| 0.0 : TOSS UPDATE - The coin flip lands in the favor of England, and Jos Buttler elects to BOWL first. |
| West Indies (Playing XI) - Johnson Charles, Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran (WK), Roston Chase, Rovman Powell (C), Sherfane Rutherford, Andre Russell, Romario Shepherd, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Gudakesh Motie. |
| England (Playing XI) - Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (C/WK), Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Reece Topley. |
| The captain of England, Jos Buttler says that they will bowl first. Adds that they watched the game last night here and the wicket looked good. States that with the strong breeze, they fancy their chances of chasing. Informs that Mark Wood comes in for Chris Jordan. |
| Rovman Powell, the skipper of West Indies, says they would have bowled first as well but says it is a good wicket and is hopeful that the batters will step up and score big. Adds they have rolled the surface well and says it is generally a good wicket to bat on. Tells that they have been playing good cricket overall and says they will naturally get good support. Informs two changes, Roston Chase comes in for Shai Hope, and Romario Shepherd replaces Obed McCoy. |
| PITCH REPORT - Natalie Germanos is pitchside. She informs that pitch number 2 will be used for this game and this is the second time this surface is being used. Informs that 63 metres and 72 metres are the dimensions of the square boundaries with a 77-metre hit down the ground. Adds that an 18 kph breeze is blowing across and the two teams will have to consider it. Ian Bishop joins her and says that despite there being a few scratch marks around the good length, this is a good surface. Shares t |
| Phil Salt is in for a chat. He says that they are scheduled to play two games here and it will be about assessing the conditions as quickly as they could. Feels that the side that does that well will give themselves the best chance. Reckons that it is about playing their best of game of cricket and thinking what does the team need from them. On their top four batters all being right-handed, he feels that right-hand left-hand combination does not matter much and if you are there, you are the man |
| Before we get going in this heavyweight bout, the players, along with the mascots, will lineup for their respective national anthems. It will be England's national anthem first followed by that of the West Indies. |
| Done with the national anthems and we are all set to go. The two umpires have made their way out to the middle as have the two openers of the West Indies. Jos Buttler leads his troops out to the centre and soon the players take their places on the field. It will be Brandon King and Johnson Charles to open the innings for the West Indies. Reece Topley will kickstart proceedings with the new ball for England. The countdown is done and dusted. Away we go... |
| 0.1 : Reece Topley to Brandon King, Starts off from over the wicket and lands it fuller, and on off with a hint of swing into the batter, Brandon King prods ahead and drives it straight past the right of mid off for a single. |
| 0.2 : Reece Topley to Johnson Charles, WIDE! He will have to reload that one again! Down the leg side, Johnson Charles fails to connect the flick. Wide given. |
| Reece Topley to Johnson Charles, A slight appeal for LBW but the umpire is unmoved. Reece Topley swings it into the batter from the leg-stump line on a fuller length, Johnson Charles plays and misses, and wears it on the pads. |
| 0.3 : Reece Topley to Johnson Charles, WIDE! Gets a good amount of swing but down the leg side again. Wided. |
| Reece Topley to Johnson Charles, No run. |
| 0.4 : Reece Topley to Johnson Charles, No run. |
| 0.5 : Reece Topley to Johnson Charles, Back of a length, on the body, Johnson Charles fails to connect this one as well and wears it on the thigh pad. |
| 0.6 : Reece Topley to Johnson Charles, Shade fuller outside off, Johnson Charles eases it through cover-point and takes a double to end the over. 5 from the first over. |
