WI VS ENG - 2nd ODI, England tour of West Indies, 2024

West Indies vs England

England won by 5 wkts

ENG -329/5 (47.3)

WI -328/6 (49.6)

PLAYER OF THE MATCH : Liam Livingstone

Batter

R
B
4s
6s
SR
4
4
0
0
100
124
85
5
9
145.88

Bowler

O
M
R
W
ECO
8.3
0
48
3
5.65

The series is 1-1 and we have a decider coming up. On that note we end our coverage of this game. See you soon. Till then take care and bye.

Shai Hope | West Indies captain: Personally I thought it was a decent score, the outfield was heavy, the surface was up and down, but it was not enough. [on his 100] It's irrelevant, if it does not contribute to wins it does not matter. We need to be more disciplined, first game we showed that, we were a bit off today, we did not execute our plans well. We had clear plans but we did not execute them well today. We gave them a lot of easy options to score and when you play international cricket, the guys will capitalise and that's what happened. The guys played really well, Keacy played really well, he has put a lot of work behind the scenes, Rutherford has got four 50s in a row now and Hettie with a nice cameo. Happy with the batters.

Liam Livingstone | Player of the Match and England captain: Certain things I have done in practice and at the end of the season in England felt like I have been getting back to my best. Maturing and I'm enjoying my cricket and if I'm enjoying my cricket, I play well. Pretty proud day. Try and take some risks early on, the wind was pretty strong to that side. Target the death overs and that's what me and Sammy were trying and it worked out perfectly. He played beautifully, I have batted a lot and played a lot of cricket with Sammy, he hit the second ball he faced which was a no-ball for six and did not look back. I trusted him. We needed somebody in our top 6 to help us get a big score, Salty batted beautifully, he put the pressure on them. We took wickets throughout, we were sloppy on the field but our bowlers did well. Looking forward to Barbados. We have got a lot of young boys still learning the ropes in international cricket, will do them a world of good, rest up and try to win the series.

17:13 Local Time, 21:13 GMT, 02:43 IST: What a run-chase this is from England. The second-highest ever in the Caribbean and now the last 7 games here at North Sound, Antigua has seen chasing sides win. Livingstone with a brutal assault that sees England win with 15 balls to spare. It looked so different with 10 overs to go when England needed 100 exactly. Livingstone was on 46 from 57 then and look at where he has ended as he accelerated rapidly and went on a six-hitting spree that left West Indies crushed. Brutal hitting from the big man and some huge sixes in there. The first part of his innings was slow going as he struggled but once he turned it around, there was no stopping him. Earlier Salt at the top and Bethell at 4 made fifties but fell without kicking on. Sam Curran joined Livingstone and that partnership of 140 was key in setting it up for England. Motie who took a match-winning four-fer in the last game went wicketless and the others apart from Forde couldn't stop the Livingstone juggernaut. Sets up the series beautifully for the decider in Barbados on 6th. Stay tuned for the presentation...

47.3

Forde to Livingstone, 1 run, Livingstone finishes it off. Steps out and drives the length delivery to mid-off and gets there. Pumps his right fist as he celebrates. England level the series 1-1

47.2

Forde to Livingstone, no run, fullish outside off, Livingstone gets forward to drive it back

47.1

Forde to Mousley, 1 run, Mousley charges Forde and pulls the short of length delivery to mid-on and scores level now

END OF OVER 47

24 Runs

ENG: 327 - 5

1 6 6 Wd 6 0 4

Liam Livingstone

123 (83)

Dan Mousley

3 (3)

Shamar Joseph

10-0-72-1

46.6

Shamar Joseph to Livingstone, FOUR, hit so hard. Shamar Joseph did well to take evasive action there, a half-volley outside off, slammed brutally hard and it would have ripped the head of Joseph had he not ducked there, also would have seriously injured him

46.5

Shamar Joseph to Livingstone, no run, fine yorker length delivery outside off, Livingstone drives and misses

46.4

6

Shamar Joseph to Livingstone, SIX, just over the leaping Motie at long-on. A half-volley outside off and Livingstone did not get all of it, lofts it and clears Motie

46.4

Shamar Joseph to Livingstone, wide, well wide outside off, way too wide in fact

46.3

6

Shamar Joseph to Livingstone, SIX, another a juicy low full-toss and this time it's despatched over fine-leg, Livingstone gets inside the line and puts it away emphatically, Shamar Joseph curses himself as soon as he bowled that

Again they need to find the ball and there's a delay.

46.2

6

Shamar Joseph to Livingstone, SIX, the attempted yorker misses and it's a low full-toss on the stumps, Livingstone flicks it wristily and it sails well over deep backward square-leg and goes out the ground, on to the canopy where the cameraman is perched and then over

46.1

Shamar Joseph to Mousley, 1 run, fullish outside off, Mousley gets forward to drive it nicely but straight to the fielder at sweeper cover

Shamar Joseph [9.0-0-48-1] is back into the attack

END OF OVER 46

5 Runs

ENG: 303 - 5

1 1 W 1 1 1

Dan Mousley

2 (2)

Liam Livingstone

101 (78)

Matthew Forde

8-0-46-3

45.6

Forde to Mousley, 1 run, full outside off, Mousley again walks at Forde and drives to mid-off for a quick single

45.5

Forde to Livingstone, 1 run, slower-ball dug in outside off, Livingstone slams it hard and straight to long-off

45.4

Forde to Mousley, 1 run, length delivery and angling in, Mousley walks forward and flicks to deep mid-wicket

Dan Mousley, left handed bat, comes to the crease