{"id":94584,"date":"2023-10-11T19:13:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T19:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=94584"},"modified":"2023-10-11T19:13:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T19:13:47","slug":"five-things-we-learned-from-england-thrashing-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/sports-news\/five-things-we-learned-from-england-thrashing-bangladesh\/","title":{"rendered":"FIVE THINGS WE LEARNED from England thrashing Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Reece Topley is lethal against left-handers, Joe Root&#8217;s back in the groove and we still miss Ben Stokes&#8230; FIVE THINGS WE LEARNED from England thrashing Bangladesh \u00a0<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>England paceman Reece Topley took four wickets with his first 16 deliveries<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Joe Root was in the groove again in Dharamshala, scoring 82 from 68 balls<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ben Stokes has missed first two games at the World Cup due to a hip injury\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An outstanding century from Dawid Malan and Reece Topley&#8217;s eye-catching return put England&#8217;s World Cup defence back on track as they hammered Bangladesh by 137 runs.<\/p>\n<p>The 2019 champions were bruised by a thumping loss to New Zealand in the tournament opener but banked a handsome win of their own to cap their visit to the outer ranges of the Himalayas.<\/p>\n<p>Malan was the architect, rolling out a career-best 140 in 107 balls as he carried England to 364 for nine with a fourth century in his last nine innings.<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh lost their way entirely with the bat, ambling aimlessly to 227 all out and helping repair much of the previous damage to England&#8217;s net run-rate.<\/p>\n<p>Mail Sport&#8217;s Lawrence Booth takes a look at five things we learned from the victory in Dharamshala.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/11\/18\/76438989-0-image-a-38_1697045357463.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>England&#8217;s Reece Topley took four wickets with his first 16 deliveries against Bangladesh<\/p>\n<h2>Reece is lethal against lefties<\/h2>\n<p>Since 2015, England have rarely looked as toothless with the ball as they did against New Zealand\u2019s Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra, both left-handers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Enter Reece Topley, whose natural movement takes the ball away from the lefties.<\/p>\n<p>With his first 16 deliveries against Bangladesh he removed Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto and Shakib Al Hasan.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/11\/18\/76439299-0-image-a-40_1697045916209.jpg\" height=\"458\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Joe Root\u00a0was in the groove again in Dharamshala, taking Bangladesh for 82 from 68<\/p>\n<h2>Root is back<\/h2>\n<p>A quiet end to the summer, in which Joe Root made six, nought, four and 29 against New Zealand in his first ODIs since July 2022, were no kind of build-up for the World Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But he looked sharp in the first game against the New Zealanders and was in the groove again in Dharamshala, taking Bangladesh for 82 from 68.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now he just needs others to hit out around him.<\/p>\n<h2>Keep the pedal to the metal<\/h2>\n<p>Twice now England\u2019s innings has fallen away, when the 2019 model might have accelerated. Against New Zealand, 188 for four became 252 for nine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Against Bangladesh, 296 for two led to a total of 364 for nine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both outcomes felt underwhelming and could have done with a late flurry from Liam Livingstone, who has so far contributed 20 off 22 balls and a golden duck.<\/p>\n<h2>Woakes must relocate rhythm<\/h2>\n<p>In the first over of New Zealand\u2019s chase, Chris Woakes conceded 10. Then against Bangladesh, it was 12.<\/p>\n<p>He simply looks short of a gallop, though Jos Buttler did well to keep him on after four expensive overs against the Bangladeshis: the wicket of Mehidy Hasan Miraz followed immediately.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/11\/18\/76439253-0-image-a-39_1697045825998.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Influential Ben Stokes has missed the first two games at the World Cup due to a hip injury<\/p>\n<h2>We still miss Stokes<\/h2>\n<p>Ben Stokes continues to make progress from the hip injury that ruled him out of the first two games.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s unclear if he\u2019ll be ready to face Afghanistan on Sunday, and repeated internal flights are not helping his body\u2019s recovery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Afghanistan game is ideal preparation for next week\u2019s showdown against South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/article-12620219\/Reece-Topley-lethal-against-left-handers-Joe-Roots-groove-miss-Ben-Stokes-FIVE-THINGS-LEARNED-England-thrashing-Bangladesh.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reece Topley is lethal against left-handers, Joe Root&#8217;s back in the groove and we still miss Ben Stokes&#8230; 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