| 2.6 : 2.6: C Woakes to E Lewis, OUT! Timber! A surprise delivery, this. Woakes changes his length to go full and spears it in on middle at 140 kph. Lewis' feet go nowhere as he tries to flick but misses the ball completely. It brushes his pads and goes behind to rattle the stumps. Played all over it, Evin. Terrific start for England. |
| 3.6: J Archer to C Gayle, EDGY FOUR! Unlucky for the bowler, spoils a good over. A touch short and on middle and off, at 142 kph, Gayle stays back to power it across the line but it takes the inside edge, misses the stumps and goes behind to fine leg for a boundary, first of this match. |
| 5.1 : 5.1: J Archer to C Gayle, FOUR! Cracked down the ground! Archer overpitches and delivers it outside off, Gayle stays back inside the crease and bludgeons it down the ground for a boundary. Nearly took Jofra's ankle with that brute of a shot. |
| 5.2 : 5.2: J Archer to C Gayle, FOUR! Gayle has decided to cut loose. Enough of blocking. The big man rocks on the back foot to a short delivery on middle and pulls it powerfully to the mid-wicket fence. |
| 7.1 : 7.1: J Archer to C Gayle, FOUR! Archer bowls one short and Gayle punishes it by rocking on the back foot for a boundary. Gayle is in attacking mode. |
| 8.2 : 8.2: C Woakes to C Gayle, FOUR! Woakes dishes out a short delivery around middle, Gayle remains back and powers it over mid on for a boundary. |
| 8.3 : 8.3: C Woakes to C Gayle, SIX! Gayle gives the charge this time. He motors down the track to a length ball and muscles it over the bowler's head. Chris is unleashing on his namesake. |
| 12.2 : 12.2: L Plunkett to S Hope, FOUR! Not sure he intended to play it that close to Buttler. Good length delivery outside off, holding its line, Hope opens the face of his bat to run it down but it takes the outside half of his blade and screams past the diving keeper for a boundary at third man. |
| 12.6 : 12.6: L Plunkett to C Gayle, OUT! Plunkett has hunted down the Jamaican giant! He goes short and challenges the batsman to have a go at it. Gayle accepts the proposal and attempts to pull it across the line. But the ball arrives a bit late to take the top edge. It balloons in the air and Bairstow takes a fine catch running to his left from deep mid-wicket. That's a huge wicket for England. Gayle was batting sensibly not at his belligerent best, maybe his plan was to take it deep and then launch |
| 13.2 : 13.2: M Wood to S Hope, OUT! No inside edge and it's hitting leg. The umpire will have to change his decision. Second wicket for England in quick succession and they have now dismissed the batsman in form for West Indies. Wood cranks up his pace this time. He spears in a length ball on middle at 149 kph and it skids into the batsman. Hope tries his best to flick but is beaten for pace. The ball raps him on the pads they appeal but umpire Dharmasena turns it down. England take the referral and th |
| 16.1 : 16.1: L Plunkett to N Pooran, FOUR! That's a lovely shot! Plunkett delivers it a little short and outside off, Pooran latches onto it and spanks it through point for a boundary. |
| 16.6 : 16.6: L Plunkett to S Hetmyer, FOUR! Bang! Plunkett digs in a short ball on middle, Hetmyer generates a lot of power behind his pull shot and dismisses it over mid-wicket for a boundary. 12 from the over! |
| 21.6: Ben Stokes to N Pooran, Top edge and FOUR! On the body and it is a seam-up ball. Pooran looks to pull but gets a top edge which goes fine down the leg side for a welcome boundary. The last ball somewhat spoils the over for Stokes. |
| 22.6: A Rashid to S Hetmyer, FOUR! Once again the last ball spoils the over. 100 up for the Windies. Hetmyer uses his feet, does not exactly get to the pitch of it but still lofts it over the bowler's head. No fielder there so a boundary. 17 from the last two overs. |
| 24.1 : 24.1: A Rashid to N Pooran, SIX! All the way! Slightly short and Pooran pounces on it. He rocks back and hammers it over the mid-wicket stand. Ideal start to this over after a quiet last. |
