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Khaleej Times
2 days ago
- General
- Khaleej Times
Root century takes England to ODI series win over West Indies
Joe Root hit his highest one-day international score, making 166 not out as England beat the West Indies by three wickets in Cardiff on Sunday. Victory gave the hosts an unassailable 2-0 lead ahead of Tuesday's finale at the Oval, with Harry Brook enjoying a series win in his first campaign as England's full-time white-ball captain. England, chasing 309 to win, collapsed to 2-2 as openers Jamie Smith and Ben Duckett were both out for a duck. But star batsman Root's 18th century in 168 ODI innings saw England win with seven balls to spare ahead of Tuesday's finale at the Oval, despite West Indies fast bowler Alzarri Joseph's fine return of 4-31 from his maximum 10 overs. Root received good support from Brook (47) in a stand of 85. Then Will Jacks (49) helped Root add 143 in 20 overs during a sixth-wicket partnership that took the hosts to the brink of victory. The West Indies were much-improved with both bat and ball following their humiliating 238-run loss at Edgbaston on Thursday. Despite the in-form Keacy Carty's 103, they were ultimately made to pay for not compiling a truly huge total when well-placed on 205-2 at Sophia Gardens. Brief scores Player-of-the-match: Joe Root (ENG) Series: England lead three-match series 2-0.
CNA
2 days ago
- Business
- CNA
England beat West Indies to clinch ODI series with Root masterclass
CARDIFF :England batter Joe Root scored his 18th One-Day International century and surpassed 7,000 runs in the format when the hosts beat West Indies by three wickets on Sunday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match ODI series. Root's masterly 166 off 139 balls helped England, who won the first ODI by 238 runs at Edgbaston, chase down a target of 309 at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff. After winning the toss and electing to bowl, England made an early breakthrough to make it 6-1 by claiming the wicket of 18-year-old opener Jewel Andrew (0), before Brandon King and Keacy Carty put on a run-a-ball 141-run stand to calm West Indies' nerves. Spinner Adil Rashid broke the partnership when King (59) holed out to long-off, and all-rounder Will Jacks struck to end Carty's fluent knock of 103 off 105 balls, reducing West Indies to 205-3. Carty was dropped twice — on one and 41 — and also survived a few run-out chances, before going on to punish the England bowlers by notching his fourth ODI century. But Rashid continued to shine with the ball, trapping Shimron Hetmyer (4) lbw and finishing with figures of 4-63 to become England's highest wicket-taking spinner across formats. West Indies lost wickets at regular intervals, but captain and wicketkeeper-batter Shai Hope (78) and Justin Greaves (22) came to their rescue, helping the visitors to a total of 308 all out in 47.4 overs. England opened their run chase in disastrous fashion, reduced to 2-2 after both openers, Jamie Smith and Ben Duckett, were dismissed for ducks. Dropped on 30 by Hope off the bowling of Jayden Seales, England skipper Harry Brook went on to make 47 as he tried to stabilise their innings before falling to Alzarri Joseph, who ended with figures of 4-31. With former captain Jos Buttler out for a duck and Jacob Bethell trapped lbw, Root anchored the innings, putting together a 143-run partnership with Jacks (49). But after Brydon Carse (2) was dismissed, Rashid (10) provided Root help on the other end as England chased down the target with seven balls to spare. Root, 34, also surpassed Eoin Morgan to become England's leading ODI run-scorer. The final ODI will be played at The Oval in London on Tuesday.