| It will be Mark Wood to steam in from the other end. |
| 1.1 : Mark Wood to Brandon King, A huge appeal for LBW and the Umpire says no. Mark Wood steams in from over the wicket and delivers an absolute jaffa first up. Lands it on the off-stump line, nipping away a bit as well and skidding through quickly. Brandon King is square up and wears it high on the thigh pad of his back leg. Jos Buttler eventually decides not to challenge the decision. |
| 1.2 : Mark Wood to Brandon King, WIDE! Banged in short and down the leg side. King goes for a pull shot but misses. Wide given. |
| Mark Wood to Brandon King, Drama! |
| 1.3 : Mark Wood to Johnson Charles, An away swinger on a fullish length, Johnson Charles swings hard but misses to connect. |
| 1.4 : Mark Wood to Johnson Charles, 2 runs. |
| 1.5 : Mark Wood to Johnson Charles, Four! |
| 1.6 : Mark Wood to Johnson Charles, Goes full and on the leg stump line, Johnson Charles pushes it straight to covers. |
| 2.1 : Reece Topley to Brandon King, Wide! |
| Reece Topley to Brandon King, No run. |
| 2.2 : Reece Topley to Brandon King, He is not being able to time the ball! Hits the good length, on the top of the middle, Brandon King stands tall and pulls it with no real timing towards the bowler. |
| A halt in play as Brandon King has damaged the bottom half of his bat and needs a change of bat. We are all good to go now. |
| 2.3 : Reece Topley to Brandon King, SIX! Oh, goodness gracious! That is massive and has gone miles! Reece Topley serves a friendly half-volley on the middle and leg, swinging a bit in as well, Brandon King swings across with a good timing, and hoists it over mid-wicket and the breeze sails the ball way behind the deep mid-wicket fence. |
| 2.4 : Reece Topley to Brandon King, Takes the pace off this time, and delivers on off and full in length, Brandon King eases it in front of mid off and fetches a quick single. |
| 2.5 : Reece Topley to Johnson Charles, Angles it in with an inward movement, full and on leg, Johnson Charles clears his front leg and shovels it out to mid on. |
| 2.3 : Another halt as the ball has gone out of the park and the fourth umpire walks in with a box of balls. |
| 2.6 : Reece Topley to Johnson Charles, INSIDE EDGE AND FOUR! Reece Topley bowls a knee-length full toss angling onto the pads, Johnson Charles goes for a flick but only manages to inside edge it and the ball guns down through the gap between keeper and short fine for a boundary to end the over. |
| Jofra Archer comes into the attack as the first change. |
| 3.1 : Jofra Archer to Brandon King, Hits the deck hard, right on the money! On off and on a good length, Brandon King guides it towards deep backward point for a single. |
| 3.2 : Jofra Archer to Johnson Charles, Attacks the stumps on a length, Johnson Charles clears his front leg and drags it towards deep mid-wicket along the grass for a single. |
| 3.3 : Jofra Archer to Brandon King, FOUR! Misfield and King gets a boundary! That should have been stopped. |
| 3.4 : Jofra Archer to Brandon King, FOUR! Shot! Bangs it short and outside off, Brandon King clears his front leg and lifts it on the up over mid on for a boundary. |
| 3.5 : Jofra Archer to Brandon King, Leg-cutter on the leg stump, Brandon King works it in front of mid on with soft hands and gets a quick single. |
| 3.6 : Jofra Archer to Johnson Charles, Good comeback! Charges in from over the wicket, bends his back and bangs a bumper outside off, it takes off from the deck as well. Johnson Charles tries to ramp it over short third but misses. The ball sails through to the keeper whispering his outside edge. |
| 4.1 : Sam Curran to Brandon King, EDGED AND FOUR! Sam Curran delivers full and on off, Brandon King skips down the track and stays leg side but gets a thickish outside edge as he throws his bat at it. The ball flies over short third for a boundary. |
| 4.2 : Sam Curran to Brandon King, Full in length, outside off at 133 kph, Brandon King shimmies down the track again, and drives hard but straight towards mid off. |
