| 0.2 : 0.2: S Cottrell to J Bairstow, FOUR! First runs of the day. Similar line and length. This time Bairstow hops and and gets it fine to the fine leg boundary. |
| 2.2: S Cottrell to J Bairstow, TOP EDGE, FOUR! Decent ball from Cottrell. Short ball, aimed at the body, Bairstow looks to pull but is cramped for room. Gets a top edge which flies over the keeper to the fine leg fence. |
| 2.3 : 2.3: S Cottrell to J Bairstow, OUT! DRAGGED ON! The leg stump has gone for a walk. Full and outside off, Bairstow looks to drive but does not look to move his feet. There is a big gap between bat and pad and the ball cannons off the inside edge onto the stumps. Replays show that there was a hint of inswing as well. Early break for the military man. |
| 3.1 : 3.1: J Holder to Joe Root, OUT! Catching practice and full marks to Joe Root! This is poor batting and all of a sudden, Windies have two in the bag. A short ball, outside off, Root gets on top of the bounce and plays the upper cut. Very nice shot, when one first sees it. The ball flies in the air but oops... Sheldon Cottrell is waiting for it at squarish third man! Did Root not see that man over there? Or did he intend to play it finer? Well, he can contemplate that in the dressing room. Holder |
| 5.4 : 5.4: J Holder to A Hales, FOUR! Nice drive. Full and around middle, Holder drives it down the ground and calls for a quick single. Mid on dives to his left but misses. Forget the single. Save your legs. |
| 5.6 : 5.6: J Holder to E Morgan, FOUR! In the air but in the gap! Full and outside off, Morgan leans and drives. The ball is in the air exactly between cover and point. Races to the fence. |
| 6.4 : 6.4: S Cottrell to A Hales, FOUR! The batsman has punched the ball off the back foot. The ball has crossed the ropes. The umpire signals four runs. |
| 6.5 : 6.5: S Cottrell to A Hales, FOUR! Smashes the bones out of this one. Up and over point. |
| 8.3 : 8.3: C Brathwaite to A Hales, DROPPED, FOUR! Shimron Hetmyer it is. Struggled during the Tests, has put one down again. Short and wide outside off, Hales smashes it through point. Hetmyer dives to his right from backward point and should have taken it, really. The ball hits his right palm and bursts through. |
| 9.5 : 9.5: J Holder to E Morgan, FOUR! Another lovely shot. Full and outside off, Morgan leans and drives it through the covers for a boundary! |
| 10.2 : 10.2: C Brathwaite to A Hales, OUT! Caught behind! There is that extra bounce and Hales departs. Short and outside off, Alex looks to cut but is cramped for room due to the extra bounce and gets an outside edge. Simple catch for Shai Hope. The partnership was just beginning to brew, worth 39... Ben Stokes walks in now. |
| 13.2: O Thomas to E Morgan, FOUR! Just too wide outside off, on a length, Morgan just punches it through point. |
| 13.3 : 13.3: O Thomas to E Morgan, OUT! The short ball ploy works and captain Morgan is out of here! Morgan looks to play the pull but the extra bounce does him in. The angle cramps him too, with Thomas coming in from around the wicket. A top edge is induced and Sheldon Cottrell at fine leg, going back a few paces, takes it comfortably. 63/4 then... This may not be a 300 pitch. 230-240 could be a winning total. |
| 15.2 : 15.2: O Thomas to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Poor bowling! Short and wide outside off, Buttler slaps it through covers and a boundary results. |
| 15.4 : 15.4: O Thomas to Ben Stokes, FOUR! Hammered! That made a cracking sound off the bat! Short and on off, Stokes gets into position quickly and pulls it powerfully through mid-wicket for the second boundary of the over. |
| 17.5 : 17.5: A Nurse to Jos Buttler, FOUR! That is right in the slot there. Tossed up ball outside off, Buttler leans into it and strokes it through extra cover. No stopping that. |
| 18.5: C Brathwaite to Ben Stokes, OUT! Caught down the leg side! Another wicket of a short ball. Another partnership broken after a start. A short ball, down the leg side, Stokes looks to pull but the extra bounce does him in. Takes the top edge and Hope takes it easily. England in big trouble. |
| 23.4 : 23.4: A Nurse to M Ali, FOUR! Full and around off, slogged over mid-wicket for a boundary! |
| 24.5 : 24.5: O Thomas to M Ali, OUT! Caught behind! Short ball again, wicket once more. Short and outside off, Moeen looks to cut but the extra bounce consumes him. Takes a thick outside edge which is taken calmly by the keeper. |
| 26.3 : 26.3: O Thomas to C Woakes, OUT! Top edge and taken! Number 7 falls. A short ball, around middle, Woakes looks to pull but gets a top edge. The ball goes nowhere and Carlos Brathwaite takes it calmly at short mid-wicket. |
| 26.5 : 26.5: O Thomas to Jos Buttler, OUT! Buttler falls too! Probably the final nail in the coffin. England are failing miserably. A short ball, around middle and off, Buttler looks to pull but gets a top edge. The ball swirls in the air and Sheldon Cottrell takes it calmly at deep square leg. |