Reuters
2 days ago
- Business
- Reuters
England beat West Indies to clinch ODI series with Root masterclass
CARDIFF, June 1 (Reuters) - England batter Joe Root scored his 18th One-Day International century and surpassed 7,000 runs in the format when the hosts beat West Indies by three wickets on Sunday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match ODI series. Root's masterly 166 off 139 balls helped England, who won the first ODI by 238 runs at Edgbaston, chase down a target of 309 at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff. After winning the toss and electing to bowl, England made an early breakthrough to make it 6-1 by claiming the wicket of 18-year-old opener Jewel Andrew (0), before Brandon King and Keacy Carty put on a run-a-ball 141-run stand to calm West Indies' nerves. Spinner Adil Rashid broke the partnership when King (59) holed out to long-off, and all-rounder Will Jacks struck to end Carty's fluent knock of 103 off 105 balls, reducing West Indies to 205-3. Carty was dropped twice — on one and 41 — and also survived a few run-out chances, before going on to punish the England bowlers by notching his fourth ODI century. But Rashid continued to shine with the ball, trapping Shimron Hetmyer (4) lbw and finishing with figures of 4-63 to become England's highest wicket-taking spinner across formats. West Indies lost wickets at regular intervals, but captain and wicketkeeper-batter Shai Hope (78) and Justin Greaves (22) came to their rescue, helping the visitors to a total of 308 all out in 47.4 overs. England opened their run chase in disastrous fashion, reduced to 2-2 after both openers, Jamie Smith and Ben Duckett, were dismissed for ducks. Dropped on 30 by Hope off the bowling of Jayden Seales, England skipper Harry Brook went on to make 47 as he tried to stabilise their innings before falling to Alzarri Joseph, who ended with figures of 4-31. With former captain Jos Buttler out for a duck and Jacob Bethell trapped lbw, Root anchored the innings, putting together a 143-run partnership with Jacks (49). But after Brydon Carse (2) was dismissed, Rashid (10) provided Root help on the other end as England chased down the target with seven balls to spare. Root, 34, also surpassed Eoin Morgan to become England's leading ODI run-scorer. The final ODI will be played at The Oval in London on Tuesday.
The Guardian
2 days ago
- Business
- The Guardian
Joe Root's magical century guides England to ODI series victory over West Indies
England spent much of this game digging themselves into not so much a hole as a full-blown trench, a toxic combination of regular errors and occasional misfortune leaving them in a truly desperate situation, apparently destined for convincing and deserved defeat. Enter Joe Root, and an innings for the ages. Root produced a display of simply ethereal stroke-making on his way to a stunning, unbeaten 166, a batting performance of such beauty that the ugliness of much that came before will almost be forgotten. It was his highest score in ODIs, propelling him past Eoin Morgan to become England's leading run-scorer in this format, and the first Englishman to score more than 7,000 runs. It was the second time Root had played an ODI on 1 June; in the other, seven years earlier, he scored an unbeaten 133, now his second highest score. It ended with a straight drive, a 23rd boundary, victory by three wickets, and a series secured with a game to spare. As Root guided England home the bowlers searched and strained for a solution, and eventually they cracked: the moment Alzarri Joseph's wild bouncer cleared a flailing wicketkeeper and ran away to the rope, leaving England within touching distance of victory, felt like a loss of control in more ways than one. A couple of overs later Joseph, those moments apart the finest bowler on either side, did it again. After Keacy Carty's hugely impressive century, Shai Hope's 66-ball 78 and a brilliant start to their efforts in the field West Indies will be asking themselves where, across a blustery day at Sophia Gardens, they were blown off course. Their minds will snag on the final delivery of the sixth over of England's innings, when Matthew Forde wheeled away in celebration, with arms outstretched and nary a backward glance, after thudding the ball into Root's back pad. He had reached the slip cordon by the time he turned back to see an immobile umpire, and the inevitable review showed the ball would have clipped the bails but not with sufficient force for the on-field decision to be reversed. The next delivery, the first of a fresh over, kissed Harry Brook's bat and was put down by Hope behind the stumps. In those few moments England's chances might have been definitively ruined – they would, had they fallen the other way, been 41 for four – instead from there they flourished. Even in victory England will know that, after a whipcrack-smart performance in Thursday's opener, this time they were haphazard. In the field they cobbled together a rogues' gallery of misfields, fluffed run-outs and dropped catches, and for a while they carried that form into their batting. West Indies' total of 308 might have looked eminently achievable as Ben Duckett and Jamie Smith strode out but it had taken on a quite different appearance by the time both openers strode in again, having between them scored precisely nothing. Duckett's dismissal, flaying a wide delivery from Forde to Jayden Seales at wide third man in the second over, completed what was for him a particularly miserable outing, given that he was also responsible for two of those drops and the worst of the missed run-outs. Sign up to The Spin Subscribe to our cricket newsletter for our writers' thoughts on the biggest stories and a review of the week's action after newsletter promotion After each enjoying a generous helping of good fortune Root and Harry Brook added 85 for the third wicket before the England captain, having motored to 47 off 36, misjudged a hook off Joseph and set up another Seales catch. Jos Buttler also fell without scoring – there were almost as many ducks in the cricket ground at this stage as in the River Taff that runs behind it, and thanks to Hope's earlier efforts with the bat almost as many cricket balls in the Taff as in the ground – England were, like those balls, in deep water. From there Jacob Bethell, with 17, and Will Jacks, whose 49 was largely composed of singles as he tried to manoeuvre the match-winner back on strike, did most to assist Root with his salvage operation. West Indies will regret their failure to bat out their 50 overs after a strong start. That despite the early loss of Jewel Andrew, the 18-year-old who having batted at five in Thursday's opener was bumped up to open for the first time in his senior career, becoming in the process the youngest player ever to do so for West Indies in this format, an experiment that lasted five balls and brought no runs. The game would have been much more straightforward for the hosts, if less memorable, had Duckett taken his two early catches at slip: he dropped Brandon King when he was on 11 and Carty on one, the pair scoring 150 more runs between them after their let-offs. In the end, though, it was England who had the great escape.
