WI vs ENG: West Indies captain Shai Hope not only gave his team a historic victory by 4 wickets by scoring a century in the first match of the ongoing 3-match ODI series against England but also equaled the greats, Viv Richards and Virat Kohli. West Indies captain Shai Hope scored an unbeaten 109 runs in 83 balls with the help of 4 fours and 7 sixes. During this century innings, he completed 5000 runs in ODI cricket. With this, he equaled Vivian Richards and Virat Kohli. England batted first and were all out after scoring 325 runs in 50 overs.
This was said to be a good start for England after their disappointing performance in the World Cup 2023. Harry Brook scored the highest 71 runs for England. Apart from this, Phil Salt scored 45 and Jack Crowley scored 48 runs. Sam Curran scored 38 runs and Brayden Kars scored 31 runs.
Like the ODI World Cup, captain Jos Buttler’s bat did not work in the first match of this series too. He could score only 3 runs. Romario Shepherd, Gunakesh Moti, and Osen Thomas took 2-2 wickets for West Indies. Alzarri Joseph and Yannick Kariyah took 1 wicket each.
Shai Hope equals Richards and Kohli
West Indies achieved the target of 326 runs by losing 6 wickets in 48.5 overs. Captain Shai Hope hit 3 sixes in the 49th over. Sam Curran was a bowler. Curran gave 98 runs in 9.5 overs. Hope scored an unbeaten 109 runs on 83 balls with the help of 4 fours and 7 sixes. During this period he completed 5000 runs in 114 ODI innings.
Shai Hope took 114 innings to complete 5000 runs in ODI cricket, while Viv Richards and Virat Kohli also achieved this milestone in the same number of innings. Hope has now become the joint third-fastest batsman to score 5,000 ODI runs. Above him are former South African opening batsman Hashim Amla and Pakistan’s star batsman Babar Azam. Babar Azam holds the record for scoring the fastest 5000 runs.
The fastest batsman to score 5 thousand runs in ODI cricket-
Babar Azam – 97
Hashim Amla- 101
Viv Richards – 114
Virat Kohli – 114
Alick Athanaze scored a half-century
Talking about West Indies’ innings, Alick Athanaze scored 66 runs. Romario Shepherd scored 49 runs in 28 balls. Brendon King scored 35 runs and Shirmon Hetmyer scored 32 runs. Gus Atkinson and Rehan Ahmed took 2-2 wickets for England. Brydon Carse and Liam Livingstone took a 1-1 wicket. The Caribbean team took a 1-0 lead in the 3-match series. The second ODI will be played on Wednesday, 6 December.
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