It was a fluctuating innings from West Indies, as England’s shiny begin with the ball noticed them concede simply 12 from the primary three overs of the powerplay and 43 from the subsequent.
Wooden accounted for Lewis along with his extravagant swing, and the batter’s evaluate one in all pure desperation because the ball was crashing into center stump.
Charles’ scratchy innings of 47 off 39 balls led to some options it was a tough pitch however contemplating the fluency of the remainder of the line-up – and finally England’s – his sluggishness within the center overs led to his facet posting a below-par complete.
In distinction, Hope loved tempo on the ball, as he whacked Brydon Carse for 2 beautiful sixes over long-off and appeared in such glowing type that solely a chunk of magic from Rashid might dismiss him.
England’s leg-spinner tempted Hope into coming down the pitch, turned the ball previous the off stump and Buttler whipped off the bails.
Brook rotated his bowlers effectively by way of the center because the runs dried up, with Sherfane Rutherford caught on the boundary off Bethell for six and Charles was bizarrely bowled by nutmegging himself to offer Wooden a second wicket.
However that kickstarted the chaos as Powell struck three sixes to take West Indies to 149-5 on the finish of the 18th, earlier than Brook had no alternative however to bowl Rashid on the demise with such brief straight boundaries for the batters to focus on.
Holder capitalised, pulling a drag down over sq. leg first ball earlier than slamming two extra sixes down the bottom in easy however brutal trend.
He handed Shepherd the strike who then repeated the dose on a tough day for spinners – Liam Dawson, the hero of the collection opener with 4 wickets, was additionally reminded of cricket’s fickle nature with figures of 0-43.