| 27.6 : 27.6: J Holder to A Rashid, OUT! Caught behind! Holder has his second. A short ball, outside off, Rashid looks to defend but the ball keeps on climbing and takes the outside edge behind. Simple catch to Hope. |
| 28.1 : 28.1: O Thomas to Tom Curran, OUT! BOWLED! Lock, stock and barrell! Yorker, at the base of the stumps, Curran backs a long away, exposes all his stumps and Thomas hits them. Perfect strike. 5-fer for Thomas, his first in ODIs. WINDIES NEED 114 TO WIN! |
| 0.4 : 0.4: C Woakes to C Gayle, FOUR! TOP EDGE AND OVER! A short ball outside off, Gayle looks to pull but gets a top edge. It flies over the slips to the third man fence. |
| 0.5 : 0.5: C Woakes to C Gayle, FOUR! Short and around middle, Gayle pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary! |
| 0.6 : 0.6: C Woakes to C Gayle, SIX! The best of the lot! 16 from the opening over! A length ball, around middle, Gayle swings this over mid-wicket and gets half a dozen! |
| 2.2 : 2.2: C Woakes to C Gayle, SIX! Beautifully hit! Gayle has rocketed to 21 from 7 balls. 2 fours, 2 maximums. Full and around middle and leg, Chris clears his front leg and swings it massively over mid-wicket! The stand moves to 23 from 14 balls. |
| 2.3 : 2.3: C Woakes to C Gayle, SIX MORE! This time on the off side. A length ball, outside off, Gayle backs away and slaps it over cover for half a dozen! 85 more needed now! |
| 2.5 : 2.5: C Woakes to C Gayle, FOUR! Ho ho ho! Extraordinary short from Gayle. It is a short ball, outside leg, Chris walks down the track, opens up his body stance and swats this via a pull behind square on the leg side! The stand moves to 33 from 17 balls. with Gayle 31 from 10! |
| 2.6 : 2.6: C Woakes to C Gayle, SIX! HUMONGOUS! A short ball, around off, Gayle backs away and swats it straight over the sightscreen! 23 from the over, 16 from the previous one, Windies are looking to end this before the scheduled innings break. |
| 3.2 : 3.2: M Wood to J Campbell, OUT! BOWLED! England get something to celebrate. The length does it for the visitors. Full and around middle, Campbell looks to work across the line but the pace of Wood is too much for him. The ball whizzes past the bat's outside edge and cannons into the stumps. |
| 5.1 : 5.1: M Wood to C Gayle, SIX! Its out of here! Gayle continues on his merry ways. On middle from wood, Gayle clears his front foot and hoicks that one over deep mid-wicket. |
| 5.3 : 5.3: M Wood to C Gayle, SIX! MURDERED! The Universe Boss is making a short work of this run chase. Short and around middle, Gayle backs away and pulls it over mid-wicket! |
| 6.5 : 6.5: C Woakes to S Hope, SIX! Hope gets in to the act. On middle stump little bit fuller. Hope presents full face of the bat to hit that over the bowlers head for a maximum. |
| 7.1 : 7.1: M Wood to C Gayle, SIX! He is dealing in maximums even on this bouncy surface. Short and outside off, Gayle backs away and upper cuts it over point! |
| 7.2 : 7.2: M Wood to C Gayle, SIX. Raining sixes here! Short outside off stump, Gayle gives himself room again to hit that over deep point, way back in the stands for another maximum. |
| 7.3 : 7.3: M Wood to C Gayle, FOUR! The upper cut again! Short and outside off, Gayle backs away and ramps it over the short third man fielder! |
| 7.4 : 7.4: M Wood to C Gayle, FOUR! Streaky but who will care? A full toss, around middle, Gayle backs away and swings hard but gets a thick inside edge which escapes short fine leg! |
| 7.5 : 7.5: M Wood to C Gayle, SIX! Where has this gone? Into orbit! His 9th six. Bowled short, around middle, Gayle just clubs it leisurely over mid-wicket. |
| 7.6 : 7.6: M Wood to C Gayle, OUT! Dragged on! The fun ends. Gayle cannot quite see his team through to the finish line. A length ball, around middle, Gayle looks to pull but the ball stays slightly low and skids through, beneath the bat. Hits the top of off. The entire crowd in Grenada stands up as one. What a champion knock. What a series he has had. The Universe Boss is back. |
| 8.5 : 8.5: C Woakes to S Hope, OUT! BOWLED! Ugly shot from Hope and he has no hope. Windies lose their third wicket. Hope has to go. Off cutter from Woakes on off stump, Hope tries to hit that over the on side, ends up missing it and the timber is disturbed. |
| 10.5: C Woakes to D Bravo, FOUR! Too full in length, Bravo gives himself room to the leg side and swings hard but gets a thick inside edge. There is no mid on in place and the ball races away. |
| 11.1 : 11.1: M Wood to S Hetmyer, FOUR! Just outside off stump from Wood, Hetmyer gives himself room and hits that over the off side for a boundary. Just 7 needed now. |
| 12.1: Tom Curran to S Hetmyer, FOUR! Windies win! Bravo finishes it off with a boundary. Full and on off stump from Curran, Bravo drives that one beautifully down the ground and beats the mid off fielder for a boundary. Comfortable win for the home side as they beat England with 7 wickets in hand and 227 BALLS TO SPARE! |
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