West Indies Captain Stafanie Taylor. Photo by Andres Leighton/ Associated Press
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Roy 123, Root 102, and Eion Morgan
65.
England got off to a brilliant start
as Roy tore the West Indies attack
apart. He and Johnny Bristow punished
the loose bowling to post an
opening stand of 91 runs.
But the difference in the match
was the partnership of 114 between
Roy and Root for the second wicket.
Roy scored 123 off 85 balls with 15
fours and three sixes.
Captain Morgan and Root put
together a third-wicket stand of 116
runs after Roy left.
Earlier, West Indies won the toss
and decided to take first strike and
mounted its highest ever ODI total
of 360 for eight with Gayle top-scoring
on 135 after being dropped when
he was one nine runs.
In the innings, West Indies created
a world record by hitting the
most sixes in an inning with 23.
This passed the 22 made by New
Zealand against the West Indies in
2014 in New Zealand.
However, West Indies drew level
in the second ODI of the five-match
series at the same venue the day
after, winning by 26 runs.
Fast bowler Sheldon Cottrell, who
was brought in for the second ODI
ripped through the England batting,
taking 5 for 48 to bowl out
England for 263.
West Indies were sent in to bat
after captain Eoin Morgan won the
toss.
Shimron Hetmyer (104 not out)
completed his fourth ODI century,
with seven fours and four sixes.
Sir Viv also gave kudos to Holder
for what he termed as a series won
of “great significance and showing
brave hearts.”
Holder has been outstanding
with an unbeaten 202 and a fourwicket
haul in Antigua.
West Indies won the series 2-1
to reclaim the Wisden Trophy.
By Azad Ali
Hard-hitting West
Indies batsman Chris
Gayle is set to retire from
One-Day Internationals
(ODIs) cricket after the
2019 World Cup this summer.
Gayle, 40, has scored
9,727 ODI runs — second
only to the legendary
Brian Lara among
West Indians — in 284
matches since his debut
in 1999. However, he will
continue to be available
to play T20s.
Gayle has played l03
Tests for West Indies,
but in recent years has
focused on limitedovers
matches, both
internationally and
in domestic Twenty20
competitions.
He is less than 700
runs away from becoming
the Windies’ all-rounder
highest ODI scorer, with
Lara’s total standing at
10,405.
Gayle was part of West
Indies’ T20 World Cupwinning
side against
England in 2016, the second
time in four years
they had won the competition.
West Indies will feature
in an ODI tri-series with
Ireland and Bangladesh
in May before they face
Pakistan in their opening
World Cup match on May
31, 2019.
By Azad Ali
Three West Indies Women cricketers
have made important strides in
the latest ICC women’s one-day rankings
released last week.
Captain Stafanie Taylor has risen
two places in the batting rankings
to eight, following her 158 runs at
an average of 52, in the Windies just
concluded three-match series against
Pakistan in Dubai.
The 27-year-old has been joined
in the top 20 by all-rounder Deandra
Dottin, who jumped one spot to 20th,
after scoring 129 runs in the Pakistan
series with a top score of 96 in the
first ODI.
Shermaine Campbell was the other
Windies player to move up in the
rankings, gaining two places to move
to 52nd.
The two other players who moved
up were new ball pair of Shakera
Selman and Shamillia Connell.
Selman rose eight spots to 26th,
after picking up four wickets against
Pakistan, while her new-ball partner
Connell rose six places to 49th, following
a similar four-wicket series
haul.
Taylor, who bowls off-spin, dropped
three places to 13th in the bowlers
rankings after picking up just three
wickets. As a result, she remained
second in the all-rounders rankings
behind Australian Ellyse Perry.
Off-spinner Anisa Mohammed is
the highest-ranked West Indies bowler
at 25th.
West Indies batsman Chris Gayle is
retiring.
Photo by Aman Sharma/ Associated Press
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West Indies women’s captain
rises in ICC rankings
Batsman Chris Gayle to retire
England
underestimated
West Indies
in stunning
defeat, says
Sir Viv