Woakes bowled two overs before being forced off and Bangladesh racked up a competitive total of 305 for six before Joe Root’s 133 not out guided England to an easy victory. Root also appeared to incur a calf problem.”Hopefully it is more cramp and me being a bit wet”, said Root, the man-of-the-match, at the presentation ceremony.
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England ride on a brilliant unbeaten century by Joe Root to thrash Bangladesh by eight wickets in the Champions Trophy opener at London today.
As far as Woakes’ injury is concerned, England will look to announce a replacement as soon as possible.
Set 306 win, Root’s unbeaten knock of 133 – his 10th one-day worldwide ton – underpinned England’s reply, while opener Alex Hales struck 95 and Morgan finished on 75 not out.
Woakes, a key member of England’s one-day worldwide side, managed just two overs with the new ball against the Tigers before going off with a left side strain and played no further part in a match where the all-rounder was not required to bat. “He really has scored a lot of runs for us over the last couple of years and he continues to do it”.
Plunkett has already made a decent fist of the emergency assignment, his 4-59 in the hosts’ emphatic opening win over Bangladesh taking his annual one-day global wickets tally to 24 in 10 matches. England impressively won a series 2-1 under the leadership of Jos Buttler, Eoin Morgan missed that series due to security objective.
But they had to work hard in the field against a Bangladesh side skittled out for just 84 by Champions Trophy holders India in a warm-up match at the Oval on Tuesday.
It’s got some neat animations, including the one where you get out for zero runs – a duck – where your cricket will turn into, yep, a duck.
“You know it’s very important when you are playing in English conditions to play close to your body and play late”. “But I certainly see him bowling”.
While Pakistan hold a 2-1 lead over their fierce rivals and neighbours in the Champions Trophy, it is India who have won 10 out of the 11 contests at the World Cup and World T20 tournaments between the two sides.
Writing on Twitter, the former England fast bowler, Darren Gough, reckoned it could take between four and six weeks for a full recovery, especially if he has damaged his intercostal muscles.
For Bangladesh, Mashrafe Mortaza and Sabbir Rahman took one wicket each. The most pleasing thing is that it came in a major tournament.
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Bangladesh will now face Australia while England will take on New Zealand in their next group clash of the eight-team marquee event.
