West Indies chased down a mammoth 326-run goal to beat England by 4 wickets within the first One-Day Worldwide towards England on the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua on Sunday.
Skipper Shai Hope led from the entrance with an unbeaten century and fittingly completed the match with back-to-back sixes off Sam Curran within the forty ninth over because the host sailed residence with seven balls to spare.
The very best profitable run-chase recorded by West Indies got here in 2019 when it chased a 328-run goal towards Eire with 5 wickets in hand and 13 balls remaining.
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This was solely the third profitable chase in extra of 300 for West Indies in ODIs. It had overhauled Pakistan’s 309-run goal in 2017 at Windfall to attain the feat for the primary time. The host went previous that achivement on Monday to additionally register its highest run-chase in West Indies.
Earlier, England posted 325 in 50 overs after electing to bat. Center-order batter Harry Brook top-scored for the customer with a 72-ball 71 after openers Phil Salt and Will Jacks offered a brisk begin.
West Indies began its chase on a excessive too, with Alick Athanaze and Brandon King combining for a 104-run partnership in 17.3 overs. Hope discovered help from Shimron Hetmyer (32 off 30 balls) and Romario Shepherd’s 28-ball 48 gave West Indies much-needed impetus in the direction of the tip.
The following ODI of the three-match collection might be performed on the identical venue on Wednesday.