Evin Lewis of the West Indies hits out for six runs watched by England wicketkeeper Phil Salt through the first One-Day Worldwide between the West Indies and England at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Oct. 31, 2024 in Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda.
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A superb all-round bowling efficiency and a swift 94 off 69 balls from Evin Lewis led the West Indies to an enormous eight-wicket victory below the DLS technique as a result of heavy rainfall in opposition to England within the first ODI in Antigua.
Pacers Jayden Seales, Matthew Forde, and Alzarri Joseph every took two wickets, whereas spinner Gudakesh Motie took 4, as they bowled out England for 209.
Chasing a revised goal of 157 in 35 overs, the West Indies reached the quantity in simply 25.5 overs.
Lewis set the tone for the chase, hitting sixes off John Turner and Jofra Archer within the first ten overs. Brandon King supported, contributing boundaries that helped the West Indies attain 54-0 within the power-play.
Lewis reached his 46-ball fifty with 5 sixes, main West Indies to 81-0 in 15 overs earlier than rain interrupted once more.
He continued to dominate by scoring freely off Adil Rashid and took the West Indies previous the 100 mark with a lot of fours and sixes.
King fell for 30, ending a 118-run opening partnership and Lewis departed on 94, only a few in need of his century. Keacy Carty’s unbeaten 19 accomplished the chase to wrap up the win.
Earlier, England’s batters struggled from the start. Seales eliminated Phil Salt for 18 and Will Jacks for 19, whereas Forde took out Jordan Cox for 17 and Jacob Bethell for 27.
Liam Livingstone and Sam Curran stabilised the innings with a 72-run partnership, to push England to 165-4 by the thirty fifth over.
Nevertheless, Motie’s dismissal of Livingstone for 48 triggered an England collapse.
Motie dismissed Dan Mousley for 8 and Jamie Overton (0) off consecutive deliveries, and Curran fell shortly after for 37 as England slumped to 187-8.
Rashid and Archer took England previous 200, however Joseph rapidly wrapped up the innings at 209 in 45.1 overs.