The Independent
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Joe Root's stunning knock takes England to series win over West Indies
Joe Root starred with a majestic unbeaten 166 as England ended a run of four one-day series defeats in a row by beating West Indies by three wickets at Sophia Gardens. After a ragged display in the field with four dropped catches and two missed run-outs which allowed the Windies to post 308 all out, led by Keacy Carty's 103, England were reeling on 133 for five in reply. But Root thumped two sixes and 21 fours, putting on 143 in 121 balls alongside Will Jacks, who made a vital 49, to lift England into an unassailable 2-0 lead in the Metro Bank series. The Yorkshireman, who leapfrogged Eoin Morgan to become England's all-time leading ODI run-scorer during his 139-ball innings, helped England claim a first ODI series win since September 2023. Brandon King (59) and Shai Hope (78) backed up Carty but England fought back thanks to four for 63 from Adil Rashid and Saqib Mahmood's three for 37 as the Windies lost their last eight wickets for 103. It seemed their total would be enough to set up a decider at the Kia Oval on Tuesday but Root's 18th ODI hundred and his highest score in the format got England over the line with seven balls to spare. His efforts were all the more remarkable after England lost three of their top five for ducks, including both openers as Jamie Smith pushed hard and nicked off and Ben Duckett flashed to deep third. It capped a forgettable day for the usually reliable Duckett, who shelled two catches and botched a run-out, but Root and Harry Brook, the top two ranked Test batters, got the scoreboard moving along. Both batters had moments of fortune as Root survived a close lbw review on umpire's call alone on seven off Matthew Forde while, from the next ball, Brook was spilled on 30 by Hope off Jayden Seales. Root could also have been run-out on nought and 30 but Brook's luck ran out on 47 after top-edging to Seales off Alzarri Joseph, who then hurried Jos Buttler into dragging on to his stumps for a duck. After Jacob Bethell fell lbw to Roston Chase for 17, England were down to their last two frontline batters, but Root accumulated steadily and showed his class with a sumptuous on-drive off Seales. He brought up a wonderful 98-ball hundred with back-to-back boundaries, rocking back into his crease and slamming Gudakesh Motie for six before expertly sweeping the slow left-armer behind square for four. Root continued on his merry way, with Chase targeted relentlessly and Justin Greaves going the distance but Jacks departed with 33 required after being deceived by a Joseph off-cutter and pinned lbw. Root, though, moved past 150 for the first time in ODIs and fittingly hit the winning runs – a straight four off Seales – to give Brook his first series win since becoming full-time white-ball captain. England had won more convincingly at Edgbaston on Thursday but they were off the boil at Cardiff early on after winning the toss. Brydon Carse bowled better than figures of one for 59 suggest as edges off Carty, on one, and King, on 11, were spilled by Duckett at second slip. Carty was also dropped on 41 by Mahmood and could have been run-out twice but was allowed to regain his ground as an off-balance Bethell threw waywardly and later Duckett under-armed to the wrong end. While Carty went to three figures, he walked past a straight one off part-timer Jacks and was stumped, with the Windies failing to recover the momentum. They had been 170 for two after 30 overs but while Hope, dropped on 73 by Root, ploughed a lone furrow, they lost wickets at regular intervals – led by Rashid and Mahmood – as hopes of a 350 total vanished.
