West Indies beat England
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West Indies players celebrate beating England in the first
One Day International match between West Indies and England
at the Sir Vivian Richard Stadium in St Johns on February
28, 2014.
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NORTH SOUND Feb 28, 2014 West Indies defeated England by 15 runs in
the first one-day international on Friday after the visitors squandered
an excellent platform that had put them in position to take the lead in
the three-match series.
Replying to the home side’s competitive total of 269 for six, England
were restricted to 254 for six after cruising along merrily at 180 for
two in the 37th over.
Michael Lumb’s fluent 106 on ODI debut, only the second England
player after Dennis Amiss to achieve the feat, and an opening
partnership of 96 with fellow first-timer Moeen Ali (44), seemed to
ensure that most of the hard work was done in pursuit of a
morale-boosting victory following the harrowing tour of Australia.
But just as in the West Indies innings, when the home side plundered
116 runs off the last ten overs, England lost their way in the home
stretch, losing four wickets for 31 runs.
“If you look at both innings, we were brilliant for 40 overs and then
struggled,” said England captain Stuart Broad. “I wouldn’t look too much
at the batting. It was the last ten overs with the ball that really hurt
us.”
Much of that English discomfort in the field in the final stages of
the West Indies innings was caused by Darren Sammy. Coming to the crease
after the fall of Lendl Simmons for 65 and a 108-run partnership with
skipper Dwayne Bravo, the hosts were still labouring to get any momentum
at 153 for five in the 40th over.
SCOREBOARD
West Indies
D. Smith c Buttler b Tredwell 24
K. Powell c Jordan b Root 05
K. Edwards b Bresnan 10
Darren Bravo lbw b Ali 02
L. Simmons c Ali b Bresnan 65
Dwayne Bravo not out 87
D. Sammy c Broad b Bresnan 61
Extras (lb4, w10 nb1) 15
Total (6 wickets, 50 overs) 269
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Powell), 2-38 (Smith), 3-40 (Edwards)
4-45 (D.M. Bravo), 5-153 (Simmons), 6-269 (Sammy)
Bowling: Root 9-2-47-1
Broad 6-1-35-0
Bresnan 10-1-68-3 (1w)
Tredwell 10-1-23-1
Ali 6-1-25-1
Jordan 9-2-67-0 (1nb, 7w)
England
M. Lumb c Dwayne Bravo b Rampaul 106
M. Ali c Narine b Smith 44
L. Wright c Dwayne Bravo b Sammy 01
J. Root c Ramdin b Narine 37
B. Stokes b Narine 05
J. Buttler c Holder b Dwayne Bravo 12
R. Bopara not out 23
T. Bresnan not out 14
Extras (b1, lb2, w9) 12
Total (6 wickets, 50 overs) 254
Fall of wickets: 1-96 (Ali), 2-106 (Wright), 3-180 (Lumb)
4-192 (Stokes), 5-205 (Root), 6-211 (Buttler)
Bowling: Holder 4-0-27-0 (2w)
Rampaul 10-0-53-1 (3w)
Narine 10-1-36-2 (2w)
Dwayne Bravo 10-0-59-1 (2w)
Sammy 10-0-46-1
Smith 6-0-30-1 |
