England v West Indies - West Indies tour of England - 2nd ODI – Windies clobber 238 runs - 1st innings report
West Indies 238/9 (50 ov) – England won the toss and chose to field
In the second One Day International (ODI) between England and West Indies, England after winning the toss chose to field first and got hammered for 238 runs by the tourists at Kennington Oval, London.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221 clobbered their side to an opening stand of 63 runs, with Gayle going berserk on the bowlers as he smashed a belligerent knock of 53 runs off 51 deliveries, before becoming the first casualty of the day.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 a window of opportunity to climb back in the match.
With 79 runs on the board, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LMP-Simmons-c1843, who was facing quite difficulty in timing the ball was run out after scoring a meagre knock of 12 runs off 50 deliveries.
On the last delivery of the same over, England struck once more by nabbing the wicket of MN Samuels who perished after scoring 13 runs.
With four wickets down for 79 runs, West Indies had lost the early advantage of getting off to sensational start provided by the hard-hitting Gayle and now needed to rebuild their innings from scratch.
Middle-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KA-Pollard-c1754 rallied a stupendous partnership of a hundred runs just when the doctor ordered as the duo humbled the English bowling attack which was raring to finish off the West Indies innings sooner than later.
Nonetheless, the two batsmen exhibited their supreme class and quality as they tackled the bowlers and kept the scoreboard ticking.
Finally with 179 runs on the scoreboard, the partnership was broken by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Bresnan-c2711, on the wicket of Pollard, who was caught after jabbing a knock of 41 runs.
While Bravo kept punishing the fielding side, skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382 was the next wicket to fall as he found his way off the field after bolstering a knock of 21 runs.
Later, West Indies managed to post a decent total on the board with Bravo as the best batsman after hammering a knock of 77 runs.
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