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WORLD CUP 2019

Shakib hundred not enough as Archer, Roy set up easy win

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Jason Roy scored 153 before Jofra Archer made life difficult for Bangladesh.
Jason Roy scored 153 before Jofra Archer made life difficult for Bangladesh. © AFP

By the time Shakib Al Hasan was bowled, with Ben Stokes's delivery hitting the bottom of the middle stump, and he walked back to a standing ovation by the Sophia Gardens crowd, Bangladesh were left needing 168 off 63 balls. It was his first century in a World Cup - 121 off 119 balls. But at no point, through the course of his innings, did Bangladesh look to threaten the

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