| 0.0 : Oh, dear! What happened there? Brandon King is in excruciating pain and he is laying flat on the floor near the stumps at the batting end. Seems to have tweaked something in his groin. A few concerned faces in the West Indies dugout. Uh oh, he is walking off the field. |
| 4.3 : Sam Curran to Nicholas Pooran, Slip in for Pooran! Full and attacking the off stump, Nicholas Pooran watches it closely, takes a stride ahead and knocks it solidly back to the bowler. |
| 4.4 : Sam Curran to Nicholas Pooran, PEACH! Continues from over the wicket, and gets an away movement on a length, just on the fourth stump line outside off, Nicholas Pooran goes fishing at it and the ball flirts past his outside edge. |
| 0.0 : Oh, dear! What happened there? Brandon King is in excruciating pain and he is laying flat on the floor near the stumps at the batting end. Seems to have tweaked something in his groin. A few concerned faces in the West Indies dugout. Uh oh, he is walking off the field. How unfortunate for King and the West Indies. |
| 4.5 : Sam Curran to Nicholas Pooran, Fuller and slower outside off, Nicholas Pooran gets an outside edge that rolls to short third. |
| 4.6 : Sam Curran to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR! This time he gets the timing correct and gets off the mark with a boundary! Bowls another slower one on a length, and just around off, Nicholas Pooran stands in the crease and cuts it hard past backward point for a cracking boundary to end the over. |
| 5.1 : Jofra Archer to Johnson Charles, FOUR! Hit with real authority! |
| 5.2 : Jofra Archer to Johnson Charles, No run. |
| 5.3 : Jofra Archer to Johnson Charles, FOUR! Cleverly done! Archer serves it on a good length, around off, Johnson Charles stays leg side of the ball and opens the bat face at the last moment. Glides it between backward point and short third for four more runs. 50 comes up for the West Indies. |
| 5.4 : Jofra Archer to Johnson Charles, Much fuller and in the channel on off, Johnson Charles walks across his stumps and defends it out with a straight bat. |
| 5.5 : Jofra Archer to Johnson Charles, Big swing and a miss! |
| 5.6 : Jofra Archer to Johnson Charles, WIDE! Rolls his fingers down the side of the ball and goes into the wicket as well, around leg, Johnson Charles walks inside the line of the ball and looks to pull but misses. The ball goes past him and it is called a wide, much to the surprise of Jofra Archer and Jos Buttler. |
| Jofra Archer to Johnson Charles, Follows the batter as he makes room and goes short as well, Johnson Charles pulls it through square leg and retains the strike with a single. At the end of the Powerplay, West Indies are 54/0. |
| 6.1 : Reece Topley to Johnson Charles, Wide! |
| Reece Topley to Johnson Charles, Bowls a loopy delivery, low full toss and dipping in, on middle, Johnson Charles gets an inside edge onto the pads as he tries to whip it. The ball rolls on the leg side for one. |
| 6.2 : Reece Topley to Nicholas Pooran, Angling in and then it nips away slightly, on off, on a length, Nicholas Pooran covers the line of the ball and pats it back to Topley. |
| 6.3 : Reece Topley to Nicholas Pooran, Pitches it up does Topley, around off, Nicholas Pooran thrashes it to deep cover for a single. |
| 6.4 : Reece Topley to Johnson Charles, Goes full and straight, at the stumps, Johnson Charles is unable to get underneath it and flicks it through mid-wicket to get to the other end. |
| 6.5 : Reece Topley to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR! Dispatched with ease! Topley bends his back and digs it in short, on off and middle, Nicholas Pooran picks his spot as he holds his shape and pulls it to the right of deep mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 6.6 : Reece Topley to Nicholas Pooran, At 136 kph, angling in, on a good length, Nicholas Pooran arches back and carves it a bit uppishly. Hits to the right of cover and the ball rolls to deep cover for one. |
| Mark Wood (1-0-8-0) replaces Jofra Archer. |
| 7.1 : Mark Wood to Nicholas Pooran, SIX! Nicholas Pooran greets Mark Wood back into the attack with a biggie. Wood steams in from over the wicket and dishes it out right in the slot, on middle and leg, Nicholas Pooran clears his front leg and with a still head, whips it over deep mid-wicket for a six. |
