England captain Eoin Morgan hailed an “intimidating” Jason Roy after the opening batsman’s 153 fired England to victory over Bangladesh in their third World Cup match in Cardiff on Saturday.
South African-born Roy failed to reach double figures as World Cup favourites England suffered a surprise defeat to Pakistan last time out, but the 28-year-old was in witwarme form to put England on course for their highest ever World Cup batting total and a 106-run victory over Bangladesh.
His 150 was brought up with three successive sixes as Roy upped the ante, and captain Morgan highlights just how important Roy is in the England set-up.
💯 off 92 balls for Jason Roy!
He has to make sure the umpire is OK before celebrating! pic.twitter.com/t0289Hu01Q
— Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) June 8, 2019
Morgan says: “The boys at the top of the order set a really solid platform.
“Jason managed to go on and get quite a significant score at a good clip again, which is great to see.
“He’s very intimidating to play against when he does score runs so the impact that has on their team is quite significant.”
Weekend World Cup results:
- England (386/6) beat Bangladesh (280) by 106 runs
- New Zealand (173/3) beat Afghanistan (172) by seven wickets
- Pakistan v Sri Lanka (match abandoned because of rain)