that's the game! Broad slams a drive through the covers and punches the air
West Indies vs England, 2nd ODI at North Sound, Mar 02 2014 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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2nd ODI, North Sound, March 02, 2014, England tour of West Indies
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Relief for England who win by three wickets. A captain's innings from Broad, and it's not often that's been said of late, and a very composed hand by Bopara. A significant innings from him, finally seeing England across the line in a chase. Is that a victory for team ethics, bonding and how much they all like each other?
It was not, it has to be said, a match filled with quality batting. West Indies folded badly, and couldn't even bat the innings, then England collapsed in turn - and it wasn't even Narine who did much of the damage.
Mark: "So, Ravi Bopara is not good as a finisher? Showed loads of bottle again today. Pretty good from the captain too, today - kept calm and rode his luck." One innings, Mark. But, yes, they both did well. Did I mention that India ODI earlier? Stay with us for the presentation.
Dwayne Bravo "It was a poor batting display. I expected better. We keep losing early wickets and it's something we have to look at. We have a never-say-die attitude, we didn't want to drop our heads. We knew we had Sunil Narine and Miller. Happy with the bowling group but let down by the batters. [The lower order] will get some harsh words."
Stuart Broad "Delighted to have won, we made it hard work. The bowling was awesome, the way the guys learnt from the other day. It's been quite a hard wicket to score on. We had a wobble but great to get over the line. There's some turn for the spinners and were hard to score off. It creates pressure and wickets come. That's what Ravi is batting at No. 7 for, we know he's a good finisher. It's great to see him take that responsibility on. We took it five runs at a time which helped our minds stay clear."
And the Man of the Match is Stephen Parry for his three wickets on debut. Thought it may have gone to Bopara, but bowled well. "It's one of the proudest moments of my life. Six months ago I didn't think I'd be on the tour. It's a dream come true."
That just about wraps things up from us for today. We'll be back for the decider on Wednesday. Don't forget about the Test and ODI action tomorrow from around the world. For now, though, from Andrew McGlashan and Alex Winter it's goodbye and thanks for joining us.
44.5
4
Smith to Broad, FOUR runs
44.4
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Smith to Broad, no run
drives firmly but straight to cover
44.3
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Smith to Broad, no run
drives at fresh air, not really getting to the pitch
44.2
1
Smith to Bopara, 1 run
width outside off, driven square into the off side to level the scores
44.1
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Smith to Bopara, no run
full at the stumps, clipped to midwicket
Dwayne Smith to bowl
end of over 441 run
ENG: 158/7CRR: 3.59 • RRR: 0.33
Stuart Broad24 (43b 2x4)
Ravi Bopara37 (57b 4x4)
Daren Sammy 4-0-19-0
Dwayne Bravo 10-1-41-2
43.6
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Sammy to Broad, no run
three in a row, picks out Smith again...lot of effort for no reward as he heaves at a length delivery
43.5
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Sammy to Broad, no run
can't beat the field again, pulls a length delivery to Smith at square leg
43.4
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Sammy to Broad, no run
another shambolic piece of cricket! An ugly heave to leg, Broad wanted a run but it went straight to square leg. Then Smith hurled his throw way past the stumps. Broad left sprawling in the dirt.
43.3
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Sammy to Broad, no run
swing and a miss outside off, Broad trying to finish it as Sammy offered up width
43.2
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Sammy to Broad, no run
round the wicket, punched firmly towards mid-on
43.1
1
Sammy to Bopara, 1 run
short of a length, worked into the leg side
Darren Sammy gets a bowl...
end of over 434 runs
ENG: 157/7CRR: 3.65 • RRR: 0.42
Stuart Broad24 (38b 2x4)
Ravi Bopara36 (56b 4x4)
Dwayne Bravo 10-1-41-2
Sunil Narine 10-0-25-1
42.6
2
Dwayne Bravo to Broad, 2 runs
full outside off, a flowing cover drive which goes wide of the cover sweeper
Fifty stand comes up. A fine effort from these two under pressure
42.6
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Dwayne Bravo to Broad, (no ball)
another bouncer, and he'd already had his quota so this is called a no-ball. No free hit, though
42.5
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Dwayne Bravo to Broad, no run
bouncer outside leg stump, Broad ducks
42.4
1
Dwayne Bravo to Bopara, 1 run
comes forward and drives a full delivery just to the left of mid-off
42.3
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Dwayne Bravo to Bopara, no run
short ball outside off, left alone
42.2
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Dwayne Bravo to Bopara, no run
slower ball, on off stump, carefully defended
Edwin: "Those extra 10 -15 runs had the last WI pair had seen out 50 overs could have cost WI the game..."
42.1
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Dwayne Bravo to Bopara, no run
drops this square into the off side...Broad tells him to stay where he is
Bravo back for a final crack...
end of over 421 run
ENG: 153/7CRR: 3.64 • RRR: 0.87
Stuart Broad22 (35b 2x4)
Ravi Bopara35 (52b 4x4)
Sunil Narine 10-0-25-1
Ravi Rampaul 10-0-40-1
And that's Narine done
41.6
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Narine to Broad, no run
dropped in a touch short, allows him to defend on the back foot
One ball left for Narine
41.5
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Narine to Broad, no run
oh, another ripper, turn and bounce this time as Broad is beaten again
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