| 7.2 : Mark Wood to Nicholas Pooran, Swing and a miss! Angling away and gets a bit of extra bounce from a short of a good length, outside off, Nicholas Pooran swipes across the line but connects with thin air. |
| 7.3 : Mark Wood to Nicholas Pooran, Angles it across the batter and this is much fuller as well, Nicholas Pooran tries to latch onto the width and goes for the drive away from the body but gets beaten on the inside edge. |
| 7.4 : Mark Wood to Nicholas Pooran, At 148.5 kph, fuller and on the off pole, Nicholas Pooran loses his shape as he swings a bit too hard to go big on the leg side. Inside edges it to deep backward square leg for a single. |
| 7.5 : Mark Wood to Johnson Charles, WIDE! Tries to tuck the batter up for room as Charles moves leg side but drifts down leg for a wide. |
| Mark Wood to Johnson Charles, Full and slanting in, around leg, Johnson Charles moves a long way to his left towards the leg side and swipes it in front of square on the leg side for a run. |
| 7.6 : Mark Wood to Nicholas Pooran, Takes all the pace off and bowls it on a back of a length, over off, Nicholas Pooran goes for a heave across the line but gets undone by the slowness of the delivery and he misses. Good comeback by Wood after being hit for a six on the first ball, just 3 runs off the next 5 balls. |
| 8.1 : Adil Rashid to Johnson Charles, Starts off with a flighted delivery, full and on off, Johnson Charles pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 8.2 : Adil Rashid to Johnson Charles, Quicker and fuller, outside off, Johnson Charles reaches out and knocks it down to long off for a single. |
| 8.3 : Adil Rashid to Nicholas Pooran, Slips in the googly, on a nagging length, on middle and leg, Nicholas Pooran taps it beside the pitch on the leg side. He wants a single but gets sent back by Charles. |
| 8.4 : Adil Rashid to Nicholas Pooran, 1 run. |
| 8.5 : Adil Rashid to Johnson Charles, A bit of spin! Slows it up and gets it to drift in and then spin away, on a nagging length, on off, Johnson Charles has a loose poke at the delivery and sees the ball spin past the bat. |
| 8.6 : Adil Rashid to Johnson Charles, Attacks the stumps as he goes full, Johnson Charles gets down and drags the shot to wide long on for just a single. A tidy start by Adil Rashid, just the 3 runs off it. |
| 9.1 : Moeen Ali to Johnson Charles, Starts on a nagging length, on middle, Johnson Charles punches it down to long on for a single. |
| 9.2 : Moeen Ali to Nicholas Pooran, Switches to around the wicket and bowls it short and on off, Nicholas Pooran cuts it past backward point but will have to be content with just a single. |
| 9.3 : Moeen Ali to Johnson Charles, Turning in a touch, on middle, short as well, Johnson Charles plays it with a straight bat to long on for one more. |
| 9.4 : Moeen Ali to Nicholas Pooran, Good running! Angling in, short and on middle, Nicholas Pooran places it with soft hands in front of deep mid-wicket and collects a couple of runs. There is a direct hit at the bowling end but Charles is in by then. |
| 9.5 : Moeen Ali to Nicholas Pooran, Serves it on a length, on off, Nicholas Pooran presses forward and defends it in front of cover for a quick single. 16 balls since the last boundary for the West Indies. |
| 9.6 : Moeen Ali to Johnson Charles, Width on offer on off, on a short of a good length, Johnson Charles slices it along the ground to deep point for just a single. At the halfway mark, West Indies are 82/0. |
| 10.1 : Adil Rashid to Johnson Charles, No run. |
| 0.0 : Drinks! The West Indies negotiated the first half of the first innings with good intent. Brandon King had an unfortunate injury and got retired hurt on 23 but Nicholas Pooran picked it up from where he left off and is into his 20s stitching a good partnership with Johnson Charles. England bowled decently but they haven't been able to get a breakthrough yet. However, the boundaries have dried up since the last couple of overs and England would want to capitalize on this by taking a couple of w |
