England are in a great position now. Time to up the pace?

100 for Roypublished at 08:17 Greenwich Mean Time 3 March 2023

08:17 GMT 3 March 2023

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Exceptional.

Jason Roy reaches his gutsy hundred off 104 deliveries - with 12 fours and one six - with a pull shot for an easy single.

What a knock. That's his 12th ODI ton for England.

Drama! Apparently Roy might be on 98 due to a scorer issue.

Well he gets another single again to move back to 99.

Delay as Mustafizur Rahman brings the field in.

Slower ball to start which Roy pushes through for a single. On to 99 not out.

And Roy keeps the strike with a single off another sweep.

Eng 156-3published at 29.5 overs

29.5 overs

Roy 97, Buttler 27

Pressure? What pressure?

Jason Roy goes to 97 by skipping down the ground and launching England's first maximum over the bowler Mehidy's head.

That four by the way brought up England's 50-partnership.

It's been a superb stand so far from these two, navigating England out of trouble and now the tourists must be targeting 270+.

Mustafizur Rahman is back into the attack. Roy moves into the 90s by dabbing the pacer to third man for a single.

Next ball, clubbed! Jos Buttler finds the ropes with a cover drive for four.

Roy moves to 89 with a single to finish off Mehidy's latest eventful over.

Two wides and a huge appeal from it, England are just holding their nerve at the moment.

Impact is umpire's call. Roy survives!

Jason Roy's on 88 by the way. No bat involved...

Huge appeal as Jason Roy misses a sweep with the ball hammering into his boot.

Not out, Bangladesh review it.

Dan Nixon: You get the feeling that Vince is only in this squad as Bairstow, Brook & Root are unavailable. He is a good player but he is a prime example of an England player who is too good for county level cricket but not good enough for international cricket.

Urgh! A leading edge from Jos Buttler lands safe as England tick through another Taskin over, five runs from this one.

It looks like there's still plenty of movement and turn out there for the bowlers.

England's latest partnership stands at 37 off 41.

Mark Poole: This is probably the 8th time now they’ve gone back to Vince. He’s a terrific County player but time and time again, he just isn’t good enough for the international scene. That’s not me being harsh, the scores back that up.

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Taijul Islam comes back into the attack and immediately he's seeing plenty of turn, catching a harmless edge from Jason Roy.

The fielders come in but Roy relieves the pressure, moving to 87 with a premeditated reverse over the ring. Cat and mouse cricket.

Thanks Sam.

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Halfway through the innings, England are going well - Jason Roy, in particular.

To take you through what could be an exciting second half of the innings, it's over to Joe Rindl.

Taskin did for Buttler in the first ODI and gets him to play and miss with a cut shot to end the over.

It took a smart stop at backward point to deny Buttler a boundary the ball before. Three from the over.