01/06Result
2nd ODI, West Indies tour of England at Cardiff, Jun 1 2025
England won by 3 wkts (7b rem)
Player of the Match
Joe Root
Joe RootEngland
01/06Result
2nd ODI, West Indies tour of England at Cardiff, Jun 1 2025
England won by 3 wkts (7b rem)
Player of the Match
Joe Root
Joe RootEngland

2:44pm That was, well, a strange innings. Andrew fell for a duck in the second over, before King and Carty consolidated. The former registered a fifty, with the latter going on to notch up his fourth ODI hundred. Shai then offered further hope of a 350-plus score and while he was at the crease alongside Carty, that felt a real possibility. But then, like it has often happened for West Indies in recent years, the collapse came, and it finished with them not even batting their entire quota of overs.

England, meanwhile, would not be pleased with their fielding effort. They dropped a whole host of chances and this score, had they hung on to those opportunities, could have been a lot lesser. But this total could have been a lot bigger too, especially at 147-1 (after 25.1 overs), and they will be happy with how their bowlers reacted to close out the innings at 308. They will fancy their chances, especially with a short straight boundary in play, but West Indies will have runs on the board and that, in 300-plus chase, could come in handy. Andrew Miller will be back in about half an hour with the start of the second innings.

47.4
W
Mahmood to Hope, OUT, right off the toe-end, and West Indies have been bundled out with fourteen balls remaining in the innings! Mahmood plays the double-bluff and spears this in full and wide. Hope, as a reflex action, throws his bat at it, trying to manufacture something. But because his body shape is all wrong and moving to the leg side, he only pops it up tamely for Brook to collect in that region in the ring behind the umpire. Not the cleanest fielding effort England will ever produce, but they have done well to bowl WI out inside 48 overs!

SD Hope c Brook b Mahmood 78 (103m 66b 4x4 4x6) SR: 118.18

47.3
4
Mahmood to Hope, FOUR, a mighty heave across the line, and Hope has something to show for it! Another slower ball dug into the track outside off. Hope picks it early, gets his front hip out of the way and pummels it to long on's right. Lands just inside the fence!
47.2
0
Mahmood to Hope, no run, slow and short outside off. Hope waits for it and cuts it towards deep point. Decides against taking the single too
47.1
0
Mahmood to Hope, no run, oh well! Back of a length wide outside off. Hope, rather ambitiously, looks for the reverse-lap and gets nowhere near making a solid connection

Seales at the other end. Hope on strike. Mahmood has the ball

END OF OVER:
47 | 17 Runs 2 Wkts | WI: 304/9 | RR: 6.46

  • Shai Hope74 (62b)
  • Adil Rashid10-0-63-4
  • Will Jacks4-0-42-1
46.6
W
Rashid to Joseph, OUT, timmmbbberrrrr, and that will be that for Joseph with the bat today! Much flatter and shorter on middle and leg. Pitches and skids on, and that does it for Joseph. He was looking to swipe it over cow corner but having been done in for pace, he could not prevent the ball from rattling into his stumps. Joseph walks back, and WI are nine down now!

AS Joseph b Rashid 10 (1m 3b 1x4 1x6) SR: 333.33

46.5
4
Rashid to Joseph, FOUR, off the edge, and into the fence! Fizzed through quicker on a length on middle and off. Joseph swings like a rusty gate and the ball squirms away off the outside edge. Short third had no chance, and Joseph has 10 off 2!
46.4
6
Rashid to Joseph, SIX, oh, hello! Oh, hello! Floated up into the slot outside off and Joseph says thank you very much. He uses his long levers and launches it over long on!

Joseph strides out

46.3
W
Rashid to Motie, OUT, in the air again and this time, Root makes no mistake! Rashid, bravely, tosses it up again and deceives the batter in the flight. Motie looks to smoke this into the river but loses his shape entirely. Slices it a mile up and Root, stationed at long off, completes the catch. The lack of emotion suggests he is still miffed at what happened the previous ball, but that is, nevertheless, another wicket for Rashid and England!