| 10.2 : Adil Rashid to Johnson Charles, SIX! That's been nailed into the stands! Drops a fuller-length delivery, right underneath the bat, Johnson Charles clears his front leg and smashes it behind long on for a biggie. |
| 10.3 : Adil Rashid to Johnson Charles, WIDE! Way outside the guideline outside off, Johnson Charles shoulders arms. Wide given. |
| Adil Rashid to Johnson Charles, 1 run. |
| 10.4 : Adil Rashid to Nicholas Pooran, Good running by the two! Googly on length and outside off-stump line. Nicholas Pooran cuts it in front of square of the wicket off the backfoot. Jonny Bairstow does the hard yards in the deep but the batters run two in the meantime. |
| 10.5 : Adil Rashid to Nicholas Pooran, 1 run. |
| 10.6 : Adil Rashid to Johnson Charles, Slip in place! On a length, just around off, Johnson Charles goes back and across and steers it down with soft hands towards long on for a single. |
| 11.1 : Moeen Ali to Johnson Charles, OUT! IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! Finally, a breakthrough for England. |
| 0.0 : The captain of the West Indies, Rovman Powell walks out to bat now. |
| 11.2 : Moeen Ali to Rovman Powell, Outside off, on a length, Rovman Powell cuts it but finds the point fielder. |
| 11.3 : Moeen Ali to Rovman Powell, Outside off again, same length, Rovman Powell watches it closely but shoulders his arms. |
| 11.4 : Moeen Ali to Rovman Powell, On a good length, around off, turning it in, Rovman Powell goes back and cuts it in front of point and gets off the mark with a quick single. |
| 11.5 : Moeen Ali to Nicholas Pooran, Around the wicket, on a length, around off, Nicholas Pooran stands on the back foot and tucks it towards widish mid on. Moeen Ali chases the ball and stops it with the slide and restricts it to just a single. |
| 11.6 : Moeen Ali to Rovman Powell, SIX! Smashed downtown! Tossed up ball, on the fourth stump outside off, and fuller in length, Rovman Powell reads it well, sits down on his knee and picks it up high and handsome over the bowler's head for a biggie to end the over. 100 up for West Indies. |
| 12.1 : Adil Rashid to Nicholas Pooran, 1 run. |
| 12.2 : Adil Rashid to Rovman Powell, A wrong'un again, turning in on off, and full, Rovman Powell reads it well and strides out to defend it underneath the bat. |
| 12.3 : Adil Rashid to Rovman Powell, Jos Buttler appeals it confidently for LBW, but the umpire doesn't move. He chats with Adil Rashid, and sends it upstairs. Good length, and on the off stump line, turning away from the batter, Rovman Powell shuffles a bit on the off-stump and goes for an expansive sweep shot but plays over the line of the ball. The ball pings his front pad above the knee roll. UltraEdge comes up and shows nothing on it. However, Ball Tracking shows the Impact is Umpire's C |
| 12.4 : Adil Rashid to Rovman Powell, 1 run. |
| 12.5 : Adil Rashid to Nicholas Pooran, 1 run. |
| 12.6 : Adil Rashid to Rovman Powell, Slower one, short and turning away from off, Rovman Powell goes back and punches it straight to long off for a single to end the over. |
| 13.1 : Sam Curran to Rovman Powell, Curran comes back into the attack, hits the fuller length, angling onto the pads, Rovman Powell tries to whip across the line but wears it on the front pad. |
| 13.2 : Sam Curran to Rovman Powell, SIX! Timed it to perfection and dispatched into the crowd in style! Short and on off, sits up nicely for the batter, Rovman Powell transfers his weight on the back foot and creates a good stable base before pulling it over deep mid-wicket for a six. |
| 13.3 : Sam Curran to Rovman Powell, Full toss on off, Rovman Powell drives it towards long off along the grass for one. |
| 13.4 : Sam Curran to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR! Nice shot! |
| 13.5 : Sam Curran to Nicholas Pooran, Takes the pace off, bowls a bouncer outside off, Nicholas Pooran goes for a pull but tries to hit it too hard and loses his shape and gets beaten. |
| 13.6 : Sam Curran to Nicholas Pooran, Another swing and a miss. |
