Solid top-order seals eight-wicket win for England

Alex Hales, Joe Root and Eoin Morgan presided over the stiff chase of 306 as England opened its Champions Trophy account with a comfortable win over Bangladesh.

Joe Root celebrates his century.

Joe Root shrugged off an ankle injury to hit a superb unbeaten 133 and lead England to a comfortable eight-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the opening Champions Trophy game at The Oval on Thursday.

Scorecard and ball-by-ball details

Alex Hales made 95 and captain Eoin Morgan 75 not out as host England overhauled its target of 306 with 16 balls to spare, the highest successful run-chase in the tournament's history.

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The day had started badly for England, bidding to win its first global 50-over trophy, when all-rounder Chris Woakes limped off due to a side strain after bowling two overs. Tamim Iqbal struck a fluent 128 and shared a 166-run partnership with Mushfiqur Rahim to push Bangladesh to a competitive total of 305 for six.

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Jason Roy's wretched run continued when he was brilliantly caught at short fine leg for one but Root and Hales calmed England's nerves with a second-wicket partnership of 159. Hales was the chief aggressor but straight after hitting a four and a six off consecutive balls from Sabbir Rahman he fell five runs short of his century, caught at deep mid-wicket.

In control

Root, hobbling between the wickets, manoeuvred the ball around calmly and he and Morgan were always in control of the chase in an unbroken partnership of 143. Root posted his 10th One-Day International century, off 115 deliveries, and hit one six and 11 fours in his highest score in this format of the game.

Morgan had won the toss in sunny conditions and asked Bangladesh to bat, but Tamim and Soumya Sarkar carefully added 56 for the first wicket before the latter was caught on the cover-point boundary for 28.

  Imrul Kayes, on 19, was brilliantly caught by a diving Mark Wood at mid-on but Mushfiqur and Tamim gradually accelerated the scoring rate with crisp strokes around the ground to wild cheers from the pockets of flag-waving Bangladesh fans in a lively crowd. Ben Stokes and Tamim were involved in a verbal altercation as tempers frayed but the left-hander reached his century off 124 balls, including two sixes and 11 fours.

Tamim skied Liam Plunkett to wicketkeeper Jos Buttler and Mushfiqur was caught in the deep for 79 off the next ball, allowing England to restrict the boundary flow in the closing overs and keep the Bangladesh total down.

Australia and New Zealand are the other teams in Group A. The top two will advance to the semifinals.