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Express Tribune
13 hours ago
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- Express Tribune
Brook hails 'exceptional' Bethell in Eng win
Jacob Bethell's brilliant 82 off 53 balls in the first ODI against Windies marks the beginning of a promising career. PHOTO: AFP Harry Brook predicted Jacob Bethell "will be some player" after the 21-year-old rising star impressed in England's thumping victory over the West Indies in the first one-day international at Edgbaston on Thursday. There has long been talk over whether Bethell, recently returned from IPL duty, will go straight back into the Test side for the upcoming five-match series with India. And that speculation will only intensify following Bethell's expertly-paced innings of 82 from 53 balls that propelled England to a huge total of 400-8 on his Warwickshire home ground. Faced with trying to become only the second team in the 4,880-match history of men's ODI cricket to score over 400 to win, following South Africa's 438-9 against Australia at Johannesburg in 2006, the West Indies collapsed to 162 all out. Brook, speaking after launching his reign as England's permanent white-ball captain with a dominant 238-run win, said of left-hander Bethell: "He batted beautifully there. "When one of us gets going, most of the time it's hard to stop us and he showed that. He couldn't go on and get three figures but it was a match-winning innings and he's going to be some player. "He's a confident lad, I don't think he needs too much more bigging up, he knows he's a good player and we all know he's an exceptional player. He's going to have a very long England career if he keeps on batting the way he does. He brings so much to a side (because) he can bowl and field as well." Victory ended England's seven-match losing streak in ODI cricket and put them 1-0 up in this three-game series against the West Indies. Barbados-born Bethell's Indian Premier League commitments meant he missed last week's Test win over Zimbabwe, with England not having to decide whether to retain him at number three after he starred in New Zealand in December or restore vice-captain Ollie Pope to that position. Pope made a hundred at Trent Bridge but Test captain Ben Stokes revived the debate around Bethell by indicating the spin-bowling all-rounder could be back in the side to face India. Stokes later insisted he was only talking about Bethell returning to the squad for the first of five Tests against India, starting on June 20 at Headingley. But a relaxed Bethell told the BBC: "Not a lot has been said to me, to be honest. At the end of the day in Test cricket, those boys have their spots and whatever happens, happens. I'll just be happy with whatever." Bethell rounded off England's innings on Thursday following earlier fifties from Ben Duckett (60), Joe Root (57) and Brook (58), while every batsman in the hosts' top seven passed 35. "It was a pretty exceptional start from the boys," said Brook. "Hopefully we can top that. The tempo we batted with throughout the innings was pretty much spot on." Saqib Mahmood then rocked the West Indies with three wickets and fellow paceman Jamie Overton did likewise despite dislocating his finger in his first over. West Indies coach Darren Sammy, meanwhile, demanded an improved showing from the tourists in the second ODI in Cardiff on Sunday. "We were really outplayed -- that was just not good enough," insisted the former West Indies captain.
