England lose thriller in opening ODI in West Indies Specific Occasions

Shai Hope’s elegant century led West Indies to a shocking four-wicket win over England within the first one-day worldwide in Antigua.

Needing an unlikely 106 from the final 10 overs with 5 wickets left, captain Hope was supported by Romario Shepherd’s 48 from 28 balls.

Hope then completed the chase in fashion with three sixes within the forty ninth over.

England have been agency favourites on the midway stage on a tough pitch that was providing uneven bounce and switch for the spinners.

Of their first outing since a disappointing group-stage exit on the World Cup, England began emphatically after successful the toss as openers Phil Salt and Will Jacks blitzed a gap stand of 77 in simply 8.2 overs.

They considerably squandered the constructive begin, nonetheless, with the entire prime 5 reaching no less than 20, however solely Harry Brook in a position to kick on previous a half-century with 71 from 72 balls.

Late cameos from Sam Curran and Brydon Carse, with an eighth-wicket stand of 66, propelled the rating previous 300.

A West Indies victory seemed much more unlikely after they misplaced each openers in successive overs after a promising 104-run opening stand, exposing an inexperienced center order.

However Hope timed his knock to perfection, biding his time alongside the aggression of Shepherd and Shimron Hetmyer, who made 32, earlier than accelerating within the loss of life overs as soon as each had departed – taking a selected liking to Curran, who completed with 0-98.

The three-match ODI collection continues on the similar venue on Wednesday at 17:30 GMT.

England’s batting returns to its blitzing greatest

Regardless of the outcome, there have been loads of positives for Buttler’s aspect to take, notably within the batting division.

Their World Cup disappointments emanated from tentative begins, and an out-of-form batting line-up struggling to impose itself on the bowlers in testing circumstances – a stark distinction from the champion aspect of 2019, of which the foundations have been constructed on aggression, intimidation and proudly owning the powerplay.

Nonetheless, by way of the early onslaught of Jacks and Salt, each absent from the World Cup, England resorted to previous strategies with new faces.

Salt led the cost, whacking three sixes in his 28-ball 45 whereas Jacks struck 26 from 24, leaving West Indies’ bowlers weary and struggling for solutions.

When each fell in successive overs, the rebuild was led by the Check openers, with Zak Crawley including a affected person 45 and Ben Duckett 20 earlier than Brook’s 71 set the platform that allowed Curran and Carse to launch.

Considerations stay over the type of Buttler, who made simply three from 13 balls, and all-rounder Liam Livingstone, who scored a scratchy 17.

In a collection billed as one to kick-start England’s new period, head coach Matthew Mott will want performances from each skilled campaigners with the intention to construct the aspect round them.

Hope sparkles amid puzzling England bowling show

West Indies could not have began their innings as dramatically as England, however their openers fulfilled their roles completely with a gradual platform, with trendy left-hander Alick Athanaze’s 66 from 65 balls thwarting the new-ball pair of Curran and Gus Atkinson.

Curran by no means discovered rhythm, continually gifting unhealthy balls away, however Atkinson, who carried out admirably within the World Cup and right here with 2-62, was one of the best seamer on show.

Rehan Ahmed, the pure successor to leg-spinner Adil Rashid, continued to impress with 2-40 on a pitch that gave him loads of help, because it did for Livingstone with 1-50.

Buttler’s decision-making was perplexing, persisting with the tempo of Curran and Carse and opting to not utilise Will Jacks’ off-spin, regardless of the pitch clearly helping slower bowling.

Regardless of the query marks surrounding England’s bowling assault – and it’s price noting that it’s an inexperienced one – Hope’s magnificence shouldn’t be discredited.

At 213-5 with 12 overs remaining, England have been in obvious management.

However Hope was unfazed by the mounting run-rate, figuring out he had the swashbuckling Shepherd for firm.

Shepherd struck three sixes and Hope seven as they surged dwelling in fashion, with the 30-year-old captain taking his ODI common to an unbelievable 51.52 together with his sixteenth century.

Given the truth that so lots of West Indies’ stars have been absent – the likes of Kyle Mayers, Nicholas Pooran, Jason Holder and Andre Russell selecting the Abu Dhabi T10 match as an alternative of this collection – guiding his younger group to victory should have tasted even sweeter.

‘It was a unbelievable sport of cricket’

England captain Jos Buttler: “It was a unbelievable sport of cricket. Loads of credit score has to go to Shai Hope and Romario Shepherd. They did rather well on the again finish to chase these runs down.

“I assumed it was a unbelievable batting effort by us. They [Phil Salt & Will Jacks] set the tone on the prime. They pegged us again a bit within the center section however it was a unbelievable effort to get to that rating and it wanted a unbelievable innings to chase it down.”

On his personal kind: “You at all times need to play effectively. It has been some time since I performed to my greatest so I have to hold working onerous and belief I can come again.”

West Indies captain and participant of the match Shai Hope: “It was in a successful trigger that is all we play for, the stats will come however my goal is to win video games and I am pleased the blokes crossed the road immediately.”

On his partnership with Romario Shepherd: “He was superb, he is a type of guys you possibly can at all times rely on at this stage and we received the one to begin the collection on a excessive and the goal is to repeat this within the second sport.”