Jason Roy took pleasure in shutting out the noise about his place within the England facet as he dug deep to assist them safe an ODI collection win over Bangladesh with a terrific hundred.
Roy ended a horrendous run of kind each for England and domestically with a century in South Africa in January however had been out for single determine scores in his three worldwide innings since then.
He struggled for fluency in tough circumstances in Dhaka, barely discovering the center of the bat early on, however step by step discovered some rhythm en path to compiling 132 off 124 balls with 18 fours and one six.
His rating shaped the spine of England’s 327 for six earlier than Sam Curran and Adil Rashid every took 4 wickets to assist the vacationers to a 132-run victory after Bangladesh had been all out for 194 in 44.4 overs.
“Every single ton means the absolute world,” Roy mentioned. “Some hundreds in the past, maybe you get to 40 and it just feels really free-flowing and then you’re on 100.
“Every run, every boundary that I scored was a bit of a scrap. I’ve been putting in the work and staying focused, keeping my head down and trying to ignore a lot of the smoke that’s been around my form.
“I’m my biggest critic, I understand I’ve not been in the greatest of form, but I’ve been playing decent cricket, I’ve been playing nicely and hitting the ball well, so I felt it was just a matter of time.
“South Africa, obviously was a big weight off my shoulders, but to come in here with a completely different skillset was very pleasing.”
Roy shared a 109-run stand with Jos Buttler, who scored 76 whereas late cameos from Moeen Ali (42) and Sam Curran (33) helped England add 107 within the final 10 overs earlier than they subdued Bangladesh, who slipped 2-0 down with one to play to ensure a primary ODI residence collection loss since 2016.
This was Roy’s twelfth ODI hundred and first within the subcontinent, a well timed innings given circumstances would possibly resemble what England could face after they defend their World Cup crown in India later this 12 months.
“To come here on slow turners where it’s a bit inconsistent, as far as your skillsets go as a batsman, it’s as rewarding as it can get, scoring runs in these sorts of conditions,” Roy mentioned.
“I’m very happy with that. Fortunately, this knock has helped my case (for the World Cup), to keep me there or thereabouts.
“But I’ve played a lot of cricket and along the way, with the summer I’ve got ahead, there’s a lot of cricket to dictate what they decide to do at the World Cup. But at no stage has it really been at the top of my head.”
Roy, who now sits third on the checklist of English batters with essentially the most ODI centuries alongside Marcus Trescothick, had some heat phrases for Rashid after a tough previous 24 hours for the leg-spinner.
After Sam Curran had taken three wickets in 5 balls to cut back Bangladesh to 9 for 3, Rashid ripped via the center order to assert 4 for 45, together with the scalp of Shakib Al Hasan for 58.