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England defeated West Indies by 3 wickets in the second match of the 3 ODI series. With this, the team has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. The last match of the series will be played on 3 June at The Oval Ground.
In the match played in Cardiff on Sunday night, England won the toss and decided to bowl. The West Indies scored a score of 308 runs with the help of KC Karti’s century, but the team was all out in 47.4 overs. England achieved the target by losing 7 wickets in 48.5 overs. Joe Root played a century of 166 runs. The innings included 21 fours and 2 sixes. He was adjudged Player of the Match.
Interesting facts of the match
- Joe has become England’s top scorer in root ODI cricket. He has 7082 runs. He has surpassed Eoin Morgan’s record of 6957 runs.
- England have chased more than 300 runs for the 15th time. The team left Australia (14 times) behind. The English team is now behind India (19 times) in this matter.
Windies lost first wicket, King-Kriti handled The West Indies, who were batting after losing the toss, did not have special start. The team lost the wicket of opener Jewel Andrew (0) in the second over of the innings. From here, opener Brandon Kings and KC Curty took the innings. Kings scored 59 and Karti scored 103 runs. Both shared a 141 -run partnership. This partnership was broken by Adil Rashid.
After King was dismissed, 28 -year -old Karti added 58 runs with Shai Hope. Hope scored 78 runs in 66 balls, including 4 fours and 4 sixes. For England, spinner Adil Rashid took 4 wickets. While Saqib Mohammed took 3 wickets.
English openers could not even open an account, Root won England, which was chasing a target of 308 runs, also had a poor start. The team lost the wickets of the openers on the score of 2 runs. The pair of Jimmy Smith and Ben Docket could not even open the account.
After losing two wickets for 2 runs, he came out to bat at number three, which Root scored an unbeaten 166 runs. He partnered 85 runs with captain Harry Brook. After Brook’s dismissal, Jose Butler also returned to the pavilion without opening an account.
In such a situation, Root shared a 143 -run partnership with Will Jacks in the lower order and kept the team in the run chase. Jacques scored 49 runs. He added 24 not out with Adil Rashid and won the team. Aljari Joseph took 4 wickets from the Windies.
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