Match Details
England leveling the series 1-1, Winning comprehensively! England
were reasonably happy with their efforts with the bat in the first innings, all
the batsmen took great advantage of the short boundary, Roy was brilliant in
his knock of 45 of 31 balls, which included 6 boundaries and 2 maximums, Jordan made a quick
fire 27 of 15 and others chipped in with small contributions. At one point it did
seem like there were going to go past 180 plus, but they lost wickets at
regular intervals which slowed them down. West Indies bowlers did a job to
restrict England to 171 but were not supported by their fielders and batsmen.
West Indies got of to a disastrous start losing two wicket early in the Power Play, Topley struck early with the ball and contributed with a fabulous run-out of his follow-through which halted the West Indian progress. Pooran and Bravo showed a little bit of resistance before getting bamboozled by the spinners, they had lost 5 wickets at the 10 over mark scoring just 55 runs. There was a late flourish from Romario Shehperd and Akeal Hosein took them really close but couldn't cross the finish line. Shehperd contributed with a quick 44 of 28 ball, with 4 maximums and a boundary and Akeal Hosein with a breezy 44 in 16 ball, which included 4 maximums and 3 boundaries.
They better side came out victorious today, England outplayed West Indies in all department and level the series 1-1 with three games to go.