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England v West Indies ODI Series 2012 – 2nd ODI
England v West Indies
Tue 19 Jun 2012, 10:45am BST, 10:45am local
England win by 8 wickets
| West Indies | 238-9 (50 ovs) |
|---|---|
| England | 239-2 (45 ovs) |
Over 45. 2 runs. Bowler: Kieron Pollard. England: 239/2(rr 5.31)
Pollard to Bopara. Length ball, middle stump on the front foot pushing, well timed to mid on for 1 run. Some good fun from Pollard in the final over, trying to put Trott off with a variety of run ups, but England win the match and series easily. Their dominance at home continues. The West Indies never had enough on the board today on an excellent wicket. The bowlers tried their best but it was just so comfortable for England with no scoreboard pressure. The ease in which England batted just shows how well England must have bowled to bowl a top batting side out for just 238. There are not many weaknesses in this side now and that's six ODI series home wins in a row.
Pollard to Trott. Length ball, middle stump on the front foot dropped, to mid wicket for 1 run.
Pollard to Trott. Length ball, middle stump on the front foot working, well timed to mid wicket for no runs.
Pollard to Trott. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to cover for no runs, fielded by Gayle.
Pollard to Trott. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot, left to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Ramdin.
Pollard to Trott. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Gayle.
Over 44. 9 runs. Bowler: Sunil Narine. England: 237/2(rr 5.39)
Narine to Trott. Off break length ball, middle stump on the back foot working, well timed to fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Rampaul.
Narine to Trott. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, back to bowler for no runs, fielded by Narine.
FREE HIT. Narine to Bopara. Off break length ball, middle stump down the track Slog, mis-timed to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Pollard.
No ball Narine to Trott. Off break length ball, middle stump on the front foot working, well timed to deep mid wicket for 1 run.
FOUR! Narine to Trott. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot driving, outside edge in the air uncontrolled past third man for 4 runs.
Narine to Bopara. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to mid off for 1 run.
Narine to Bopara. Off break length ball, middle stump on the front foot pushing, to mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Pollard.
Over 43. 4 runs. Bowler: Kieron Pollard. England: 228/2(rr 5.30)
Pollard to Trott. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, bottom edge back to bowler for no runs, fielded by Pollard.
Pollard to Bopara. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, well timed to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Best.
Pollard to Trott. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, well timed to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Best.
Pollard to Trott. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to backward point for no runs.
Pollard to Bopara. Slower ball short, outside off stump on the front foot pulling, well timed to fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Narine.
Pollard to Trott. Slower length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Best.
Over 42. 6 runs. Bowler: Sunil Narine. England: 224/2(rr 5.33)
FOUR! Narine to Bopara. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, well timed past deep backward point for 4 runs.
Narine to Bopara. Off break length ball, middle stump on the front foot defending, to leg gully for no runs, fielded by Ramdin.
Narine to Trott. Off break length ball, off stump on the back foot working, well timed to fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Rampaul.
Narine to Trott. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, back to bowler for no runs, fielded by Narine.
Narine to Trott. Off break length ball, off stump on the back foot pushing, to mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Pollard.
Narine to Bopara. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Samuels.
Over 41. 4 runs. Bowler: Kieron Pollard. England: 218/2(rr 5.32)
Pollard to Bopara. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot dropped, to short extra cover for 1 run, fielded by Gayle.
Pollard to Bopara. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to backward point for no runs, fielded by Narine.
Pollard to Trott. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, well timed to mid off for 1 run, shy attempt by Rampaul.
Pollard to Bopara. Length ball, middle stump on the front foot dropped, to mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Sammy.
Pollard to Bopara. Slower ball short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Ramdin.
Pollard to Trott. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot dropped, to gully for 1 run, fielded by Ramdin.
Over 40. Power Play Batting. 7 runs. Bowler: Sunil Narine. England: 214/2(rr 5.35)
Narine to Bopara. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to silly point for no runs, fielded by Ramdin.
Narine to Bopara. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, well timed to backward point for no runs, fielded by Smith.
Narine to Bopara. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed to deep backward point for 2 runs, fielded by Bravo.
FOUR! Narine to Bopara. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot Steer, well timed past third man for 4 runs.
Narine to Bopara. Off break length ball, middle stump on the front foot defending, to mid wicket for no runs.
Narine to Trott. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, well timed to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Bravo.
Over 39. Power Play Batting. 3 runs. Bowler: Ravi Rampaul. England: 207/2(rr 5.31)
Rampaul to Trott. Length ball, to leg on the front foot working, well timed to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Bravo.
Rampaul to Trott. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to backward point for no runs, fielded by Pollard.
Rampaul to Trott. Length ball, outside off stump moves in front defending, back to bowler for no runs, fielded by Rampaul.
Rampaul to Bopara. Seaming in length ball, off stump on the front foot working, well timed to fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Simmons.
