West Indies won by 7 wkts
PLAYER OF THE MATCH : Brandon King
Batter
Bowler
Brandon King is apparently having some cramps after that fantastic knock and, thus, couldn't come for the presentations to collect the award. Skipper Hope received it on his behalf. The West Indies couldn't have asked for a better start than this. While the hosts aim to turn things around, Windies will look to extend their dominance and perhaps try out a few more players maybe? To find out all about that, join us back on Tuesday for the second ODI. Same place, same time. Until then, cheers and goodbye!!
Shai Hope | West Indies skipper: They (bowlers) all bowled really well, stuck to their plans and really happy. I saw Dominic grow from childhood and nice to see him playing for the West Indies colors now. Don't think there are any demons on this surface and credit to the bowlers for restricting them to a low score. He (King) is an exceptional player, happy that he is kicking on now and really happy for him. He played a wonderful innings and happy to see him get his first hundred today.
Muhammad Waseem | UAE skipper: Guys bowled really well, but we didn't get enough runs on the board. Aayan bowled really well, we were looking for wickets but King played really well. We will take the positives from this game and do better in the next game.
23:18 Local Time, 19:18 GMT, 00:48 IST: If West Indies had a plot about how to approach this series, this game would have been almost picture-perfect. Clinical. After being asked to bowl, they had the hosts on the mat at 129/6 and although Ali Naseer's cameo created a bit of frustration, the chase was anything but that. Johnson Charles smacked a few in the powerplay and King took over the charge later on with Brooks giving him perfect company as the duo stitched a 91-run stand for the second wicket. Once King got the measure of the conditions, he counter-attacked spin and pace alike to notch up his maiden ton in ODI cricket. Post-match reactions coming right up, stick around...
Meiyappan to Shai Hope, SIX, and he finishes it off in style! Stays low and swipes the toss up over mid-wicket. West Indies win by 7 wickets with almost 15 overs to spare
Meiyappan to Shai Hope, SIX, skipper Hope isn't gonna waste time either! He sinks to one knee, gets under the teasing full delivery and thumps it out of the ground over long-on. Clean as a whistle
END OF OVER 35
6 Runs
WI: 194 - 3
0 1 4 W 0 1
Shai Hope
1 (2)
Keacy Carty
7 (19)
Rohan Mustafa
6-0-22-1
Mustafa to Shai Hope, 1 run, tad quicker and just outside off, Hope flicks it to the right of mid-wicket for a quick single
Mustafa to Shai Hope, no run, tossed up just outside off, Hope opens the bat face and dabs to backward point
Shai Hope, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Mustafa to Brandon King, out Caught by Aryansh Sharma!! Faint nick and gone. Brandon King looks for a late cut against this quicker delivery but only managed to get a slight outer edge through to the keeper. Was in a hurry to finish the game and ended up playing one too many shots in the end there. A briliant knock, nonetheless and he is being welcome with a round of cheers from the dressing room. Brandon King c Aryansh Sharma b Mustafa 112(112) [4s-12 6s-4]
Mustafa to Brandon King, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
Mustafa to Brandon King, FOUR, full and drifting down the leg-side, Brandon King hammers the flick and gets it racing to the fine leg fence
Mustafa to Keacy Carty, 1 run, quicker and just outside off, punched away to the left of long-off
Mustafa to Keacy Carty, no run, flat on off, punched back to the bowler
Drinks are on the field now!
END OF OVER 34
18 Runs
WI: 188 - 2
6 0 6 0 0 6
Brandon King
108 (110)
Keacy Carty
6 (17)
Karthik Meiyappan
4-0-43-0
Meiyappan to Brandon King, SIX, Brandon King wants to finish this in a hurry now. Too full outside off and Brandon King dispatches it back over the bowler's head for a mighty maximum
Meiyappan to Brandon King, no run, full on off, Brandon King squeezes the drive to the right of mid-wicket
Meiyappan to Brandon King, no run, spins away just outside off, Brandon King looks to drive and gets beaten on the outside edge
Meiyappan to Brandon King, SIX, into the mid-wicket orbit and into the history books is Brandon King. What a way to get to your century. Maiden ODI ton for Brandon King. He gets under the floaty delivery and dispatches it into the stands, gets a great round of applause from his mates in the dressing room as well...
Meiyappan to Brandon King, no run, tossed up just outside off, Brandon King prods across and blocks it to the left of the bowler