G Motie c Root b Rashid 18 (10m 9b 4x4 0x6) SR: 200

46.2
1
Rashid to Hope, 1 run, miscued and Root puts down an absolute soda, would you believe it! Slowed up on a length just outside leg. Hope looks to repeat the dose but the inward angle means the bat face closes upon impact. Arrows it straight to Root, who grasses a very presentable chance!

Another change of ball required courtesy Shai Hope

46.1
6
Rashid to Hope, SIX, watch that ball sail into the river! This is a proper drag-down on middle and leg. Hope cannot believe his luck and clatters it a mile over long on. Into the trees and out of sight!

Rashid to bowl out

END OF OVER:
46 | 16 Runs | WI: 287/7 | RR: 6.23

  • Gudakesh Motie18 (8b)
  • Shai Hope67 (60b)
  • Will Jacks4-0-42-1
  • Saqib Mahmood9-0-33-2
45.6
4
Jacks to Motie, FOUR, 16 off the over - just what the doctor ordered for the visitors! This is shorter and wider outside off. Motie throws his hands at it and chalks it off the toe-end past backward point!
45.5
4
Jacks to Motie, FOUR, clever, clever batting! Tossed up full on middle and off. Motie transfers his weight forward and then bends his back knee to get into position for the scoop. Nails it fully and lifts it over the keeper's head!
45.4
0
Jacks to Motie, no run, decent footy skills there by Motie! Back of a length, pitching on off and coming back in with the angle. Motie, trapped on the crease, seems to get rapped on the pad first before the ball ends up trickling towards the stumps. Motie, though, with his left foot, stops the ball dead and ensures his stumps are not dislodged. Might have been watching a bit of the UEFA Champions League final yesterday, by the looks of it. Among all of that, though, England have reviewed for an lbw. Could be heading down leg, and Ball Tracking confirms those suspicions. So, England do lose a review!

Hope will be happy with what he is seeing

45.3
4
Jacks to Motie, FOUR, back to back boundaries! Fired in quicker, fuller and flatter. But this is on the pads and Motie can just help it past short fine leg!
45.2
4
Jacks to Motie, FOUR, back of a length outside off. Motie uses his wrists and whips it away behind square. Mahmood gives chase from short fine leg but makes a hash of it in the end. Motie with a boundary!
45.1
0
Jacks to Motie, no run, on a length on middle and leg. Motie hangs back and taps it towards mid wicket

Jacks to bowl the 46th. Around the wicket to Motie. England's plan will be to starve Hope of as much strike as possible

END OF OVER:
45 | 3 Runs 2 Wkts | WI: 271/7 | RR: 6.02

  • Gudakesh Motie2 (2b)
  • Shai Hope67 (60b)
  • Saqib Mahmood9-0-33-2
  • Jacob Bethell6-0-49-1
44.6
1
Mahmood to Motie, 1 run, short on middle and off. Motie jumps up onto his toes and fends it towards sweeper cover
44.5
1
Mahmood to Hope, 1 run, banged into the track on middle stump. Hope swivels well and pulls it towards deep square leg
44.4
1
Mahmood to Motie, 1 run, shortish on the hips and that is not the greatest hat-trick ball you will ever see. Motie gets up on his toes and helps it round the corner to get off the mark

Motie out to face the hat-trick ball. The Cardiff crowd claps in anticipation

44.3
W
Mahmood to Chase, OUT, nicked and gone! Mahmood on a hat-trick out of nowhere, and this West Indies innings is flagging now! Back of a length outside off and Chase, perhaps expecting the short ball, gets himself caught on the crease. Keeps a little low too and all he manages is a snick off the bottom edge as he goes fishing at it. Smart take by Buttler low to his right, and England have WI seven down with more than five overs to play!

RL Chase c †Buttler b Mahmood 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

Chase in at 8. England might pepper him with shorter deliveries too

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England 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st1BM DuckettJL Smith
2nd1JE RootBM Duckett
3rd85JE RootHC Brook
4th6JE RootJC Buttler
5th40JE RootJG Bethell
6th143JE RootWG Jacks
7th12JE RootBA Carse
8th24AU RashidJE Root