England v West Indies - West Indies tour of England - 2nd ODI – England take the series – Live Score and Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 239/2 (45.0 ov) - England won by 8 wickets (with 30 balls remaining)
On Tuesday, June 19, England took the three-One Day International (ODI) series against West Indies after winning the second match by eight wickets at Kennington Oval, London.
After winning the toss, England chose to field first, but were smashed all around the park by returning opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221, who bolstered an astounding knock of 53 runs, giving his team an opening stand of 63 runs.
However, with the departure of the flamboyant batsman, England slowly crawled back in the game, still the bowlers failed to do a commendable job as the Windies managed to post a total of 238 runs on the board for the loss of nine wickets.
With a decent total to chase, England needed to retain wickets in order to secure the series and after winning the Test series, it was vital for the hosts not to let West Indies get the better of them in the limited overs tournament.
If West Indies thought they had a great opening stand, they were in for a surprise as English openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IR-Bell-c1597 left everyone flabbergasted by mounting a resilient opening partnership of 122 runs, with both batsmen exhibiting tremendous resolve as they punished the bowlers.
Finally Bell, who was the star of the previous game, became England’s first wicket to fall as he was dismissed by West Indies skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382 after belting a knock of 53 runs.
With almost half of the required target already chased down, West Indies needed many more wickets to halt the English from handing them an imminent defeat.
Nonetheless, this was made impossible as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576, who forged a handy partnership with his skipper as both batsmen kept the pace towards the required target.
On the penultimate delivery of the 38th over, Cook became the second and final wicket to fall from England as he hit the showers after staggering an insurmountable innings of 112 runs, leaving his side standing on a tally of 203.
Trott then jabbed an impressive innings of 43 runs to help his side win the match in 45 overs without losing another wicket.
Cook was named as the Player of the Match for his impressive work with the bat.
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