United News of India
a day ago
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- United News of India
England begin Brook era by hammering West Indies
Edgbaston, May 30 (UNI) England racked up 400 to begin Harry Brook's reign as captain with a comprehensive 238-run defeat of West Indies in the first one-day international at Edgbaston. Brook, Ben Duckett and Joe Root all posted half-centuries, but the most impressive contribution came from Jacob Bethell, who struck 82 from 53 balls on Thursday. England's 400-8 after being asked to bat was the sixth time they have reached 400 in an ODI, their highest total in three years and best against a Test-playing nation since they won the World Cup in 2019. West Indies were ordinary with the ball and would have conceded plenty more had they not taken three superb catches. The chase was a non-event, the second half of the game little more than a procession after Saqib Mahmood ran through the West Indies top order for 3-32. The highlight was Brydon Carse's spectacular catch at deep square leg to hold West Indies captain Shai Hope off Mahmood. The tourists were hustled out for 162 in 26.2 overs, the BBC reported. The lack of spectacle will matter little to England, who were desperate for any sort of victory after a wretched 18 months in white-ball cricket. This ended a seven-match losing streak in ODIs and the series can be sealed with victory in Cardiff on Sunday. UNI BM
India Gazette
a day ago
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- India Gazette
Harry Brook crosses 4000 international runs, enters England's top 50 scorers list
Birmingham [UK], May 30 (ANI): Harry Brook continues to rise rapidly in the international cricketing arena, marking another significant milestone in his burgeoning career. The 26-year-old completed 4,000 international runs during the first ODI against the West Indies in Birmingham, becoming the 49th highest run-scorer for England across formats. Brook contributed a composed 58 off 45 deliveries in the match, laced with five boundaries and three sixes, helping England to a comprehensive win in his debut outing as white-ball captain. His performance underscored both his leadership credentials and his value as a dependable middle-order batter. Since making his international debut, Brook has played 96 matches and amassed 4,011 runs at an impressive average of 43.12. He already boasts 9 international centuries and 21 half-centuries, and his overall strike rate of 99.47 highlights his attacking instincts and ability to control the tempo across formats. Brook's strongest impact so far has come in Test cricket. In just 25 Tests, he has racked up 2,339 runs at a stellar average of 58.47, including eight centuries and eleven fifties. His career-best score of 317 further underlines his capability to play long, match-defining innings. In the ODI format, Brook has featured in 27 matches and scored 874 runs. In T20Is, he has accumulated 798 runs from 44 games, demonstrating his flexibility and adaptability across the formats. England got their home summer off to an excellent start at Edgbaston as they cruised to an impressive 238-run triumph over the Caribbean side in what was Brook's first game in charge as white-ball skipper. While tougher tests will await England before the next ICC Men's Cricket World Cup in South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe in 2027, the showing against the West Indies was much improved from what the side has shown in recent times. England failed to make it out of the group stages of the most recent 50-over World Cup in India and went winless at the ICC Champions Trophy at the start of this year, while the team haven't even won a bilateral ODI series since they snuck past Ireland 1-0 in September 2023. Brook has instilled new life into England's white-ball outfit since he took the captaincy reins from long-time skipper Jos Buttler. (ANI)
Business Recorder
a day ago
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- Business Recorder
England thrash West Indies by 238 runs in opening ODI clash
BIRMINGHAM: England thrashed West Indies by 238 runs in Harry Brook's first match in charge as full-time captain to snap a seven-match ODI losing streak and move 1-0 up in the three-match series at a sunny Edgbaston on Thursday. Put in to bat, England piled up 400-8 as Jacob Bethell smashed a destructive 82 in 53 balls and Ben Duckett, Joe Root and Brook all helped themselves to half centuries against a ragged West Indies attack. It was the highest score England had amassed at home against West Indies in the 50-over format and it proved far too much for the visitors who capitulated in feeble fashion. Saqib Mahmood and Jamie Overton both took three wickets with Brook taking five catches as the West Indies reply crumbled to 162 all out with only Keacy Carty and captain Shai Hope scoring more than 20 before an entertaining but meaningless late cameo of 29 by number 11 Jayden Seales. It was the perfect start to Brook's reign as white ball captain as England recorded their second-largest win in terms of runs, second only to the 242-run thrashing of Australia in 2018. The 21-year-old Bethell, who shared a seventh-wicket stand of 98 from 44 balls with Will Jacks and also took a wicket, was named man of the match at his home ground. 'It's pretty special to play for the first time here for England and to top it off with a win like that,' he said. 'I enjoy batting in the middle order. Today was a pretty easy situation to come into. When I'm in, I can hit a lot of balls to the boundary.' He struck eight boundaries and thumped five sixes against before falling short of a first senior century when edging a wide delivery by Seales behind to West Indies skipper Shai Hope. Seales was the pick of the West Indies bowlers with Bethell being his fourth wicket, although he did concede 84 runs in nine overs. England began in brisk fashion with openers Jamie Smith and Duckett setting the tone with 59 coming off the first six overs. Smith, looking comfortable after being promoted to the top of the order, departed for 37 when he was brilliantly caught by Brandon King off the bowling of Alzarri Joseph. Root joined Duckett and they continued to shred the West Indies attack until another magical catch, this time by Roston Chase who hung on to a ferocious Duckett (60) at backward point off of a ball by Justin Greaves. Root made 57 and Brook 58 before Bethell grabbed the limelight with a sensational knock. It looked a tall order for West Indies and when Greaves fell to Mahmood in the third over and King was caught behind in the fourth, the writing was on the wall. Carty and Hope offered some resistance but Carty was out for 22 mistiming a pull off Mahmood and picking out Brook. Hope (25) then fell to a super catch by a leaping Carse at deep square leg to give Mahmood his third wicket and leave West Indies reeling on 66-4. Bethell showed his touch with the ball to give Brook another catch to remove Jewel Andrew and the rest was a formality as England got back to winning ways in style. 'That was a pretty phenomenal performance from the boys. Nice to get the series under way in good fashion,' Brook said. The second match is in Cardiff on Sunday.