| 25.1: Ben Stokes to S Hetmyer, FOUR! Good start to the over once again for the Windies. Clears his front leg, Stokes bowls it slightly short and Hetmyer manages to pull it in the gap through the mid-wicket region for a boundary. Runs coming thick and fast now. |
| 25.2 : 25.2: Ben Stokes to S Hetmyer, FOUR! Through long on this time! Consecutive boundaries! 20 from the last 8 balls. Hetmyer once again clears his front leg, Stokes tries to cramp him for room by bowling it closer to the body. Hetmyer adjusts and smashes it through mid on. |
| 29.5 : 29.5: Joe Root to S Hetmyer, OUT! Root has done the trick here. Joe has broken this budding partnership. It is a very soft dismissal for Hetmyer. Root bowls an off spinner around off, Hetmyer looks to drive it towards long on. Shimron hits it uppishly to the left of Root. He moves there and takes a simple caught and bowled. He has the knack of breaking partnership and he has done that here as well. Hetmyer won't be happy looking back at that, he was batting very sensibly here but the three dots |
| 31.5: Joe Root to J Holder, SIX! Lovely shot! Holder hit that so easily. Beautiful to watch when he plays such strokes. Root floats it up on off, Holder leans into it and lofts it over mid off and it goes all the way. |
| 31.6 : 31.6: Joe Root to J Holder, OUT! Caught and bowled again! Root gets his second. He is over the moon at the moment. Jason Holder on the other hand, will be kicking himself at the moment. That is probably the softest dismissal you will see. It is a completely harmless delivery, it is bowled down the leg side. Had Holder left it, it would have been called a wide, had he gone hard after it, he could have got a boundary. He does neither of the two but instead looks to work it on the leg side with sof |
| 34.4 : 34.4: A Rashid to A Russell, SIX! Rubbing salt on the wound is Russell here! This time he does the right thing. Looks to go straight. Connects well and it clears the long on fence with ease. |
| 34.6 : 34.6: A Rashid to A Russell, SIX! BOOM BOOM GOES RUSSELL AGAIN! Woakes will be hurting the most at the moment. Second biggie in the over. Goes with the turn this time so the risk on the shot is very less. Hits it over the bowler and it clears the long off fence with utmost ease. 14 from the over. Could have easily been a successful over for the English but ends up begin a good one for the visitors. |
| 36.1 : 36.1: M Wood to A Russell, FOUR! Has not started this one well! Russell welcomes Wood back into the attack with a boundary. He makes room and Wood follows him. AR whips it through mid-wicket and bags a boundary. |
| 36.2 : 36.2: M Wood to A Russell, OUT! Woakes takes it this time! Wood has the last laugh! Russell once again throws it away. He was just going after everything here and perishes in the attempt to clear the boundary again. Wood bangs it short and cramps the batsman for room by bowling it closer to the body. Russell is in no position to pull it but still goes for the shot. He gets a top edge and it goes towards deep square leg where Woakes takes a sitter. England continue to remain on top. |
| 38.3 : 38.3: A Rashid to N Pooran, FOUR! Nicely played! The googly on leg stump, Pooran gets on top of the bounce and sweeps it all along the ground through square leg for a boundary. |
| 39.4 : 39.4: J Archer to N Pooran, OUT! There is a spike on snicko and Pooran has to take the long walk back. Excellent use of the review by England, actually by Buttler as Jofra Archer never seemed confident there. He goes from wide of the crease and bangs it short. It keeps coming in with the angle. Pooran shoulders arms to it. Buttler takes it and appeals. The umpire shakes his head. He then reviews. Replays roll in and they show the on-field call has to be overturned. Pooran walks back at the wrong |