Rampaul to Trott. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, well timed to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Bravo.
Rampaul to Trott. Short, outside off stump ducked, left to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Ramdin.
Over 38. Power Play Batting. 10 runs. Bowler: Darren Sammy. England: 204/2(rr 5.37)
Sammy to Trott. Slower length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, well timed to deep backward point for 1 run, fielded by Bravo.
OUT! Caught. Sammy to Cook. Slower length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to long on, fielded by Simmons. Although almost every ball from Sammy is a slower ball, that was much slower from the back of the hand and Cook's match winning innings comes to an end as Simmons takes a simple catch with Cook trying to hit another six.
SIX! Sammy to Cook. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, well timed in the air under control over deep mid wicket for 6 runs.
Sammy to Trott. Off cutter length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Bravo.
Sammy to Trott. Off cutter length ball, middle stump on the front foot working, well timed to deep backward square leg for 2 runs, fielded by Best.
Sammy to Trott. Slower length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to mid off for no runs.
Over 37. Power Play Batting. 7 runs. Bowler: Ravi Rampaul. England: 194/1(rr 5.24)
FOUR! Rampaul to Cook. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed past deep cover for 4 runs.
Rampaul to Trott. Short, off stump moves in front pulling, hit body to silly point for no runs, fielded by Rampaul.
Rampaul to Trott. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot dropped, to backward point for no runs, fielded by Pollard.
Rampaul to Cook. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, well timed to mid off for 1 run, mis-fielded by Smith.
Rampaul to Trott. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, well timed to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Bravo.
Rampaul to Trott. Slower length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Gayle.
Over 36. Power Play Batting. 4 runs. Bowler: Darren Sammy. England: 187/1(rr 5.19)
Sammy to Trott. Slower length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, well timed to deep backward point for 1 run, fielded by Bravo.
Sammy to Cook. Length ball, middle stump on the front foot working, well timed in the air under control to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Bravo.
Sammy to Cook. Length ball, middle stump on the front foot working, well timed to mid wicket for no runs.
Sammy to Trott. Length ball, off stump on the front foot pushing, well timed to mid on for 1 run, mis-fielded by Narine.
Sammy to Cook. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, well timed to third man for 1 run.
Sammy to Cook. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, well timed to slips for no runs.
England v West Indies ODI Series 2012 – 2nd ODI
England v West Indies
Tue 19 Jun 2012, 10:45am BST, 10:45am local
England win by 8 wickets
| West Indies | 238-9 (50 ovs) |
|---|---|
| England | 239-2 (45 ovs) |
Alastair Cook's century helped England to an eight-wicket win over West Indies at The Oval to wrap up the NatWest Series a match early.
Cook (112) shared a century opening stand with Ian Bell (53) and then put on 81 for the second wicket with Jonathan Trott as England raced past West Indies' 238 for nine with five overs to spare to establish an unassailable 2-0 lead.
The hard work was done, though, when Cook's bowling attack withstood an early barrage from Chris Gayle (53) and restricted the Windies to an under-par total despite a worthy 77 from Dwayne Bravo.
On a typically reliable batting surface of even pace and bounce, Cook and Bell then duly put England's achievable target into context.
There was barely a false shot from either as Cook won the race to 50, until Bell failed to take the chance of his own second successive hundred by loosely pushing a change of pace from Darren Sammy straight into the hands of cover.
Cook made no mistake, until he lobbed a cutter from Sammy over the bowler to be caught by mid-on, as he extended an enviable sequence of six centuries from an England opener in consecutive one-day internationals - a series the captain himself began with back-to-back hundreds against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi.
Unsurprisingly, six victories have resulted, Cook underpinning the latest with his fifth hundred at this level - containing 12 fours in 114 balls.
The ease of England's victory, and West Indies' continuing blank on this tour, was hardly in the offing when Gayle was demonstrating his renowned raw power with five sixes and three fours clattered to all parts in a 41-ball 50 at the top of the order.
Cook must have been wondering what he had done while Gayle was in full flow after the Windies were put in on a sunny morning.
But twice two wickets, starting with Gayle's, fell on the same score as the Windies stumbled to 79 for four.
A sombre atmosphere, following the death on Monday of Tom Maynard, prevailed at the Surrey batsman's home ground - where a minute's silence in his memory preceded start of play, flags remained at half-mast and both teams wore black armbands.
Once under way, the hope was that cricket might be allowed to lift spirits or at least divert the senses - and Gayle did not disappoint.
James Anderson and Steve Finn bowled three maidens in the first four overs. But once Gayle had deposited Anderson for his first six, sent thudding into the electronic scoreboard with a pull high over midwicket, four more followed in 10 balls.
He greeted first-change Tim Bresnan with three sixes in his first over, the last on to the roof of the Bedser Stand at wide long-on.
His last maximum, off Anderson, brought a brief lull while England summoned help to retrieve the ball from a trough underneath the press box.
