Opener scored 140 in England’s 137-run win against Bangladesh‘I’m just hungry. I’ve wanted to be part of this team for so long’
He may have reached at least 50 in a remarkable 48% of his one-day international innings, and a century in more than a quarter of them, but after his 140 laid the foundations for England’s vital 137-run World Cup victory against Bangladesh Dawid Malan said he is motivated primarily by insecurity.
“I’m desperate to do well in this format and prove a point that I deserve to be in there,” he said. “I feel like every series I’m under pressure. For me to keep silencing people is all I can do.”
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