FINISHES HIM! Hope pulls out the Mortal Kombat moves and West Indies are home! The ball was short and cuffed unceremoniously over the leg side once again. Hope punches the air in celebration, a brilliant captain's knock and his side take the spoils. England lost their ODI crown a couple of weeks ago and are back on the ropes again
West Indies vs England, 1st ODI at North Sound, WI v ENG, Dec 03 2023 - Match Result
5.30pm: The party has started in Antigua, with England's new-look side already anticipating a hangover. You can read all about it as soon as Vish Ehantharajah's match report gets updated, and there'll be more from the ground via Cam Ponsonby. Don't even think about scheduling something in your diary for Wednesday, when we'll do it all again at the Sir Viv. Cheerio!
5.20pm: Time to hear from the presentations, starting with Jos Buttler: "Fantastic game of cricket. Credit to Shai Hope. We asked a lot of questions and they played really well at the back end to chase those down. [Posted 325] Thought it was fantastic batting effort. Loved the intent, set the tone at the top. They pegged us back at bit, we found the wicket a bit tricky, and it needed a fantastic effort to chase them down. [Personal form] You always want to play well, keep working hard and trust it will come back. Brilliant game, credit to Shai and Romario, some fantastic sixes and we'll learn a lot. Thought Rehan bowled really well and there was a lot to be proud of. Some things we can do better moving on to the next one."
West Indies captain Shai Hope is Player of the Match for his unbeaten 109 from 83: "As you say, in a winning cause, that's all I play for. Talking to MS Dhoni, he said 'you always have a lot more time than you think'. Played a lot of ODI cricket, always back myself to win in any position. [Shepherd] He was amazing, one of those guys you can depend on. We got the win, want to continue the series on a high. [Bowling effort] Their openers played really well, any time we were off line they scored boundaries. We had a few dropped catches, so we've got things to improve. We want to be playing against the best. [Opening stand] Like to see those batters take responsibility. About how they can continue from this position."
5.10pm: Whoosh! Who saw that coming? Shai Hope gives West Indies hope, something to smile about today and something to build on for the future. That is West Indies' second-highest successful chase in ODIs - and the highest by any team at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. Sam Curran, meanwhile, finishes with an unwanted record: most runs conceded by an Englishman in an ODI innings, narrowly saved the ignominy of bringing up his own ton. It might be a series lacking something in the way of context, but it's been given a proper kick up the backside here. West Indies 1-0 up with two to play, and England's new era looking much like the old one
Here's Sampath again with some more stats magic - Most target runs successfully chased down in the last ten overs (41-50) of a men's ODI: (where we have BBB):
109 - PAK vs BAN, 2014 Mirpur
106 - WI vs ENG, 2023 Antigua
101 - NZ vs AUS, 2005 Christchurch
101 - NZ vs IRE, 2022 Dublin
100 - IND vs WI, 2022 Port of Spain
goes to his hundred with another brutal blow! Length ball, he steps into it and creams six more over deep midwicket. The crowd are getting in the mood as the skipper goes to three figures, and victory moves within sight
fired full and wide, Hope falls over while trying to hit the cover off! Dot ball
Hope also within a shot of his hundred
another full toss goes the journey! Hope stands tall and whacks a thigh-high meatball over wide long-on. Sails for a 93m six and that might be the final nail in this England defence
full outside off and Joseph slaps it up and over cover to get his captain back on strike
Sam Curran for the 49th, WI needing 19 from 12 to pull off the highest chase at this ground
Doosra: "Good old Forecaster! About as useful as a chocolate fire-guard!!" The more you sledge them, the wilder their predictions become...
hard length, 142kph/88mph and Hope jabs it away to leg. Atkinson hares after the ball to secure a dot and keep Joseph on strike for the penultimate over
dug in short and Hope jumps across to swat a couple more into the gap
short of a length, doesn't get up wide of the stumps. Hope swings vigorously and misses
slower ball wide of off stump, Hope stretches out and carves a couple more in front of the cover sweeper
back of a length, 135kph/84mph and dropped into the covers. Hope scampers down to take the strike
Is there another twist? Alzarri Joseph, the WI vice-captain, joins his skipper in the middle. He can hit a long ball, if needed
full and straight, and up goes the finger! Shephard reviews but is already walking off. He stepped to leg and heaved across the line, only to be smashed on the knee roll. Hawk-Eye has it bulldozing leg stump and Shepherd was well beyond the boundary ropes by the time umpire Brathwaite raises his finger for a second time
Atkinson, 24 from 18
Advantage West Indies after that over! Forecaster jumps aboard the bandwagon, shooting up to 81%
fires down another low full toss, 137kph/85mph and Shepherd swats it down the ground once again
full again, misses the yorker but it's just a single to long-off
Long discussion between Buttler and Carse
c-r-u-n-c-h-e-d! Hope blaps six more over deep midwicket! Short ball and given short shrift by West Indies captain. Hammered into the crowd to bring up West Indies' 300
another low full toss, carved to the fence! Hope is back and across and gets a good chunk of it, beats the despairing dive in the deep
pitched up in the channel, bunted for a single
a low full toss is slashed wide of Buttler! Shepherd swings blindly and picks up four, the ball flying between keeper and short third
Carse back, 41 from 24 now. Forecaster back at 31% for WI
Ah, here we go - UltraEdge shows there was some glove on that shot from Shepherd, although it bounced through to Buttler. So it couldn't be out, but he was right to argue it shouldn't have been a wide
full and wide off stump, squirted for a single
slower bouncer, sliding down the leg side. Shepherd was in position to try to smash it for a boundary but can't connect... Buttler then signals for a review, seemingly because he disagrees with the wide call. In the end, after a chat between Buttler, Brathwaite and Brown, we will continue
short again and swiveled through square leg. Just a single
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Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua | |
Toss | England, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2023/24 |
Player Of The Match | |
Series result | West Indies led the 3-match series 1-0 |
Match number | ODI no. 4706 |
Hours of play (local time) | 9.30 start, First Session 9.30-13.00, Interval 13.00-13.45, Second Session 13.45-17.15 |
Match days | 3 December 2023 - day (50-over match) |
ODI debut | |
Umpires | Chris BrownDRS |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee |
Over 49 • WI 326/6
West Indies won by 4 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)