| 14.1 : Liam Livingstone to Rovman Powell, Drops it short, and on the top of the middle and off, Rovman Powell goes deep inside the crease and pulls it off the back foot towards deep mid-wicket. Phil Salt patrolling that fence runs to his left and manages to cut the ball before the ropes. Two taken in the meantime. |
| 14.2 : Liam Livingstone to Rovman Powell, SIX! BIG AND POWERFUL! |
| 14.3 : Liam Livingstone to Rovman Powell, SIX! Back-to-back sixes for the West Indian skipper! Tosses this one up on a fuller length, on off, Rovman Powell is down on a knee and swings it hard and down the ground for another six. |
| 14.4 : Liam Livingstone to Rovman Powell, Short and outside off, Rovman Powell cuts it but finds backward point. |
| 14.5 : Liam Livingstone to Rovman Powell, SIX! Powell is on a roll here! Sheer brute force! A juicy half-volley in front of the stumps, there to be hit, Rovman Powell clears his front leg to open the off side and gets underneath the ball before smashing it downtown for a biggie. Third six of the over. |
| 14.6 : Liam Livingstone to Rovman Powell, OUT! TAKEN! Mark Wood holds onto the catch and an anti-climax for Rovman Powell here. |
| Andre Russell is the new man in. |
| 15.1 : Jofra Archer to Nicholas Pooran, Gets the yorker in, outside off, Nicholas Pooran tries to squeeze it out on the off side but misses. |
| 15.2 : Jofra Archer to Nicholas Pooran, And again! |
| 15.3 : Jofra Archer to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR! Gets it through this time! Tries to go full and wide but slips in a low full toss, Nicholas Pooran opens the bat face and slices it over the leaping backward point fielder for a boundary. |
| 15.4 : Jofra Archer to Nicholas Pooran, No run. |
| 15.5 : Jofra Archer to Nicholas Pooran, No run. |
| 15.6 : Jofra Archer to Nicholas Pooran, OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Jofra Archer gets the big wicket! Boh set batters back in the hut for the West Indies. |
| Sherfane Rutherford is in at number 5. |
| 16.1 : Adil Rashid to Andre Russell, This keeps low, short and on off, Andre Russell pushes it wide of mid-wicket for a single. A yes-no situation between the batters but they do cross over. |
| 16.2 : Adil Rashid to Sherfane Rutherford, No run. |
| 16.3 : Adil Rashid to Sherfane Rutherford, Pushes through a googly, on off, and full. Sherfane Rutherford takes a good stride forward and hits it straight to mid off. |
| 16.4 : Adil Rashid to Sherfane Rutherford, Keeps it on a fullish length, on middle and leg, knocked down to long on for a single by Sherfane Rutherford. |
| 16.5 : Adil Rashid to Andre Russell, OUT! c Phil Salt b Adil Rashid. |
| 0.0 : Romario Shepherd is in at number 6. |
| 16.6 : Adil Rashid to Romario Shepherd, No run. |
| 17.1 : Mark Wood to Sherfane Rutherford, SIX! Stand and deliver! Wood bangs it on a hard length, over middle, Sherfane Rutherford swivels and nails the pull flat and over deep square leg for a biggie. |
| 17.2 : Mark Wood to Sherfane Rutherford, FOUR! More runs! Back of a length, over middle, Sherfane Rutherford arches back and pulls it well in front of square this time. Hits it through mid-wicket for a boundary. 150 comes up for the West Indies. |
| 17.3 : Mark Wood to Sherfane Rutherford, Tries to go full but slips in a low full toss, on off, Sherfane Rutherford drives it to the left of deep cover for a couple of runs. 12 runs off the first 3 balls. How many more can West Indies get off this over? |
| 17.4 : Mark Wood to Sherfane Rutherford, Goes into the wicket, on middle, Sherfane Rutherford swivels and pulls it along the ground through square leg for one. |
| 17.5 : Mark Wood to Romario Shepherd, Goes wide of the crease on that over-the-wicket angle and dishes it out at 148.8 kph, angling in, on a hard length, at the batter, Romario Shepherd gets beaten for pace and wears it on the thigh pad. |
| 17.6 : Mark Wood to Romario Shepherd, WIDE! Too straight, down leg, on a length, Romario Shepherd swings to help it away with the angle but misses out. Wide given. |
