England captain Eoin Morgan is optimistic the injury Jos Buttler suffered in the World Cup win over Bangladesh is not serious.
Buttler smashed 64 off 44 balls in Cardiff to help England post 386-6. But he was struggling with a hip problem during the innings and then did not field, with Jonny Bairstow instead keeping wicket.
England face West Indies in their fourth World Cup match on Friday and Morgan is seemingly confident that Buttler will be fit to play.
Speaking after England’s 106-run win over Bangladesh, Morgan said: ‘There’s no serious concern with Jos at the moment.
‘He didn’t keep just as a precaution. He was feeling his hip while batting and that will be monitored over the next few days.’
Jason Roy set the platform for England’s highest-ever World Cup total with a superb century. The Surrey opener found support from Jonny Bairstow (51), Morgan (35) and late cameos from Liam Plunkett and Chris Woakes.
Shakib Al Hasan scored a ton in reply but Bangladesh were nevertheless bowled out for 280, falling 106 runs short, with Jofra Archer and Ben Stokes both taking three wickets.
Morgan added: ‘We knew we had to improve with the bat, we were outstanding and Jason got a good score.
‘He’s very intimidating to play against so the impact that has on our team is very significant. The majority of people will open with spin but there are always things to throw against us.
‘Hopefully we can counter all the plans thrown at us. The bowlers were all outstanding, they are wonderful to captain.’
Bangladesh centurion Al Hasan, meanwhile, said: ‘Very happy with the way I played but we didn’t start well with the ball and when they got the start they capitalised and we had to play the catch up game.
‘Credit goes to the England batsmen. We need to pick ourselves up because there are plenty of games left.’