| 39.5 : 39.5: J Archer to S Cottrell, OUT! Three reds and Archer is on a hat-trick. Cottrell bags a golden duck. He takes a review along with him. This is once again angled into the batsman, Sheldon shuffles right across and looks to flick but misses to get hit on the pads. England make a huge appeal. The umpire takes his time and then raises the finger. Cottrell reviews and replays show that the on-field call this time is the right one. |
| 42.3 : 42.3: M Wood to C Brathwaite, SIX! That has been nailed! Picks the length early this time and manages to flick it over the mid-wicket fence for a biggie. Windies would love a few more of these. |
| 43.4 : 43.4: J Archer to C Brathwaite, OUT! Up goes the finger! Brathwaite can't believe he has been given out as he is down on his haunches. No reviews left though and he has to walk back. Archer gets his third. He goes short again and once again Brathwaite is cramped for room. He still goes for the pull. The ball goes off something and into the mitts of Buttler. The bowler appeals and the umpire after giving it a thought raises his finger. CB walks back disappointed and rightly so as replays show tha |
| 44.4: M Wood to S Gabriel, OUT! TIMBER! Full and straight at 147 kph and the stumps are knocked over. Too good for a number 11. It also tails back in from outside off, Gabriel fails to get bat on ball and the stumps are rattled. 50th ODI wicket for Mark Wood! WEST INDIES ARE BOWLED OUT FOR 212! |
| 1.3 : 1.3: O Thomas to J Bairstow, FOUR! First one of the innings and it has come right off the meat. Thomas bowls it on a length outside off. He offers a nice amount of room and Bairstow pounces on it. Jonny slaps it through covers for a boundary. |
| 2.4 : 2.4: S Cottrell to J Bairstow, FOUR! That was four the moment Bairstow hit it. Full outside off. It is slightly overpitched, Bairstow takes it with both hands and drives it through covers for a boundary. |
| 3.2 : 3.2: O Thomas to Joe Root, FOUR! Too good! Just too good. Thomas lands it on a length around off, Root pulls it with ease through backward square leg for a boundary. That shot had class written all over it. |
| 4.1 : 4.1: S Cottrell to Joe Root, FOUR! Classic Joe Root. Full outside off, Root gets on his front foot and plays a textbook cover drive for a boundary. |
| 5.1: O Thomas to J Bairstow, FOUR! SHOT! Full on middle, Bairstow plays a picture-perfect on drive past mid on for a boundary. Bairstow holds the pose for the cameras. Reminiscent of the great Sachin Tendulkar's straight drive. |
| 5.4 : 5.4: O Thomas to Joe Root, FOUR! Root is oozing class at the moment. Full outside off, Root gets on his front foot and plays a handsome cover drive for a boundary. |
| 7.1 : 7.1: A Russell to Joe Root, FOUR! Fifty comes up for England with that glorious boundary. Russell bowls it full first up on off, Root loves it there and drives it through cover-point for a boundary. |
| 8.2 : 8.2: S Gabriel to Joe Root, FOUR! Up and over. Good length ball on off, Root has no qualms and pulls it over backward square leg with comfort. There is no one in the deep, so no risk and he gets a boundary. |
| 10.2: A Russell to J Bairstow, FOUR! Cleverly played. He was expecting this back of a length ball to bounce higher and he was planning to leave it but the ball does not bounce much and he just lofts it over the slips with his uppercut for a boundary. |
| 11.4 : 11.4: J Holder to J Bairstow, FOUR! Poor from the West Indian skipper. It is on the pads, Bairstow just helps it fine down the leg side for a boundary. |
| 11.5 : 11.5: J Holder to J Bairstow, FOUR! Nothing going West Indies way. Short ball on off, Bairstow initially looks to pull but then decides to pull away from it. He though is too late and ends up top edging it. Luckily it goes safely down to fine leg for a boundary. |
| 14.3 : 14.3: S Gabriel to J Bairstow, FOUR! That has gone to the fence like a tracer bullet! Wow! What sound did that make off the bat. Slightly short and Bairstow is waiting for it. He is quickly onto the back foot and then powers it through the mid-wicket fence. |