| Mark Wood to Romario Shepherd, WIDE! And again! Drifts down leg, on a short of a good length, Romario Shepherd swings but misses again. |
| Mark Wood to Romario Shepherd, FOUR! Wrong line and it gets the treatment! |
| 18.1 : Sam Curran to Sherfane Rutherford, Gets it on a fullish length, on middle, Sherfane Rutherford jams it out to the left of the bowler for a single. |
| 18.2 : Sam Curran to Romario Shepherd, 1 run. |
| 0.0 : How far can the West Indies get in the last couple of remaining overs? Let's find out... |
| 18.3 : Sam Curran to Sherfane Rutherford, Swing and a miss! Drags the length back and takes pace off as well, on off, Sherfane Rutherford swings with all his might but loses his shape and he fails to connect. So far, so good from Curran. Just the 3 runs so far. |
| 18.4 : Sam Curran to Sherfane Rutherford, Missed out! Curran errs in length as he delivers a low full toss, on middle, Sherfane Rutherford loses his shape and scuffs his slog down the ground. It lands well in front of long on for a couple of runs. |
| 18.5 : Sam Curran to Sherfane Rutherford, 2 runs. |
| 18.6 : Sam Curran to Sherfane Rutherford, A dot to end the over. Absolutely brilliant from Sam Curran. Just 6 runs off the 19th over. Bowls the back-of-the-hand slower delivery, into the wicket, on off, Sherfane Rutherford sets deep in his crease and swings to go big on the off side but fails to connect. |
| 19.1 : Jofra Archer to Romario Shepherd, Leg bye! Full and angling into the batter, Romario Shepherd clears his front leg to swat it away on the leg side. The ball rolls off his pads on the off side for a leg bye. |
| 19.2 : Jofra Archer to Sherfane Rutherford, SIX! Fantastic shot! |
| 19.3 : Jofra Archer to Sherfane Rutherford, Throw goes at the wrong end and Sherfane Rutherford makes his ground at the batting end. |
| Halt! |
| 19.4 : Jofra Archer to Sherfane Rutherford, Another low full toss, at 149.5 kph, Sherfane Rutherford smacks it down the ground to long off and gets to the other end. |
| 19.6 : Jofra Archer to Romario Shepherd, A dot to close out the innings by Archer. Archer goes into the deck again, over middle and it climbs onto the batter, Romario Shepherd stays deep in the crease for the pull but connects with thin air. 12 runs off the final over and West Indies finish with 180! |
| 19.5 : Jofra Archer to Romario Shepherd, Confusion all around! |
| 0.0 : Adil Rashid is in for a flash interview. He feels that they bowled exceptionally well as a bowling unit. Reckons that 180 is a par score. States that it was just another day for him when he tried to express himself well. |
| West Indies manage to reach 180 courtesy of Sherfane Rutherford's quickfire cameo in the backend, which might play a pivotal role in the game. A decent outing for the bowlers of England as they managed to keep their opponents below 200. Johnson Charles and Brandon King played it safe early on, just getting a feel for the pitch. But they didn't let the scoring rate stagnate, finding the ropes whenever they could. King had a few nervy and edgy moments but managed to hang around before retiring |
| England's bowlers started really well though. Reece Topley and Mark Wood were hitting some good areas, getting that extra bounce and movement. But try as they might, they just couldn't break through that opening partnership. So Buttler turned to Jofra Archer and Sam Curran, but even they couldn't provide that elusive breakthrough in the first six overs. Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid were brought in after the fielding restrictions were off, and they really squeezed the runs in the middle overs wit |
| Right then, the West Indies have put on a decent total on the board. England has all the requisite firepower to chase it down as they boast an explosive batting order. 180 plus was chased down in the previous game at this venue, so, West Indies will aim to get a couple of quick wickets early on and exert the pressure from the word go and get an upper hand. Stay tuned as the run chase is up next shortly. |
| ... THE RUN CHASE ... |
| We are back for England's reply! |
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