ENG VS WI - 4th ODI, West Indies tour of England, 2017

England vs West Indies

England won by 6 runs (DLS method)

ENG -258/5 (35.1)

WI -356/5 (49.6)

PLAYER OF THE MATCH : Evin Lewis

Batter

R
B
4s
6s
SR
43
35
5
0
122.86
48
25
6
2
192

Bowler

O
M
R
W
ECO
8.1
0
56
5
6.86

Holder also collects the Man of the Match award for Lewis who can't do so himself as he has apparently sustained a hairline fracture on his ankle. Here's wishing him a speedy recovery. Unfortunately, we couldn't find access to Morgan's interview I'm afraid. So that's a wrap of our coverage. This is Sagar Chawla signing off on behalf of Abhishek Chaudhary, Raju Peethala and our scorer Sultan. Good night!

Holder, losing captain: Lewis really set the tone for us. Unfortunately we lost him at the last stage. Credit to him, outstanding innings. He had to adjust to the situation. When he gets in, he goes big. He showed that today. He absorbed a lot of pressure. We always have liked the potential of Alzarri. He got us back in the game after a poor start. It's encouraging. It's difficult to say. Too many boundaries. Buttler came in and played a good innings and so did Moeen Ali. I was aware of the DLS situation. It happens in cricket.

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Stat-attack

Hundred and five-fer in a losing cause for a team in ODIs:
R Richardson (122) & C Ambrose (5/53) v Pak, Sharjah, 1991
R Ponting (164) & N Bracken (5/67) v SA, Joburg, 2006
E Lewis (176*) & A Joseph (5/56) v Eng, Oval, 2017

Highest aggregate of top two scores in ODI losses:
324 E Lewis (176*, 148)
321 S Tendulkar (175, 146)
321 Rohit Sharma (171*, 150)
320 T Dilshan (160*, 160)

Highest individual scores in losing causes in ODIs:
194* C Coventry v Ban, Bulawayo, 2009
181* M Hayden v NZ, Hamilton, 2007
176* EVIN LEWIS v ENG, OVAL, 2017
175 S Tendulkar v Aus, Hybd, 2009

WI highest totals in lost ODIs:
356/5 v Eng, Oval, 2017 (Evin Lewis 176*)
329/9 v SL, Bulawayo, 2016 (Evin Lewis 148)

At 20 years 311 days, Alzzari Joseph is the youngest WI bowler to take a fifer in ODIs.
PREVIOUS YOUNGEST: Kemar Roach (21y 26d) 5/44 vs Bang, Roseau, 2009
Also, the youngest to take a fifer in ODIs in England eclipsing Stuart Broad (22 years 63 days) 5/23 vs SA in Trent Bridge in 2008

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20:15 Local Time, 19:15 GMT, 00:45 IST: Match abandoned, England win by DLS. It was literally in the last 20-30 minutes of the game that they robbed it from the West Indies, who would've felt in absolute control after reducing the hosts from 126/0 to 181/5. But Moeen Ali and Jos Buttler stunned them with a brutal onslaught, plundering 51 in the last four overs that were possible. Spare a thought for Alzarri Joseph, who became the youngest Windies fast bowler to take a five-for, and he did it in one spell. Even more so, spare a thought for Evin Lewis, who would have probably coasted to a double-century if he wasn't forced to retire-hurt on 176*. 3-0 to England with a game to go. Hang on for the presentations.

20:10 Local Time, 19:10 GMT, 00:40 IST: Match has to restart by 8.45pm local, that's the cutoff. Still raining though.

19:50 Local Time, 18:50 GMT, 00:20 IST: The rain seems to have settled in; situation doesn't seem very optimistic.

19:35 Local Time, 18:35 GMT, 00:05 IST: Okay, so the umpires have had enough. England are 6 runs ahead of the DLS par score, as players leave the field. If there's no more play, the hosts will take this ODI on DLS, which is incredible, considering Alzarri Joseph had crippled them with a five-for only 20 minutes back. But what a stunning counter-attack from Moeen Ali and Jos Buttler. They came together and started firing on all cylinders from the word go. Don't think Windies were expecting an onslaught like that. But England knew rain was around the corner and this pair has somehow managed to turn it around in their favour. Incredible stuff. Stay with us, we'll bring you all the latest updates.

35.1

Alzarri Joseph to Buttler, 2 runs, shuffles across and glances it fine of fine leg for a couple

Alzarri Joseph [8.0-0-54-5] is back into the attack

England are 4 runs ahead of DLS par at this stage. Stunning partnership this. Still drizzling, but the umpires happy to continue

END OF OVER 35

11 Runs

ENG: 256 - 5

1 4 1 1 0 4

Jos Buttler

41 (34)

Moeen Ali

48 (25)

Jerome Taylor

7-0-48-0

34.6

Jerome Taylor to Moeen Ali, FOUR, huge cheers from the crowds who are aware of the situation. Poor ball from Taylor. He bowls a low full toss outside off and is driven away to the cover boundary

For England to be ahead of D/L, they need to score at least a run off this final ball

34.5

Jerome Taylor to Moeen Ali, no run, yorker length just outside off, sliced to backward point

Rain coming down now. England ahead by 1.

34.4

Jerome Taylor to Buttler, 1 run, good length ball just outside off, skewed down into the mid-on region

34.3

Jerome Taylor to Moeen Ali, 1 run, full toss at the stumps, punched to mid-off

34.2

4

Jerome Taylor to Moeen Ali, FOUR, punches the half-volley over mid-off. Holder gave it a full stretch to the right, and came pretty close, but couldn't get fingers on it

34.1

Jerome Taylor to Buttler, 1 run, slower ball, back of length, works it through square leg