ENG vs WI: Sheldon Cottrell wreaked England batting in the second ODI to hand Windies a series-levelling win in the five-match series. It was the manner of Windies win that would hurt top-ranked ODI side as they were cruising in the chase till 40th over and then suddenly, everything fell apart
Earlier, the latest batting sensation from the Caribbean, Shimron Hetmyer put on an exhibition of modern batsmanship to notch his fourth ODI hundred in 23rd ODI to flatten England’s bowling. The returning Universe Boss Chris Gayle too racked a second straight 50+ score in the series on the back of hundred in the first ODI.
ENG vs WI Playing 11
ENG Playing 11:
Wicket-keeper – Jos Buttler
Batsmen – Eoin Morgan, Jason Roy, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow
All-rounders – Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, (Doubtful – Moeen Ali, Tom Curran)
Bowlers – Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
WI Playing 11:
Wicket-keeper – Shai Hope
Batsmen – Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, John Campbell, Darren Bravo
All-rounders – Jason Holder, Ashley Nurse, Carlos Brathwaite
Bowlers – Oshane Thomas, Devendra Bishoo, Sheldon Cottrell
Windies vs England ODI series Squads
England ODI squad: Eoin Morgan (c), Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes, Joe Denly, David Willey, Tom Curran, Liam Plunkett, Alex Hales, Jason Roy, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes and Moeen Ali.
Windies ODI squad: Jason Holder (c), Fabian Allen, Devendra Bishoo, Carlos Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, John Campbell, Sheldon Cottrell, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope, Ashley Nurse, Nicholas Pooran, Kemar Roach and Oshane Thomas