Published: Feb 09, 2015, 11:21 AM (IST)
Edited: Feb 09, 2015, 11:26 AM (IST)
England need 123 runs to win as West Indies have been dismissed for a meek score of 122 29.3 overs courtesy of a five-wicket haul by fast bowler Chris Woakes. West Indies got off to a disastrous start losing Chris Gayle and Darren Bravo off consecutive deliveries in the very first over of the match off the bowling of Woakes. Catch the Live Blog of the match here
Woakes would wreck havoc once again as he dismissed Dwayne Smith for 21 after he got off to a good start. Steven Finn then dismissed Marlon Samuels as he played the ball on to his stumps in the very next ball to put his team in further trouble. Catch the Live cricket Streaming of the match here
There was a budding partnership between Jonathan Carter and Lendl Simmons but it was cut short after Carter failed to read a full-pitched delivery from James Tredwell and ended up hitting the wickets to give Tredwell his first wicket of the match. Ravi Bopara too chipped in with a wicket as he sent former skipper Darren Sammy back to the pavilion.
The West Indies batsmen never got things going as none of the top-order batsmen managed to score heavily with the exception of Lendl Simmon, who played a good knock to reach 45. There were no other significant score other than Simmons.
Jason Holder won the toss earlier and decided that his team will bat first. England had named the playing 11 ahead of the game with star fast bowlers James Anderson and Stuart Broad not included. West Indies decided to give everyone a go as they went in with their entire 15-man squad.
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