full on the stumps, Bishoo humps it to midwicket - and that is that! Roy tosses the ball into the Bajan skies and England have won by 186 runs
West Indies vs England, 3rd ODI at Bridgetown, Mar 09 2017 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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3rd ODI, Bridgetown, March 09, 2017, England tour of West Indies
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5.15pm: Right, that's it from us. George's report is in and we'll have more to come on the site. Thanks for your comments, it's been a pleasure, as always - from Miller and myself, cheerio for now!
4.55pm: Right, let's get to the presentations... Alex Hales is Man of the Match: "Yeah, very emotional, the last six months have been personally testing, so to come back and score a hundred was very pleasing. Missing Bangladesh was a risk but I'm glad they stuck with me. [Nerves?] Only natural, only played two games in the best part of six months. Knew if we gave ourselves a chance, we wanted to attack the spinners, managed to convert the starts. One of my most satisfying hundreds for England."
West Indies captain Jason Holder: "Not up to scratch, very poor in the field and we didn't put up a good performance with the bat. Frustrated, we've made some improvements over six months but not enough. Only one way we can go, got to be tighter in the field, take our chances, improve the fielding and then work on the batting. We need to sharpen up and capitalise on half chances. We have to be patient, it's a young group, trying to make our mark on the international circuit. [Senior players missing?] This is what we have, I'm comfortable with that, lots of talent just a question of executing. Tough series against Pakistan [coming up], and important, they're ahead of us in the rankings, so we have to string together some scores and put pressure on them.
Chris Woakes is Man of the Series: "Pleased to do it with the ball, always nice with the bat as well. Performing in different places, around the world. We've got a lot of talent in the squad and there's competition for places. Conditions back home will be slightly different but we take wins and looking forward to the challenge this summer. Bit of a break, refresh and then get back together in May."
England captain Eoin Morgan: "Extremely satisfying, over the course of the series we've shown different sides to our team, today was no different, a tricky wicket and the two boys took it on and we capitalised, the bowling was outstanding, grown on and off the field on this trip and today epitomises what we've got out of this trip. We gelled well, it's important to have a strong team ethic. [Strong squad?] It's a great position to be in, guys coming in and made huge contributions, match-wining ones. Strong signs for us. [Still improve?] Fielding is highlighted, we've adapted to conditions, which is the biggest thing. [Hales?] Outstanding effort, he's been out for six or seven weeks and he came back hungry and even more determined. [Know Champions Trophy XI?] 11 or 12, absolutely not! We've got 15 or 16 quality players but we're lucky to be in that position."
4.45pm: So England complete a 3-0 sweep with their fifth-highest margin of victory in ODIs. Hales and Root made hundreds but West Indies pretty much ran up the white flag from the start of their reply, stumbling to 13 for 3, 45 for 6 and 87 for 8 before the last two wickets took them away from the rocks of a record-breaking defeat. The first two games saw West Indies at least run England close - but this was a shoeing. Stuart Law has plenty of work on his hands to try to get this side into top-eight shape and challenge for automatic World Cup qualification.
Hypocaust deserves a pat on the back for hanging around to dig out this: "Should never have doubted myself. There's always a laboured stat to be found. Alzarri Joseph's 22 from 13 balls is the highest SR ODI innings by a West Indian #11 & 5th highest by a #11 for any nation (10+ balls faced)."
39.2
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Rashid to Bishoo, OUT
Devendra Bishoo c Roy b Rashid 10 (27b 1x4 0x6) SR: 37.03
39.1
1
Rashid to Alzarri Joseph, 1 run
tossed up on the stumps and whipped through midwicket
end of over 3913 runs
WI: 141/9CRR: 3.61 • RRR: 17.09
Devendra Bishoo10 (26b 1x4)
Alzarri Joseph21 (12b 2x4 1x6)
Liam Plunkett 8-2-27-3
Adil Rashid 1-0-4-0
"Last 3 batsmen scores are better than the first 3 batsmen score," notes Russell. Small victories
38.6
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Plunkett to Bishoo, no run
round the wicket to Bishoo, who calmly blocks out the final ball of the over. I might have enjoyed it if West Indies had taken this approach an hour ago...
38.5
1
Plunkett to Alzarri Joseph, 1 run
on the stumps and miscued through square leg as Joseph continues to hack away
38.4
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Plunkett to Alzarri Joseph, no run
back of a length, booming golf swing but this time he fails to connect
38.3
2
Plunkett to Alzarri Joseph, 2 runs
length outside off, smeared over cover this time, again clears the ring
The margin is under 200, now. So well done Alzarri Joseph
38.2
4
Plunkett to Alzarri Joseph, FOUR runs
pitched up and this is clubbed over the infield, four more through wide long-on this time... Rally?
38.1
6
Plunkett to Alzarri Joseph, SIX runs
stand and deliver! Joseph plants Plunkett into the stand at long-on, a dismissive swing of the bat
end of over 384 runs
WI: 128/9CRR: 3.36 • RRR: 16.75
Alzarri Joseph8 (7b 1x4)
Devendra Bishoo10 (25b 1x4)
Adil Rashid 1-0-4-0
Liam Plunkett 7-2-14-3
37.6
1
Rashid to Alzarri Joseph, 1 run
full and flighted and swished away off the inside edge for one more
"JUST BOWL RASHID!!! Morgan never has confidence in him..." It's okay, Alex. You can stop fuming now
37.5
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Rashid to Alzarri Joseph, no run
floats up a legbreak on leg stump, flicked to midwicket
37.4
1
Rashid to Bishoo, 1 run
flighted, on middle and leg, played with the spin through midwicket
37.3
1
Rashid to Alzarri Joseph, 1 run
tossed up and lofted over the leg side, big wind up but it's just a single
37.2
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Rashid to Alzarri Joseph, no run
slips in the googly straight away, Joseph gets an inside edge on to his pads playing back
"Why am I still watching this?" Hypocaust has caught himself rubber-necking
37.1
1
Rashid to Bishoo, 1 run
tossed up on middle and leg, Bishoo drives down the ground
Adil Rashid will get a bowl at last, trying to finish this off...
end of over 375 runs
WI: 124/9CRR: 3.35 • RRR: 15.76
Devendra Bishoo8 (23b 1x4)
Alzarri Joseph6 (3b 1x4)
Liam Plunkett 7-2-14-3
Steven Finn 10-1-35-2
36.6
1
Plunkett to Bishoo, 1 run
length in the channel, he prods at the ball and gets a thick outside edge down to third man
36.5
4
Plunkett to Bishoo, FOUR runs
pitched up and swatted, Bishoo coming across and he pings four in front of square
36.4
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Plunkett to Bishoo, no run
length on middle and off, dabbed into the covers this time
36.3
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Plunkett to Bishoo, no run
stays back in the crease and blocks to leg
36.2
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Plunkett to Bishoo, no run
chipped, short of mid-on, but there's a mix-up between the batsmen and it should be a run out... but the throw to Plunkett is poor and Joseph can get back! Hales threw it hastily and too high when he could have underarmed it to the bowler. Not quite undermined his hundred, but sloppy, still
36.1
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Plunkett to Bishoo, no run
length, rising over the stumps, swing and a misses as Bishoo backs away
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