England hammer Bangladesh at World Cup

Dawid Malan bludgeoned 140 before Reece Topley destroyed the Bangladesh top order as England bounced back from their mauling by New Zealand in their World Cup opener, AFP reported.

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.

England failed to make the most of an ominous position of 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, but ultimately had enough on the board.

England captain Jos Buttler was delighted his team had bounced back strongly after their nine-wicket defeat by the Black Caps.

“We stuck to our guns, played in the fashion we want to play and still feel like there’s always areas we can improve as well,” he said.

“At the back end of the innings we would have liked to maybe have got a few more … but the opening partnership from (Jonny) Bairstow and Malan was brilliant and then Malan and (Joe) Root, fantastic.”