Ravi Bopara, who barely got a look in during the second batting powerplays, has hit unbeaten scores of 45, 35 and 30 in three of his last five ODI innings, hitting eight sixes in the process.
It was a welcome knock for the Middlesex batsman, who was dropped for the pre-Christmas tour to Sri Lanka because of his failure to convert starts into big scores and has had a run of 25 Test innings without reaching three figures.
As a result of the outlays made to acquire and operate scores of Aegis ships over the past three decades, the U.S. now has in place much of the infrastructure necessary to begin providing global antimissile defenses.