scored his last WC century in 1987.
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Root scripts history
Root scripted history by becoming the first England batter to accomplish 900 runs in ICC Cricket World Cups.
He ended up scoring a 68-ball 82 (8 fours, 1 six). He has now completed 917 runs in 19 WC games at 57.31.
He also displaced Gooch (897) as England's highest run-getter in WCs.
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38th ODI fifty for Root
Root slammed his 38th half-century in ODI cricket and a second one in successive games.
He smashed 77 off 86 balls in England's tournament opener against New Zealand.
England's second-highest run-getter in ODIs, Root has now raced to 6,405 runs in 164 games at 49.26. His tally of 16 tons is the most for an England batter.
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Third-highest WC score for England
The 364/9 is now England's third-highest score in ODI WCs.
Their top-two scores came in the preceding edition in 2019. While they posted 397/6 versus Afghanistan in Manchester, they mustered 386/6 against Bangladesh in Cardiff.
Notably, a few days ago, South Africa posted the all-time highest team total in ODI WCs, 428/5 versus Sri Lanka in Delhi.
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Career-best figures for Mahedi
Mahedi Hasan, who was expensive in his first spell, bowled brilliantly toward the death and claimed 4/71 in eight overs.
This was his maiden four-fer in the format as the off-spinner has now raced to 12 wickets in nine games at a brilliant economy rate of 4.97.
Notably, the off-spinner is standing in his ODI WC debut, having missed Bangladesh's opener against Afghanistan.
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Root-Malan script this partnership record
Root and Malan added 151 runs for the second wicket.
This is now England's highest partnership versus the Tigers in ODI World Cups.
They went past Bairstow and Jason Roy's 128-run stand in the 2019 event.
Malan and Bairstow's 115-run stand in the game is now at the third spot.
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Three-fer for Shoriful
The 22-year-old Shoriful displayed his class in the last 10 overs and claimed 3/74 in 10 overs.
The left-arm pacer has now raced to 40 wickets in just 24 ODIs at an economy rate of 5.49.
He has displayed the ability to take wickets across all phases.
Meanwhile, the youngster's best figures in the format read 4/21.
Das
A knock of intent from Litton
Litton batted well amid tough circumstances and ended up scoring 76 off just 66 balls.
He has now raced to 2,339 runs at 32.04 in 79 ODIs. He has smashed five centuries overall, out of which three of them have come at home.
Meanwhile, this was the batter's fifth fifty this year.
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1,500 runs in Asia for Litton
During the course of his knock, Litton also raced past 1,500 ODI runs in Asia. He has now raced to 1,507 in 51 games in the continent at a decent average of 32.76. The tally includes four tons and six fifties.
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Fifty for Mushfiqur
Mushfiqur played a valiant knock, scoring 51 off 64 balls.
Courtesy of another fifty, Mushfiqur has now raced to 7,459 runs at an average of 7459.
Besides the 47 fifties, he has slammed nine centuries in this format.
Only Tamim Iqbal (8,357) has scored more runs than Rahim in ODIs. He has raced to 930 World Cup runs at 38.75.
Topley
Record figures for Topley
Standing in his maiden WC match, Topley claimed 4/43 in 10 overs.
He became the first England bowler to claim a WC four-fer against the Tigers.
Topley has represented England 27 times. The tall seamer has taken 41 wickets at 25.29.
The tally includes two four-wicket hauls and a five-for. His economy rate in the format reads 5.18.