Key events
19th over: West Indies 80-2 ( Carty 29, Hope 41) England’s spinners racing through their overs here, economically too. West Indies need to keep an eye on this.
18th over: West Indies 80-2 ( Carty 27, Hope 41) Marcus Trescothick watches with folded arms and a towel around his neck as Carty can only pick a single from Livingstone’s over.
An email! Hello Andrew Benton.
“I joined the multi-nation crowd at the excellent Cricket Sixes today here in Hong Kong, where in one match England let Oman score the highest of the tournament so far (160), dropping at least two catches in the process, and then proceeded to be on the receiving end of some excellent catching from their opponents that left them without a hope. Hopefully the one day side will be better prepared. And Oman were vibrant in orange outfits, too, they really stood out. With 12 nations playing, the crowd was a real mixture, not just the home side and their single opponents, and there was a really cool and friendly atmosphere.
“Are the sixes competitions elsewhere, do you know? Hong Kong’s used to be big business in the 90’s as I recall, but they stopped holding them a few years before covid and this is the first time in 7 years.”
All I know of is the Dermot-Reeve era 1990s competition – but OBO viewers around the world may know more.
17th over: West Indies 79-2 ( Carty 27, Hope 41) Rashid rattles through another, West Indies pick up three and they take DRINKS!
16th over: West Indies 76-2 ( Carty 24, Hope 40) Liam Livingstone brings himself on, sunglasses of course, and opens with a loopy legspinner, immediately dries his hands on the pitch. Mark Butcher says the ball is coming onto the bat better as the moisture rises from the pitch.
15th over: West Indies 72-2 ( Carty 23, Hope 37) A delicious on-drive from Hope as Saqib strays, celebrated with cow bells and flag waving as it crosses the rope. A handful of singles.
13th over: West Indies 64-2 ( Carty 21, Hope 31) …so a repressed Hope sticks a big maroon pad down the pitch and lofts Rashid for six . The fifty partnership comes up off 62 balls. A testing googly squeezes through Carty’s gate.
13th over: West Indies 54-2 ( Carty 19, Hope 23) England’s shirt rises quite high around the neck, good for sunburn I suppose. Excellent from Saqib, who sends down nothing for the West Indies to go at….
12th over: West Indies 52-2 ( Carty 18, Hope 2) Time for Adil Rashid, who whistles through his first over of twirly stuff.
11th over: West Indies 48-2 ( Carty 17, Hope 19) Saqib, closely cropped of beard and head, strays a tad full and Hope drives him exquisitely for four down the ground. Saqib pulls things back with four consecutive dots.
10th over: West Indies 41-2 ( Carty 16, Hope 13) Turner goes short, Hope goes high, with the wind and a snuff of arrogance, and the ball sails over cover for the first six of the match. End of the first power play.
9th over: West Indies 33-2 ( Carty 15, Hope 6) Jofra gets a rest, to be replace by Saqib Mahmood – who recently signed a new three-year white-ball contract with Lancashire (though still with the hope of playing red ball should his body allow). The cameras pan to an inviting turquoise Caribbean Sea. Four stolen from the over.
8th over: West Indies 29-2 ( Carty 14, Hope 3) Carty has had enough of this cat and mouse and swings at Turner – missing wildly. Two balls later he drives recklessly to where three fielders are bunched like milk bottles, crouching square on the offside. Bethell leaps but can only palm the ball upwards (and save two runs in the process). Carty goes again later in the over, this time angling the ball down through the hovering trio, and picks up four.
7th over: West Indies 23-2 ( Carty 8, Hope 3) A cheeky breeze ruffles the flags and the T-shirts of the crowd, the sky full of fluffy mottled clouds – think a reception-class collage. “A good battle between Jofra and Shai Hope” says the commentator “Jofra is disciplined, as is Hope, knowing that this might be Jofra’s last over.” And a maiden it is.
6th over: West Indies 23-2 ( Carty 8, Hope 3) Turner tidy and quick. Quite an intimidating figure actually as he runs in. Most of the crowd lightly filling the stadium seem to be Brits.
5th over: West Indies 19-2 ( Carty 5, Hope 3) A third over on the trot for Archer, accelerating into the high 80s (mph) and varying his length. Five dots.
4th over: West Indies 17-2 ( Carty 5, Hope 1) A morale-boosting boundary from Turner’s last ball, but a testing over from the young giant. West Indies defiantly not doing as Alastair Cook instructed and getting through England’s initial burst.
WICKET! Lewis c Salt b Turner 4 (West Indies 12-2)
Turner goes around the wicket and Lewis swivels with six-hitting anticipation, but can only tipple the ball through to Salt
3rd over: West Indies 12-1 (Lewis 4, Carty 1) Archer tries to tempt Lewis with a bouncer, but he shows admirable restraint, and finishes the over with a fuller length ball that Lewis plays straight back down the pitch for a single.
2nd over: West Indies 7-1 (Lewis 0, Carty 0) King drives his second ball through the off side for four with some style, but two balls later is walking back to the dressing room. Turner raises his long arm in bouncing delight.
WICKET! King c Cox b Turner 7 (West Indies 7-1)
A first international wicket for young Turner as King drives rakishly away from the body and Jordan Cox pounces at backward point.
1st over: West Indies 1-0 (King 1, Lewis 0) Jofra Archer has the new ball, little white beads threaded through the bottom of his braids, a sleeve on his right arm, red soles on his boots. One of his trouser legs looks as if its has been chewed off at the bottom by a hungry dog. Just a single from the over.
The players are out, as is the sun, away we go.
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A steaming plate of cheese on toast enters the room alongside my son, sadly none for me. Cook thinks we could see 15 overs of “heavy seam” from England to start.
Pitch watch: Carlos Brathwaite gets intimate with the batting surface – “What is a good length? Six to eight metres from the popping crease. What Jaydon Seales did really well is get from being defensive at eight metres to being attacking a six metres.”
Jason Holder and Alastair Cook both agree that West Indies need to get through this initial burst from England.
A twelfth ODI loss in 18 matches? “Not where England is at”
West Indies XI
One change for West Indies too, Shamar Joseph makes his debut, Alzarri Joseph takes a rest.
West Indies XI: Brandon King, Evin Lewis, Keacy Carty, Shai Hope (capt and wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Shimron Hetmyer, Roston Chase, Shamar Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Matthew Forde, Jayden Seales
England XI
One change – Saqib Mahmood comes in for Jamie Overton.
England XI: Phil Salt (wk), Will Jacks, Jordan Cox, Jacob Bethhell, Liam Livingstone (capt), Sam Curran, Dan Mousley, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Saqib Mahmood, John Turner
Alastair Cook says that this England size looks much better balanced.
England won the toss and will field
Liam Livingstone calls correctly!
Preamble
Hello and welcome to match two of this white-ball series, sliced into the schedules like a piece of processed cheese. An eight wicket defeat wasn’t how England would have chosen to start their three ODI and five T20 Caribbean adventure but on they plug, at least Jordan Clark, Dan Mousley, Jamie Overton and John Turner now have an ODI under their belts.
West Indies outgunned England in almost every area after Shai Hope won the toss, with the returning Evin Lewis a hurricane force success with the bat, and West Indies knocking off a revised target with 55 ball remaining.
Today we return to the Sir Vivian Richards stadium, North Sound, Antigua – with an early 9.30am start Antiguan time (1.30pm GMT).