New Straits Times
a day ago
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- New Straits Times
England captain Brook off to winning start with West Indies thrashing
BIRMINGHAM: Harry Brook made a winning start as England's permanent white-ball captain as the hosts hammered the West Indies by 238 runs in the first one-day international at Edgbaston on Thursday. Victory ended England's seven-match ODI losing streak and put them 1-0 up in the three-match series. The success was built on a commanding total of 400-8 – the highest total in any ODI without a hundred – after Jacob Bethell (82), Ben Duckett (60), Brook (58) and Joe Root (57) all made fifties. West Indies collapsed to 79-5 in reply and were eventually dismissed for 162 as their bid to become only the second side in ODI history to score more than 400 runs to win ended with more than 23 overs remaining. Last man Jayden Seales was the West Indies' top score with 29 not out, one of just three contributions above 20 in the innings. This was England's second-largest ODI win in terms of runs, exceeded only by their 242-run rout of Australia at Nottingham in 2018. Saqib Mahmood took a trio of top-order wickets Thursday on his way to 3-32, with England's impressive fielding display exemplified by the one-handed boundary catch Brydon Carse held off his fellow fast bowler to remove West Indies captain Shai Hope for 25. As Clive Lloyd, the West Indies' captain when they won the first two World Cups in 1975 and 1979, looked on from the stands, Adil Rashid took two wickets in his 150th ODI with the veteran leg-spinner ending the match when he bowled tailender Alzarri Joseph. England – sent in to bat by Hope – had looked as if they might fall short of a truly imposing total after several batsmen got out when well set. But Barbados-born left-hander Bethell, back from the Indian Premier League and on his Warwickshire home ground, continued to punish a wayward West Indies attack in which fast-bowler Seales took four wickets but conceded an expensive 84 runs in nine overs. Bethell and Will Jacks (39) put on exactly 100 runs in seven overs late on to take England from 287-5 to 387-6. The 21-year-old Bethell, still without a hundred in any form of senior cricket, fell off the first ball of the last over when he edged Seales to wicketkeeper Hope to end a 53-ball innings that included eight fours and five sixes. New ODI opener Jamie Smith scored freely on both sides of the wicket until, on 37, his hard-hit pull off first-change Alzarri Joseph was well caught at midwicket by Brandon King. Left-hander Duckett cashed-in with a 34-ball fifty before he was superbly caught by Roston Chase at backward point off seamer Justin Greaves. Duckett's exit brought in the 26-year-old Brook, appointed full-time skipper after Jos Buttler stood down as captain in February following a woeful Champions Trophy in Pakistan where England lost all three of their matches. Brook struck Greaves for two superb sixes in three balls – a lofted off-drive followed by an audacious sweep on one knee over his shoulder. Just when Brook was ready to cut loose, he carved Seales to deep cover where Keacy Carty held a fine low catch Bethell ensured there was no respite for the bowlers, clubbing both Matthew Forde, whose eight wicketless overs went for a costly 88 runs, and Joseph for six before lofting Seales high over long-off. The series continues at Cardiff's Sophia Gardens on Sunday before finishing at The Oval on Tuesday.
