West Indies defeated England by 8 wickets in the third and deciding match of the ODI series. With this victory, the Caribbean team has won the 3-match series 2-1. Windies won the first ODI by 8 wickets, while lost the second by 5 wickets. Now a series of 3 T-20 matches will be played between the two teams.
West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl on Wednesday night in Bridgetown. England, who came to bat first, scored 263 runs for 8 wickets in 50 overs. In reply, West Indies achieved the target by losing 2 wickets in 43 overs with the help of centuries from Brandon King (102 runs) and Casey Curty (128 runs). Brandon King was named player of the match. While Matthew Ford was chosen Player of the Tournament.
England lost consecutive wickets, Salt's fifty England, who came to bat after losing the toss, did not have a good start. The team lost the first wicket on the score of 9 runs. Here opener Will Jacques returned to the pavilion after scoring 5 runs. He was caught by Matthew Ford at the hands of wicketkeeper Shai Hope. From here the team started losing wickets at regular intervals. Meanwhile, Phil Salt remained standing at one end. He scored 74 runs in 108 balls.
Middle order failed, Musli crossed 200 The team's middle order failed. Jordan Cox, who came to play after Jacques, was out after scoring 1 run, Jacob Bittle was out after scoring 0 runs and captain Liam Livingston was out after scoring 6 runs. In the lower order, Sam Curran scored 40, Dan Mousley scored 57, Jamie Overton scored 32 and Jofra Archer scored unbeaten 38 runs.
Matthew Fored took 3 wickets for West Indies. Alzarri Joseph and Romario Shepherd took 2 wickets each. Roston Chase got one wicket.
Mixed start for Windies, Lewis out after scoring 19 runs West Indies, chasing the target of 264 runs, made a mixed start. The team lost the wicket of Evin Lewis on the score of 42 runs. He was out after scoring 19 runs. He was caught by Overton at the hands of Adil Rashid.
The team's second opener Brandon King played an inning of 102 runs in 117 balls. He was bowled by Reece Topley. Casey Curty also scored 128 runs on 114 balls. There was a partnership of 209 runs on 203 balls between the two for the second wicket.
First match of T-20 series on 9 November The first match of the T-20 series between England and West Indies will be played on 9 November. After that, the second T20 match will be held on 10th November and the third T20 match will be held on 14th November.
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Second Unofficial Test- IND-A all out for 161 runs in the first innings
India A team has been all out for 161 runs in the first innings of the ongoing second unofficial Test against Australia A in Melbourne. Indian batsman KL Rahul was out after scoring just 4 runs. While Dhruv Jurel played the highest innings of 80 runs.
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