WI vs ENG

Scorecard

RESULT

2nd ODI, North Sound, November 02, 2024, England tour of West Indies

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WI

328/6

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ENG

(47.3/50 ov, T:329) 329/5

England won by 5 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)

Shai Hope century powers West Indies to formidable 328 for 6

England use nine bowlers for the first time since 1987 but still run out of options

Shai Hope made a half-century to propel West Indies, West Indies vs England, 2nd ODI, Antigua, November 2, 2024

Shai Hope made his 17th ODI century to propel West Indies • Getty Images

West Indies 328 for 6 (Hope 117, Carty 71, Rutherford 54) vs West Indies

Shai Hope's 17th ODI century has put West Indies in a commanding position at the halfway stage of this second ODI in Antigua, with England requiring 329 to win and square the three-match series.

The home skipper led from the front with his 117, arriving at the start of the fourth over and batting through to the end of the 47th. Hope's first century in 10 innings - his previous coming against England at this very ground last year - began initially as a rescue act, before facilitating a charge that saw England ransacked for 93 from the final 10 overs.

Liam Livingstone had opted to bowl first after winning the toss, and the tourists capitalised on early movement to take out both West Indies' openers in the first 19 deliveries. By the end, the stand-in captain was scrabbling around for ideas, characterised by England's use of nine bowlers for only the second time in ODIs. That they could have dismissed Hope on 60 will also cut them deep.

John Turner was responsible for both initial strikes for his first wickets in international cricket. Brandon King was excellently caught at backward point but it was the dismissal of Evin Lewis that elicited the bigger cheer. The hero of the first ODI was snared down the leg side for just four following Thursday's match-winning 94.

It was then that Hope came to the crease, joining forces with Keacy Carty in a rebuilding stand of 143. Consolidation was the name of the game up front, though Carty could have been removed on eight. An English squeeze involved three fielders at backward point, but Jacob Bethell - the middle of them - could only palm a skewed drive from Carty (on 8 at the time) which would have given Turner a third dismissal.

The pair made it out of the Powerplay on 41 for 2, a figure bumped up in the 10th over by Hope's first boundary - a stunning back-foot launch over extra cover for six off Turner. A brace of straight drives off Saqib Mahmood - the only change to the XI from the first ODI, with Jamie Overton sitting out - and a second six, lofting Adil Rashid over cover, was then followed by some quiet rotation.

Carty would end a seven-over period without a boundary by cutting Livingstone's leg spin through point, an over before Hope latched onto a short delivery from Bethell to clear midwicket to bring up his 42nd fifty-plus score, from 66 deliveries.

Satisfied that the early losses had been offset, risks were taken to lift the run rate. However, it was a botched defensive push that should have brought the end of Hope on 60, edging Bethell through to Salt, only for the ball to bounce out of the keeper's gloves.

Carty was soon moving to his fourth ODI fifty from 62 deliveries, while England's patience started to wear thin. The mood in the field soon dropped when a considered short-ball ploy from Archer came to nothing at the start of the 30th over. First, a top-edge took Turner over the boundary at deep fine leg, then the fielder dropped a far simpler chance off the very next ball.

That miss would only cost three runs, as Rashid return to bowl Carty through the gate at the start of the 31st. But that brought Sherfane Rutherford to the crease, who set his stall out early by lifting the leg spinner down the ground for four off his second ball faced.

The left-hander struck six more boundaries - three of them sixes - picking up his form from the recent Sri Lanka series for a fifth half-century from just 35 deliveries. Though he was dismissed a ball later - caught at deep cover attempting to replicate the six over the same region that took him to fifty - Shimron Hetmyer's breezy 24 off 11 kept the pressure on. He was also dropped on 2 by Will Jacks down at long-on.

Once Hetmyer was dismissed, caught by Archer at gully off a Rashid googly, Hope pressed down on the accelerator. After leaning into a drive off his 118th delivery to move to 100, he smeared Rashid for a four and six to wide long-on as 13 was taken off the 36-year-old's final over.


It was as much a tactic as a response to cramp that was restricting Hope's movements that led to his downfall. Hell-bent on throwing his bat at everything sent his way, he misread a slower delivery from Archer that was well-taken by Livingstone charging in from long-off.


For a moment, England looked like getting out of the innings without any further damage, only for Matthew Forde to strike three sixes in a row in the final over to lift them to an impressive 328 for 6.

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