02/03Result
2nd ODI, England tour of West Indies at North Sound, Mar 2 2014
England won by 3 wkts (31b rem)
Player of the Match
Stephen Parry
Stephen ParryEngland
02/03Result
2nd ODI, England tour of West Indies at North Sound, Mar 2 2014
England won by 3 wkts (31b rem)
Player of the Match
Stephen Parry
Stephen ParryEngland

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, that's the game! Broad slams a drive through the covers and punches the air
44.4
0
Smith to Broad, no run, drives firmly but straight to cover
44.3
0
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
0
Smith to Bopara, no run, full at the stumps, clipped to midwicket

Dwayne Smith to bowl

END OF OVER:
44 | 1 Run | ENG: 158/7 (2 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 3.59, RRR: 0.33)

  • Stuart Broad24 (43b)
  • Ravi Bopara37 (57b)
  • Daren Sammy4-0-19-0
  • Dwayne Bravo10-1-41-2
43.6
0
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
0
Sammy to Broad, no run, can't beat the field again, pulls a length delivery to Smith at square leg
43.4
0
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
0
Sammy to Broad, no run, swing and a miss outside off, Broad trying to finish it as Sammy offered up width
43.2
0
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:
43 | 4 Runs | ENG: 157/7 (3 runs required from 42 balls, RR: 3.65, RRR: 0.42)

  • Stuart Broad24 (38b)
  • Ravi Bopara36 (56b)
  • Dwayne Bravo10-1-41-2
  • Sunil Narine10-0-25-1
42.6
2
DJ 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
1nb
DJ Bravo to Broad, 1 no ball, another bouncer, and he'd already had his quota so this is called a no-ball. No free hit, though
42.5
0
DJ Bravo to Broad, no run, bouncer outside leg stump, Broad ducks
42.4
1
DJ Bravo to Bopara, 1 run, comes forward and drives a full delivery just to the left of mid-off
42.3
0
DJ Bravo to Bopara, no run, short ball outside off, left alone
42.2
0
DJ 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
0
DJ 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:
42 | 1 Run | ENG: 153/7 (7 runs required from 48 balls, RR: 3.64, RRR: 0.87)

  • Stuart Broad22 (35b)
  • Ravi Bopara35 (52b)
  • Sunil Narine10-0-25-1
  • Ravi Rampaul10-0-40-1

And that's Narine done

41.6
0
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
0
Narine to Broad, no run, oh, another ripper, turn and bounce this time as Broad is beaten again
41.4
0
Narine to Broad, no run, beats the outside edge
41.3
0
Narine to Broad, no run, round the wicket, uses his long reach and gets well forward to defend
41.2
1
Narine to Bopara, 1 run, gets across his stumps, works it from outside off behind square on the leg side
41.1
0
Narine to Bopara, no run, watches this like a hawk and defends to the leg side

Narine's last over

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WktRunsPlayers
1st29MJ LumbMM Ali
2nd1MJ LumbLJ Wright
3rd49MJ LumbJE Root
4th2JE RootBA Stokes
5th0JC ButtlerBA Stokes
6th8RS BoparaBA Stokes
7th16TT BresnanRS Bopara
8th58RS BoparaSCJ Broad

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5

The number of England keepers to have made two or more stumpings in an ODI innings. The most is 3 by Craig Kieswetter

In a spin

164

The balls of spin bowled by England, their most in an ODI innings since 216 v Pak in Sharjah 1984-85 and third most ever

Limited experience

6

The number of first-class matches played by Stephen Parry