When Gayle reached his 50, with an incongruous nudge to midwicket for a single off Bresnan, his near silent opening partner Lendl Simmons was still in single-figures.
A surprise absentee in West Indies' defeat in the opening match of this series because of a shin injury, Gayle was playing in his first international fixture since last year's World Cup following a dispute with his employers.
He seemed to be on the fast track to marking the occasion with a 20th one day international hundred too, until Graeme Swann won the tightest of lbw decisions against the left-hander.
Gayle went without hesitation to DRS after Tony Hill gave him out, but third umpire Kumar Dharmasena upheld his colleague's decision as replays showed contact with bat and pad was simultaneous.
Gayle slowly trudged off in disbelief - and everything changed.
Dwayne Smith went for a duck, swishing at only the second delivery from Stuart Broad and edging behind.
Simmons eventually fell to a direct hit from Cook at mid-off, ending a 50-ball innings which produced only 12 runs - and when Marlon Samuels miscued a pull at Broad straight to deep midwicket, West Indies had two new men at the crease on nought.
Kieron Pollard escaped an obvious stumping opportunity off Swann on 28, and Bravo's mis-hit at the off-spinner on 18 just spilled out of Eoin Morgan's hands running in and diving from long-off.
But between them, until Pollard holed out in the leg-side deep off Bresnan, the fifth-wicket pair did admirably in a stand of 100 to keep West Indies in position to attack the last 10 overs.
Bravo's deserved share amounted to eight fours and two sixes from 82 balls, before he skied Anderson and was well-held by Ravi Bopara in the penultimate over.
But the suspicion already was already he had merely managed to delay an inevitable home win - and so it proved.
England v West Indies ODI Series 2012 – 2nd ODI
England v West Indies
Tue 19 Jun 2012, 10:45am BST, 10:45am local
England win by 8 wickets
| runs | balls | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMP Simmons | run out (AN Cook) | 12 | 50 | 1 | 0 |
| CH Gayle | lbw GP Swann | 53 | 51 | 3 | 5 |
| DR Smith | c C Kieswetter b SCJ Broad | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| MN Samuels | c TT Bresnan b SCJ Broad | 13 | 21 | 2 | 0 |
| DJ Bravo | c RS Bopara b JM Anderson | 77 | 82 | 8 | 2 |
| KA Pollard | c JM Anderson b TT Bresnan | 41 | 52 | 3 | 1 |
| DJG Sammy | c EJG Morgan b ST Finn | 21 | 20 | 1 | 1 |
| D Ramdin | c C Kieswetter b JM Anderson | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| TL Best | not out | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| SP Narine | run out (C Kieswetter) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| R Rampaul | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | 3lb, 5w, 1nb | 9 | |||
| Total | (50 ovs) | 238 | for 9 | ||
fow: 1-63 (CH Gayle, 14.4 ov), 2-63 (DR Smith, 16.2 ov), 3-79 (LMP Simmons, 20.2 ov), 4-79 (MN Samuels, 20.6 ov), 5-179 (KA Pollard, 39.5 ov), 6-220 (DJG Sammy, 45.4 ov), 7-223 (D Ramdin, 46.3 ov), 8-232 (DJ Bravo, 48.1 ov), 9-237 (SP Narine, 49.4 ov)
| ovs | mdns | runs | wkts | econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JM Anderson | 10.0 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 3.80 |
| ST Finn | 10.0 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 4.80 |
| TT Bresnan | 10.0 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 5.40 |
| GP Swann | 10.0 | 1 | 49 | 1 | 4.90 |
| SCJ Broad | 9.0 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 4.78 |
| RS Bopara | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
| runs | balls | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AN Cook | c LMP Simmons b DJG Sammy | 112 | 120 | 13 | 1 |
| IR Bell | c CH Gayle b DJG Sammy | 53 | 64 | 7 | 0 |
| IJL Trott | not out | 43 | 68 | 3 | 0 |
| RS Bopara | not out | 19 | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| Extras | 3lb, 8w, 1nb | 12 | |||
| Total | (45 ovs) | 239 | for 2 | ||
did not bat: EJG Morgan, C Kieswetter, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, GP Swann, JM Anderson, ST Finn
fow: 1-122 (IR Bell, 21.2 ov), 2-203 (AN Cook, 37.5 ov)
| ovs | mdns | runs | wkts | econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R Rampaul | 7.0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 4.14 |
| TL Best | 7.0 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 5.71 |
| DJ Bravo | 4.0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 6.00 |
| SP Narine | 10.0 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 5.40 |
| MN Samuels | 1.0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11.00 |
| DJG Sammy | 10.0 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 4.60 |
| DR Smith | 3.0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 7.33 |
| KA Pollard | 3.0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3.33 |
toss: England won the toss and elected to bowl.
venue: The Kia Oval, London

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