England warmed up to Thursday’s Men’s Cricket World Cup opener by crushing Bangladesh in a rain-curtailed warm-up fixture.
The margin of victory may give an impression that England was in a spot of bother but Jos Buttler’s side was always in control — on either side of a three-hour rain interruption — to underline its intention of defending the title it won at home four years ago.
Having seen a thunderstorm deprive it of any game-time on Saturday, Buttler hoped to give his bowlers some match simulation, with rain predicted in the evening.
