Roy joy for England

Jason Roy in full flow against Bangladesh at Abu Dhabi yesterday. Pic/Getty Images

England raced to a second successive victory at the T20 World Cup with an eight-wicket drubbing of Bangladesh on Wednesday 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 in the Super 12 clash here. 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.

Left-arm quick Tymal Mills took three wickets to combine with spinners Moeen Ali and Liam Livingstone to restrict Bangladesh to 124-9. Eoin Morgan's England, the world's number one-ranked T20 team, top Group 1 with two big wins after a six-wicket thrashing of holders West Indies in their tournament opener.

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Bangladesh, who were beaten in their opening Super 12 match by Sri Lanka, lost regular wickets after electing to bat first here. After giving away 10 runs in the opening over of the innings, Moeen hit back to be on a hat-trick in his second over, only to be denied by Mushfiqur Rahim (29). Moeen had Liton Das caught at deep square leg for nine and then sent back Mohd Naim trudging back to the pavilion for five.

Brief scores
Bangladesh 124-9 in 20 overs (M Rahim 29; T Mills 3-27, L Livingstone 2-15, M Ali 2-18) lost to England 126-2 in 14.1 overs (J Roy 61, D Malan 28') by eight wickets

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