Opening batsman Jason Roy on Wednesday credited the England bowlers for helping set up a second successive victory at the Twenty20 World Cup with an eight-wicket drubbing of Bangladesh.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Roy smashed 61 off 38 balls as England romped to their victory target of 125 in 14.1 overs in the Super 12 clash in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He reached his seventh T20 half-century with a straight six in his 50th match during a partnership of 73 with Dawid Malan, who made an unbeaten 28.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"We bowled extremely well. Take nothing away from the bowlers," Roy told reporters after his man of the match performance.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"We took our catches and fielded and bowled really well. We got off to a great start with the bats and then just capitalised on a lower total."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
England left-arm quick Tymal Mills took three wickets and combined with spinners Moeen Ali and Liam Livingstone to restrict Bangladesh to 124-9 in the two nations' first ever meeting in the format.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Roy said England's loss to Bangladesh in the 2015 50-over World Cup knocked them out of that tournament but helped build a strong bond between the players and change their brand of cricket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Our camp has been together since 2015 like," he said. "We've created bonds outside of cricket and on the field, which I think plays a huge part in travelling the world and playing good cricket."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"We understand our roles in the team as individuals and as teammates."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bangladesh, who lost their opening Super 12 match to Sri Lanka, lost regular wickets after electing to bat first.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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\r\nAfter giving away 10 runs in the opening over, Moeen hit back and was on a hat-trick in his second over, only to be denied by Mushfiqur Rahim, who top-scored with 29.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Moeen, an off-spinner, had Liton Das caught at deep square leg for nine and then sent Mohammad Naim trudging back to the pavilion for five.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bangladesh found themselves in trouble at 26-3 when Chris Woakes claimed Shakib Al Hasan's key scalp with Adil Rashid taking a good catch running backwards. Shakib fell for four.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mushfiqur and skipper Mahmudullah Riyad, who made 19, tried to repair the damage in a 37-run partnership before Livingstone broke through.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Livingstone trapped Mushfiqur lbw, but England had to use the umpire referral after the onfield official ruled it not out.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bangladesh kept faltering as a run-out cost Afif Hossain his wicket for five and Mahmudullah departed, for 19, soon after as Livingstone's second wicket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Definitely, we were disappointed with the batting, it was a good wicket but we didn't start well and didn't have any partnerships in the middle either," said Mahmudullah.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"We are more skilled hitters than power hitters, we don't want to change that because we believe we can post good totals. We need to reassess and come up with a good plan."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bangladesh's batting effort was well below par and the England batsmen having little trouble in their batting reply despite losing Jos Buttler for 18.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Roy smashed five fours and three sixes in an attacking knock that took the steam out of the Bangladesh bowling.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Malan, who did not bat in the first match, got useful batting time<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Both team stook the knee before the start of the game with much focus on the anti-racism gesture after South Africa's Quinton de Kock pulled out of a match against West Indies on Tuesday because he refused to obey the national cricket board's orders.<\/p>\r\n\r\n