- 1st ODI: West Indies, 326-6, beat England, 325, by four wkts
- Captain’s knock sees home side claim opening match
After crashing at the World Cup England’s white-ball side, like a malfunctioning laptop, has been turned off and on again, rebooted and updated, but when it was time to press restart they suffered another malfunction.
After setting a record ODI score on this ground they proved powerless as West Indies bettered it with seven balls to spare to win by four wickets, and as the batting of their captain, Jos Buttler, continues to suggest major programming errors it was his opposite number, Shai Hope, who steered his team to victory.
Written by Simon Burnton at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/dec/03/shai-hopes-century-leads-west-indies-to-victory-over-england-in-1st-odi under the title “Shai Hope’s century leads West Indies to victory over England in first ODI”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
