Morgan's masterful display helps England maintain record against Bangladesh

Morgan hit a masterful 110 not out to carry England past their target of 261 with seven balls to spare and only two wickets in hand after the Tigers had bowled themselves into pole position.

The result maintained England's 100 per cent record against the hosts in 14 meetings and secured a series win with one game to play.

Morgan moved beyond three figures for the first time in England colours – although he also has an ODI ton for Ireland – during a penultimate over that he thrashed for 16, but did not even raise his bat to mark the occasion.

Instead, he took guard once more and heaved Shafiul Islam for six to win the match and silence a raucous home crowd.

"The hundred certainly wasn't something I was thinking about, I must say," said Morgan.

"It was all about the short boundary and where I was going to hit it.

"But it's my first hundred for England and that is obviously a great experience; it's also something to get out of the way because I hope there's more success on the way. It's certainly up there with my best innings. Everything went to plan."

Captain Alastair Cook, who made it two wins from two leading the side, made a positive 60 to continue his own good form but was quick to defer to his finisher.

"It was a fantastic knock, it had everything," said Cook.

"He picked his time to hit the boundaries, he built a partnership with Matty (Prior) which was a fantastic one and then he came into his own in the powerplay.

"He was probably the coolest person out there because I certainly wasn't, I was pacing up and down the dressing room.

"I'm not the best cricket watcher when it gets tense but it was an amazing, relieved feeling and a really good chase."

England's situation when Morgan grabbed the win was even more precarious than the batsman knew.

Stuart Broad was due in at No 11 after experiencing discomfort in his back and, unknown to Morgan, Matt Prior was padded up to join him in the middle as a runner.

Fellow seamer Ryan Sidebottom had already been ruled out of the one-day series with a thigh injury before play, while Test player Graham Onions is thought to be having back trouble of his own.

Cook said that the extent of the side's fitness concerns was not yet clear.

"Broady we're not sure about. Obviously he has a bit of a bad back but we need to give it 24 to 48 hours for it to settle down before we can give any proper assessment," he said.

"Hopefully it will calm down overnight. Siddy (Sidebottom) is out of the next one-dayer and hopefully he can get back to fitness. I'm not yet sure exactly how serious his thigh is but hopefully the next 48 hours will tell us that too."

Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan, who returned 3-32 in a fine spell of slow left-arm bowling, looked drained after coming so close to beating England for the first time.

"We are disappointed but morally up because we played really good cricket," he said.

"We tried our best, our bowlers bowled very well and, if the umpires had been more consistent, maybe things would have gone our way."