West Indies v England ODI series

[sussexpob]

Wood and plunkett need to bowl fuller. They constantly bang in shorter stuff, and people in limited overs will just get underneath it, and put it in the stand

[backfootpunch]

Root since Feb 2015 in ODIs

69 innings average 61.8 strike rate 90.8 with 11 hundreds and 21 50s

Top class stuff

[Durhamfootman]

Impressive

[Durhamfootman]

Want to see Tom curran in the side for the next game

He is one of the top 2 or 3 death bowlers in the world from what iv seen recently, cant pick both Plunkett and wood for me

And Rashid needs to be bowling the second the powerplay overs have finished not in the 48th and 50th overs

Curran, Woakes and stokes should be bowling all of the last 6 overs of the game between them

Curran, Plunkett and Wood is the decision

[Durhamfootman]

Cottrell comes in for Poonam.

[Durhamfootman]

England win the toss and will field

[mikesiva]

Cottrell in for Pooran.

[Durhamfootman]

I wonder if Gayle will get shot out cheaply going for too many big shots too early, after all the criticism he got for starting slowly the other day?

[Durhamfootman]

seemingly not... water off a ducks back...... 5 off 18 balls

Woody just got up to 93mph. His first 4 overs have only cost 7 runs, but that was the story of the other day, too and he went for 31 runs off his last 2 overs

[Durhamfootman]

only took 4 balls for Gayle to tuck into Moeen.

[backfootpunch]

Woakes has been excellent in odis recently surprised they dropped him

Wouldve dropped wood or Plunkett myself

[meninblue]

Gayle just continues to put pressure by denying single run chances, this time to Shai. The effect being Shai plays a lofted shot next ball over the infield. Some day Gayle's pathetic running is going to lead his partners throw their wickets.

[backfootpunch]

Gayle just continues to put pressure by denying single run chances, this time to Shai. The effect being Shai plays a lofted shot next ball over the infield. Some day Gayle's pathetic running is going to lead his partners throw their wickets.

Hope does look out of form too

Cant break the infield

Struggling to get it off the square most of the time

[backfootpunch]

Hes 15 off 25 including a 6

So has 9 off the other 24 balls

Cant blame Gayle for that

[meninblue]

Gayle just continues to put pressure by denying single run chances, this time to Shai. The effect being Shai plays a lofted shot next ball over the infield. Some day Gayle's pathetic running is going to lead his partners throw their wickets.

Hope does look out of form too

Cant break the infield

Struggling to get it off the square most of the time

England are the best ODI Team but Shai was brilliant against Bangladesh in last ODI series.

Here he was denied at least 2 runs by Gayle. Shai is not a power hitter but he can hit boundaries for sure. Gayle denying singles is not the right strategy. Last match Windies played 140 dot balls on a batting wicket.