Player of the Match
Player of the Match

11.25pm That is that. Brandon King's maiden ODI century has put WI 1-0 up. Daren Sammy has a winning start to his international coaching career. Keemo Paul, Dominic Drakes and Odean Smith also played their part in West Indies' emphatic victory. Thanks for tuning in. Until next time, this is Deivarayan Muthu signing off on the behalf of Srinidhi, P Ranjith and Thilak Ram. Goodbye and cheers.

Waseem, UAE captain: He [Paul] bowled well. Ali played well, but we were short by 50-60 runs. Aayan bowled well, but King played very well for West Indies. We will take some positives from this match and hopefully do well in other matches.

Hope, WI captain: There was no hurry. They all bowled well, I can't single out too many, and I was happy with the execution. Nice to see Hodge play in West Indies colours now and hopefully we can continue. I don't think there were devils in the surface but credit needs to be given to the bowlers. King is an exceptional player and someone who I thought would've scored a lot more runs early in his career. But happy for him. He saw the opportunity to take the game forward and happy to see him get his first hundred today.

King is suffering from cramps, so Hope collects King's Player-of-the-Match award on his behalf.

35.2
6
Meiyappan to Hope, SIX, Captain Hope seals it with a six. Pushed through too full and outside off once again, Hope drags another slog-sweep over midwicket and finishes it off in style
35.1
6
Meiyappan to Hope, SIX, tossed up outside off, a bit too full from Karthik once again. Hope drops down to one knee and slog-sweeps it over midwicket. Bam!

END OF OVER:
35 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | WI: 194/3 (9 runs required from 15 overs, RR: 5.54, RRR: 0.60)

  • Shai Hope1 (2b)
  • Keacy Carty7 (19b)
  • Rohan Mustafa6-0-22-1
  • Karthik Meiyappan4-0-43-0
34.6
1
Rohan Mustafa to Hope, 1 run, clipped away into the midwicket region for a single
34.5
0
Rohan Mustafa to Hope, no run, pushed through outside off, run away to point

Captain Hope replaces vice-captain King

34.4
W
Rohan Mustafa to King, OUT, King shakes his head as he walks back. Flatter, quicker and slid across off stump from round the stumps. King searches for a dab but can only dink it behind to Sharma. End of a top effort from King, though. James Franklin welcomes him back with a pat on the shoulder. Played

BA King c †Sharma b Rohan Mustafa 112 (140m 112b 12x4 4x6) SR: 100.00

34.3
4
Rohan Mustafa to King, FOUR, fired down the leg side, King simply helps it away fine for four more
34.2
1
Rohan Mustafa to Carty, 1 run, tapped down to long-off
34.1
0
Rohan Mustafa to Carty, no run, played back to Mustafa

END OF OVER:
34 | 18 Runs | WI: 188/2 (15 runs required from 16 overs, RR: 5.52, RRR: 0.93)

  • Brandon King108 (110b)
  • Keacy Carty6 (17b)
  • Karthik Meiyappan4-0-43-0
  • Rohan Mustafa5-0-16-0
33.6
6
Meiyappan to King, SIX, too full and outside off from Karthik. King gets underneath the length once again and lofts it straight over the bowler's head. Another clean strike from King. Karthik continues to take some tap from WI
33.5
0
Meiyappan to King, no run, another wrong'un, heaved to midwicket
33.4
0
Meiyappan to King, no run, better control from Karthik. On a length and breaks away past the outside edge
33.3
6
Meiyappan to King, SIX, Brandon King: batting royalty from Jamaica. He brings up his maiden ODI century and takes in the applause from WI's dressing room. Coach Sammy is up on his feet. Dangled up on middle, possibly another googly, but Karthik lands it too full. King gets underneath the length and launches it over the wide long-on boundary. Mighty slog-sweep from WI's new vice-captain
33.2
0
Meiyappan to King, no run, tossed up just a shade outside off, dabbed to cover on the front foot
33.1
6
Meiyappan to King, SIX, wrong'un from Karthik, but he drops it too short, allowing King to rock back and pull it over deep midwicket. Strong pull from King

Karthik is back into the attack

END OF OVER:
33 | 5 Runs | WI: 170/2 (33 runs required from 17 overs, RR: 5.15, RRR: 1.94)

  • Keacy Carty6 (17b)
  • Brandon King90 (104b)
  • Rohan Mustafa5-0-16-0
  • Aayan Afzal Khan10-0-36-1
32.6
0
Rohan Mustafa to Carty, no run, stroked to cover once again on the front foot

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West Indies 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st48J CharlesBA King
2nd91SSJ BrooksBA King
3rd54BA KingKU Carty
4th13SD HopeKU Carty