| 14.4 : 14.4: S Gabriel to J Bairstow, OUT! In the air... taken! West Indies finally have a wicket. Bairstow misses out on a half ton. His idea was right but just could not execute it. He makes room expecting another short ball. Does get one. He tries to upper cut it over the third man fence but does not get the distance. Carlos Brathwaite there settles under it and takes it. End of an entertaining knock by Jonny. An amazing partnership with Root comes to an end. They have more-or-less done their job. 1 |
| 14.6 : 14.6: S Gabriel to C Woakes, FOUR! A lovely way to get off the mark! Full and on off, Woakes just uses the pace and times it back past the bowler. It was uppish but even before Gabriel could react, the ball went past him. 100 up for England. |
| 16.1 : 16.1: S Gabriel to Joe Root, FOUR! Handsome. Full on off, Root drives it magnificently through covers and gets a boundary. He makes it looks all so easy. |
| 16.4 : 16.4: S Gabriel to C Woakes, FOUR! Hammered away! Good length ball on off, Woakes likes the length and hammers his pull through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 18.1 : 18.1: C Brathwaite to Joe Root, FOUR! Overpitched on off, Root is just too good to miss out on that. He drives it nonchalantly through mid off for a boundary. |
| 18.5 : 18.5: C Brathwaite to Joe Root, FOUR! Good effort in the field from Bravo (sub) but cannot stop it from going to the fence. Full on off, Root drives it through mid off. Bravo gives it a chase and looks to pull it back before the boundary cushion but his legs touch the rope while the ball was in contact with his hands. The third umpire watches the replays and passes on the message to the onfield umpires. |
| 19.1 : 19.1: O Thomas to C Woakes, FOUR! Short, wide and punished. Good length ball outside off, Woakes pounces on it and cuts it through point for a boundary. |
| 19.6 : 19.6: O Thomas to Joe Root, FOUR! Pulled and pulled hard. Once again it is short and Root once again pulls it over cow corner and gets a boundary. West Indies need to understand that the short ball is not doing any damage to Root. |
| 21.3 : 21.3: C Brathwaite to Joe Root, FOUR! Back of a length ball, Root pulls it wide of deep mid-wicket. Pooran runs to his right and looks to save it with a dive but he misses and the ball goes away to the ropes. |
| 27.6 : 27.6: C Brathwaite to C Woakes, FOUR! Finally Woakes manages to pull it wide of the boundary protectors on the on side. Back of a length ball on off, Chris pulls it wide of deep mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 28.1 : 28.1: C Gayle to Joe Root, FOUR! Sliced away. Short around off, Root cuts it through point for a boundary. |
| 31.5 : 31.5: S Gabriel to C Woakes, OUT! Not that this wicket changes the result of the game but West Indies will take it. Saves them some blushes. Short ball on off, Woakes looks to pull but does not time it well. It flies towards deep square leg. For a moment it looks like it will fall short but substitute, Fabian Allen, comes in front and takes a very good catch by going down low. He does a fist pump looking at the crowd. |
| 33.1 : 33.1: J Holder to Ben Stokes, NO BALL AND FOUR! Now it should be the last over of the game. Just the 4 needed now and Stokes has a Free Hit on the next ball to finish the game. Shortish and outside off, Stokes does not hit it right off the middle but gets it past mid off. The fielder does give it a chase but fails to stop the ball. Holder also has overstepped. |
| 33.1: J Holder to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Stokes finishes the game off with a boundary! Takes full toll of the Free Hit. Holder bowls it very full on leg stump. Stokes whips it past mid on and the ball races away. He walks up to Root and hugs him. All smiles in the England camp as THEY WIN BY 8 WICKETS and 101 balls to spare! |
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