Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
42 | 15 Runs 1 Wkt | WI: 204/9 | RR: 4.85

  • Jason Holder41 (33b)
  • Kesrick Williams0 (0b)
  • Ben Stokes9-0-43-3
  • David Willey6-0-39-1

5.35pm So, a valuable hand from Holder at the end, 41 not out from 33 balls to give his team something to bowl at. Alan will be back for the resumption shortly

Dinesh : "If you bowl two beamers, aren't you taken out of the attack? Stokes bowled two in last over right? " I think the second one was deemed to be too wide of the batsman to be dangerous. A rare outbreak of common sense

shake: "52 runs off 103 balls from Samuels and Hope. Thats 17.1 overs in a 42 overs game. If windies lose this game you know where the match was lost!"

DavidL: "3/43 and you say he has restored his figures a touch? Should be match winning figures." Well, yes, all things are relative. He'd gone for 18 in eight overs before that last one...

41.6
2
Stokes to Holder, 2 runs, chipped up and over long-off, Holder chivvies back, looking in vain for the third, and it's another expensive death over from Stokes in a West Indies white-ball match

So, one ball of the innings to go ... Holder on strike

41.5
W
Stokes to Taylor, OUT, rolls his fingers once again, a slog straight up in the air... Buttler gathers a simple catch, and that's restored Stokes' figures a touch

JE Taylor c †Buttler b Stokes 2 (7m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

41.4
1
Stokes to Holder, 1 run, smashed straight to long-on! The crowd think it's a catch, but instead it's just a boundary saved
41.4
5nb
Stokes to Holder, (no ball) FOUR, another full-toss from Stokes! Slapped through point, and another free hit coming up ...
41.3
4
Stokes to Holder, FOUR, banged in short, a top-edged bouncer, flies clear of the keeper and away to the rope. Valuable runs...
41.2
1
Stokes to Taylor, 1 run, outside off, tapped to Morgan at point, if it hits, he's gone ... but the shy goes wide!
41.1
0
Stokes to Taylor, no run, well bowled from Stokes, rolled his fingers on the ball as Taylor's loose waft finds thin air. The free hit is wasted

Ryan Lalsingh: "Alex Chapman, we will always produce quality players but our administration causes problems. The entire middle order and bowling unit have been in and out of the team and players don't have the opportunity to prove themselves."

41.1
2nb
Stokes to Holder, (no ball) 1 run, whoops, loose from Stokes, a chest-high full-toss, even on someone as tall as Holder. Apologises immediately, but a free hit is coming up

END OF OVER:
41 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | WI: 189/8 | RR: 4.60

  • Jason Holder29 (28b)
  • Jerome Taylor1 (1b)
  • David Willey6-0-39-1
  • Ben Stokes8-0-28-2

Malcolm Hughes: "Perhaps there is something out there that we do not know, but the question arises as to why Ali is not bowling? the spinners have good stats here." Windies have picked two, so yes, we shall soon discover it if was an error

40.6
1
Willey to Holder, 1 run, good delivery, swinging from leg to off on a full length, Holder clips the single to keep the strike

Farzan: "Its hard to do multi-tasking: anatomy and espncric :/ i think i have to take a hard decision now..bye anatomy!!" Good decision. Careers are temporary, cricket is forever!

40.5
1
Willey to Taylor, 1 run, outside off, tapped through the off side

kritesh: "I wish it was Holding instead of Holder. You could have said "The batsman Holding the bowler's Willey"... lol" Titter indeed. I suspect West Indies wish it was Holding too!

40.4
W
Willey to Bishoo, OUT, bowled round the legs! Bishoo drops to one knee in an attempted flick over the leg side, but Willey swings it into his leg stump

D Bishoo b Willey 5 (19m 10b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

dangermash: "Warning, warning! Danger danger! With 42 overs, aren't only two England bowlers allowed to bowl nine? England look in serious danger of having Rashid plus two of Stokes/Woakes/Plunkett bowling nine. What happens then?" Indeed, you have a point. Hence Willey's appearance for this over, presumably

40.3
1
Willey to Holder, 1 run, low full toss, crashed down to long off
40.2
4
Willey to Holder, FOUR, spanked hard down to long-on! Good levers from Holder, in the slot and battered away

Bairstow's first

83*

Previous highest score for Bairstow in ODIs. He scored his maiden hundred in this match.

Bairstow opening

2

No. of times Bairstow has opened in his International career, including today. He had opened v Pak CT as well and scored 43. He scored 174 (113) opening in Royal London One-Day Cup this season.

Stokes' show

2

No. of better bowling figures for Stokes in ODIs than the 3 for 43 in today's game. He dismissed Hope and Samuels in his first spell.

Chris' comeback

2015

Last time Chis Gayle appeared for West Indies in ODIs, which was in the World Cup.