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Job done comfortably up north for England, 137-run win over Bangladesh coming courtesy of 140 from Dawid Malan (just 19 runs short of a new best England World Cup innings) and a Reece Topley four-fer. Absolutely the right move to drop Moeen for him.

From a broader perspective, Bangladesh's chase summed up a fatal shortcoming of the fifty-over game: when one team sets a big total and then bulldozes the other team's top order with the new ball, effectively ending the match as a serious contest, forty overs is a long old time to sit and watch them go through the motions to get to the inevitable. It's the same with all white-ball cricket, but at least a one-sided T20 is done within an hour of the chasing team collapsing. No complaints from an England POV, obviously, but with this format on the ropes, you do wonder if something could be introduced - batting & bowling bonus points, maybe? - to give it that extra distinction from the shortest forms and maintain a bit of interest and spice when a beaten side is just stroking it around to protect their net run-rate.