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News India Live, Digital Desk: England took a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series in the first ODI in the first ODI at Edgbaston, Birmingham in the first ODI at Edgbaston. The English team led by the new ODI captain Harry Brook scored a strong score of 400 runs, which made the West Indies bowlers sleep and came to a complete new start with the new team.
Host team batting first Invited for and opener Jamie Smith (37 runs off 24 balls) and Ben Docket (60 off 48 balls) made a faster start by shaking 64 runs for the first wicket. Smith took the first wicket, but Duckett completed his half -century while playing and joined 73 runs for the second wicket with Joe Root (57 off 65 balls). Root also completed his half -century and shared a 51 -run partnership for the third wicket with captain Brook (58 off 45 balls).
Jose Butler scored 37 runs off 32 balls, but the most discussed number 6 was Jacob Bethel (Player of the Match). The 21 -year -old left -handed batsman, who has recently returned after the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, performed brilliantly and scored 82 runs off 53 balls with the help of eight fours and five sixes. He shared a 66 -run partnership for the fifth wicket with Butler, while with Will Jacks (39 off 24 balls) he added 98 runs for the sixth wicket.
England scored a strong score of 400/8 in the prescribed 50 overs thanks to four half -centuries. Right-arm fast bowler Jayden Seals took four wickets (Root, Brook, Butler and Bethel) for the West Indies, while Aljari Joseph and Justin Greaves took two wickets each.
West Indies destructive chase
Although the visiting team was not expected to achieve the target, it could be thought that they would compete well. Starting with the opening pair of Brandon King and Greaves, they could only add eight runs for the first wicket as the latter was out on a score of four. Soon, the King returned to 10 runs, while Kisi Carte (22 runs off 26 balls) and captain Hope (25 off 21 balls) carried the innings forward.
He added 36 runs for the third wicket, but soon stumbled, and just like him, the remaining West Indies batsmen also came under domination in front of the English bowling attack. Aljari Joseph (12 runs off 19 balls) shared a 38 -run partnership with the tail batsmen with Gudkesh thick (18 off 11 balls) and 38 runs with seals (29* off 14 balls), after which domestic bowlers stopped him for 162 runs in 26.2 overs.
Right-handed fast bowlers Jamie Overton and Saqib Mahmood took three wickets each for England, while Adil Rashid took two wickets. Bridan Karse and Bethel destroyed the batting of the West Indies with one wicket each. In the second innings, Captain Brook caught a total of five catches to dismiss the Caribbean batsmen and Kars’s off Mahmood caught a brilliant catch with one hand, hoping out.
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