NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Captain Shai Hope produced a chic masterclass within the type of his sixteenth One-Day Worldwide hundred as West Indies pulled off a report run chase to stun England by 4 wickets within the opening ODI right here Sunday.
Requested to chase a demanding 326 on the Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium, the house facet overhauled their goal with seven balls to spare to register their highest profitable run chase within the Caribbean and second-highest total.
The unflappable Hope was on the coronary heart of his facet’s enterprise, carving out a glowing unbeaten 109 off 83 deliveries- his fastest-ever ODI century.
He struck 4 fours and 7 sixes – the final three of which got here within the penultimate over from wayward left-arm seamer Sam Curran.
The primary of the three – over vast lengthy on – took him to 97, the second off the fourth ball raised his hundred off 82 deliveries, and the ultimate one of many very subsequent ball fired West Indies to solely their fourth victory over England of their final 20 ODIs.
Left-handed opener Alick Athanaze dazzled with 66 from 65 balls, big-hitting Romario Shepherd helped flip the sport with a 28-ball 48 at quantity seven whereas Brandon King chipped in with 35 and Shimron Hetmyer, 32.
“It was in a successful trigger, and that’s all I play for,” the 30-year-old Hope mentioned of the hundred, which pulled him inside one in all chief selector Desmond Haynes and three of batting nice Brian Lara on the all-time West Indies listing.
“The stats will come as a [by-product], however I intention to win video games, so I’m simply comfortable that the fellows crossed the road as we speak.”
He added: “We received the win, we began the collection on a excessive, and the intention is to repeat this right here within the second sport.”
England had gathered 325 out of their 50 overs after selecting to bat, Harry Brook top-scoring with 71 off 72 balls, quantity three Zak Crawley lashing 48 from 63 deliveries, and opener Phil Salt getting 45 from 28 balls.
Left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie (2-49), together with quick bowlers Oshane Thomas (2-57) and Shepherd (2-77), grabbed two wickets every however struggled to include England early on.
Salt lashed 5 fours and three sixes in a 77-run opening stand with Will Jacks (26), and when each fell in successive overs with no addition to the rating, Crawley added an additional 33 for the third with Ben Duckett (20).
Crawley, who counted 5 fours, mixed with Brook in a 71-run fourth wicket stand, which put England accountable for the competition, the guests cruising to 163 with out additional loss on the midway stage.
When Crawley was tragically run out within the thirtieth over, captain Jos Buttler adopted quickly after for 3, gloving a reverse sweep to first slip off Motie at 191 for 5 within the thirty fourth over.
Two partnerships then lifted England to their eventual whole. Brook, who struck seven fours and two sixes, placed on 41 for the sixth with Liam Livingstone (17) earlier than Curran (38) and Brydon Carse (31 not out) posted 66 for the eighth.
Athanaze then offered the early fireworks within the West Indies reply, the 24-year-old lashing 9 fours and a brace of sixes in a 104-run opening stand with King, who counted 4 fours and a six in a measured 44-ball knock.
Athanaze perished lbw within the 18th over, lacking a sweep at a googly from leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed (2-40), and King adopted six balls later within the subsequent over, bowled off his thigh pad by off-spinner Livingstone.
Hope stabilized the innings in a 38-run, third-wicket partnership with Keacy Carty (16), however as soon as the latter was lbw to seamer Brydon at the beginning of the thirtieth, West Indies wanted an pressing rebuild.
That got here in two essential partnerships – Hope posting 56 for the fourth wicket with Hetmyer and an additional 89 in a match-changing sixth wicket stand with Shepherd.
Hetmyer struck 4 fours in a 30-ball knock earlier than holing out to nice leg within the thirty eighth, and Sherfane Rutherford (6) endured an eventful three-ball debut earlier than pulling Rehan Ahmed down the throat of the deep sq..
With West Indies going through a required run price of a shade over ten per over at that stage, the benefit remained with England, however Hope and Shepherd shortly modified the sport’s complexion.
Hope raised his fifty off 51 balls by carting Rehan Ahmed for a straight six and wanted solely 31 balls to carry up triple figures.
Shepherd, in the meantime, flexed his shoulders, clobbering 4 fours and three sixes as West Indies plundered 101 runs from the final 47 balls of the innings.
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