Key events
The players are out, as is the sun, away we go.
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A steaming plate of cheese on toast enters the room alongside my son, sadly none for me. Cook thinks we could see 15 overs of “heavy seam” from England to start.
Pitch watch: Carlos Brathwaite gets intimate with the batting surface – “What is a good length? Six to eight metres from the popping crease. What Jaydon Seales did really well is get from being defensive at eight metres to being attacking a six metres.”
Jason Holder and Alastair Cook both agree that West Indies need to get through this initial burst from England.
A twelfth ODI loss in 18 matches? “Not where England is at”
West Indies XI
One change for West Indies too, Shamar Joseph makes his debut, Alzarri Joseph takes a rest.
West Indies XI: Brandon King, Evin Lewis, Keacy Carty, Shai Hope (capt and wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Shimron Hetmyer, Roston Chase, Shamar Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Matthew Forde, Jayden Seales
England XI
One change – Saqib Mahmood comes in for Jamie Overton.
England XI: Phil Salt (wk), Will Jacks, Jordan Cox, Jacob Bethhell, Liam Livingstone (capt), Sam Curran, Dan Mousley, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Saqib Mahmood, John Turner
Alastair Cook says that this England size looks much better balanced.
England won the toss and will field
Liam Livingstone calls correctly!
Preamble
Hello and welcome to match two of this white-ball series, sliced into the schedules like a piece of processed cheese. An eight wicket defeat wasn’t how England would have chosen to start their three ODI and five T20 Caribbean adventure but on they plug, at least Jordan Clark, Dan Mousley, Jamie Overton and John Turner now have an ODI under their belts.
West Indies outgunned England in almost every area after Shai Hope won the toss, with the returning Evin Lewis a hurricane force success with the bat, and West Indies knocking off a revised target with 55 ball remaining.
Today we return to the Sir Vivian Richards stadium, North Sound, Antigua – with an early 9.30am start Antiguan time (1.30pm GMT).
