Liam Livingstone to Nicholas Pooran, No run.
Liam Livingstone to roll his arm over.
Reece Topley to Shai Hope, Back of a length on off. Hope hangs back and punches it to the deep point region for a couple of runs to end the over and the powerplay.
Reece Topley to Nicholas Pooran, Full again on the leg peg. Pooran flicks it to deep mid-wicket for one more.
Reece Topley to Shai Hope, Full-length delivery around off. Hope drives it to deep backward point for a single.
Reece Topley to Shai Hope, Takes the pace off it and lands it on a length and goes across the batter. Hope is through the shot early and is beaten by the change of pace.
Reece Topley to Shai Hope, Short of a good length and outside off. Hope drags the pull shot to the mid-wicket fielder for none.
Reece Topley to Nicholas Pooran, Back of a length delivery angling down the leg. Pooran tucks it off his hip toward the fine leg region for a single.
Gus Atkinson to Nicholas Pooran, Strays on the pad. Pooran clips it to fine leg for a single. 18 runs coming off the over.
Gus Atkinson to Nicholas Pooran, Good length delivery attacking the stumps. Pooran prods and defends it forward.
Gus Atkinson to Nicholas Pooran, SIX! HELPED AWAY! This is as easy as it gets! Length delivery on the pad. Pooran flicks it with disdain over the deep square leg boundary for half a dozen.
Gus Atkinson to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR! Nicholas Pooran joins in the act! Bowls this on a length and on middle. Pooran lifts it over the mid-on fielder and connects it enough to trickle away to the boundary.
Gus Atkinson to Shai Hope, Length delivery around off. Hope pats it toward short third and rotates the strike with a single.
Gus Atkinson to Shai Hope, SIX! Gus Atkinson is greeted with a maximum! Lands it full and on the middle and leg. Hope clears his front leg and lofts it over the wide long on boundary for a classy six.
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Gus Atkinson comes into the attack now.
Reece Topley to Nicholas Pooran, Fraction short of a good length and moves away outside off. Pooran watchfully lets that go.
Reece Topley to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR! TOO EASY! Gift from Topley! Length delivery on the pad. Pooran helps it past the fine leg fielder and this runs down to the fine leg boundary for four runs.
Reece Topley to Shai Hope, Back of a length on off. Hope hangs back and knocks it through backward point for a run.
Reece Topley to Nicholas Pooran, Bowls this full and just outside off. Pooran pushes it gently through covers for a single.
Reece Topley to Nicholas Pooran, On a good length and shapes away outside off. Pooran looks to play at it initially but lets it go at the last moment.
Reece Topley to Shai Hope, Full on the pad, flicked away uppishly to long leg for a single by Shai Hope.
Moeen Ali to Shai Hope, Flat and turning into middle. Hope tucks into the leg side for a single.
Moeen Ali to Shai Hope, Tossed up just outside off and it turns in. Hope charges down but misses it on the body.
Moeen Ali to Shai Hope, Fraction short outside off. Hope cuts it straight to backward point.
Moeen Ali to Shai Hope, FOUR! Poor from Jacks! Slightly short and around off. Hope rocks back and punches it through covers for a boundary. Jacks makes the error and allows the ball to go through the infield and it races to the fence.
Moeen Ali to Shai Hope, SIX! HIGH AND HANDSOME! Bowls this full and turns in around off. Hope get low and smacks it straight over the long off boundary for a biggie.
Moeen Ali to Nicholas Pooran, Flighted on off. Pooran pushes into covers for a single to get off the mark.
Reece Topley to Shai Hope, Strays on the pad. Hope clips it to the fine leg region for a couple.
Reece Topley to Shai Hope, Length delivery on the middle and leg. Hope covers the line and drops into the short leg region.
Reece Topley to Shai Hope, Goes full and on off. Hope drives it gently to mid off.
Shai Hope walks out to bat next.
Reece Topley to Kyle Mayers, OUT! EDGED and TAKEN! Mayers departs for a duck! England get the second wicket! On a good length angling into middle and shapes away just outside off. Mayers has a push at it but gets squared up and gets a thick edge through to keeper Buttler, who pouches a simple catch. England are right on top here as both the openers are back into the hut.
Reece Topley to Kyle Mayers, Fraction short of a good length and a hint of swing around off. Mayers hangs back and blocks with a dead bat.
Reece Topley to Kyle Mayers, Topley starts with a full-length delivery at the stumps. Mayers comes forward and defends it.
Reece Topley to bowl from the other end.
Moeen Ali to Nicholas Pooran, Tossed up on middle. Pooran prods and blocks into the off side.
Nicholas Pooran is in at number 3.
Moeen Ali to Brandon King, OUT! GONE! BOWLED'EM! Moeen Ali draws first blood. Flatter delivery turning into the middle stump line. King hangs back and looks to tuck it away, but he misses and the ball cannons into the stumps. The top scorer of the last match is dismissed cheaply as West Indies lose their first.
Moeen Ali to Brandon King, Pulls his length back as King steps out again and drives it to mid off.
Moeen Ali to Brandon King, FOUR MORE! Up and Over! Tossed up around off. King advances down the pitch and lifts it over the mid off fielder for back to back boundaries.
Moeen Ali to Brandon King, FOUR! West Indies and Brandon King are away! Flighted nicely outside off. King throws his bat at it and the ball flies off the outside edge and over the backward point fielder for a streaky boundary.
Moeen Ali to Brandon King, Moeen Ali begins with a tossed up delivery that turns into middle and leg. King plays all around it and gets a thud on the pad.
We are all set for the game to begin. The umpires are out in the middle and so are the West Indies opening pair of Brandon King and Kyle Mayers. The players of England also stride out to the middle. It will be the off-spin of Moeen Ali to get things underway yet again for England. Let's play....
Tymal Mills is now down for a chat as well. He says he's happy to be back in the squad and with the World Cup coming in and the competitions for the available slots in this team, he is looking forward to putting his right foot here in this game and getting back to consistency. He explains his naturally developed 'Back of the hand slower ball' that he has been bowling for so long now and looks forward to executing them in the game today depending on how the surface behaves.
Akeal Hosein is down for a quick chat before the game. He says that it has been fantastic so far, the support and the camaraderie as well and winning certainly helps. Adds that being a spinner in the Powerplay, you have to execute well but you need to have that clarity no matter which batter is on strike. Mentions that it is always best to have a plan from the start and if you stick to your plan, it is the batter that has to adjust.
PITCH REPORT - Samuel Badree is pitchside. He says that it is the same surface from the last game but the stark difference is that it is much drier and will play better than the last game. Adds that this is one of the highest-scoring venues in West Indies and the last game shows that you can target a bowler and score big in one over but there will be something in it for the spinners as well.
England XI
Philip Salt, Jos Buttler(w/c), Will Jacks, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Gus Atkinson, Tymal Mills, Reece Topley
West Indies XI
Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Nicholas Pooran(w), Shai Hope, Sherfane Rutherford, Rovman Powell(c), Andre Russell, Jason Holder, Gudakesh Motie, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph
This wicket looks good. I think it is a better wicket. Generally it gets better through the day. We might have chased as well. Just continue to keep getting partnerships. We can be much more dangerous if we don’t lose too many wickets in clusters. We have one change. Rutherford comes in for Hetmyer.
Windies skipper Rovman Powell at the toss
We are gonna chase again. Just those key areas again. Just look to hold on to the momentum. The game comes down to the execution. Being switched on for every ball is a key in this format. You need to give the guys a rope as well. We have two changes.
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