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WI vs ENG 2024/25, WI vs ENG 1st ODI Match Report, October 31, 2024

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West Indies gained the toss and selected to bowl first vs England

Shai Hope gained the toss on an overcast day in Antigua and selected to bowl within the first ODI towards England, towards a new-look opposition that may function two brand-new worldwide gamers in John Turner and Dan Mousley, as properly two additional 50-over debutants in Jamie Overton and Jordan Cox.

The match may also function a captaincy debut for Liam Livingstone, who’s standing in for the injured Jos Buttler, and with Harry Brook among the many gamers lacking this tour because of shut proximity of the Pakistan and New Zealand Check excursions both facet of this marketing campaign.

“It is an extremely proud day,” Livingstone mentioned on the toss. “It is a group of younger boys getting their alternatives, and that is what it is all about. We’re excited for what’s to return over the subsequent couple of weeks.”

For Turner, his alternative comes greater than 12 months after he first attracted the eye of the England selectors, notably throughout the 2023 Males’s Hundred. Accidents have hampered his alternatives, however he is been given his probability in a four-man seam assault, forward of Reece Topley, and alongside Sam Curran, Jofra Archer and Jamie Overton.

Mousley was unused throughout the Australia one-day collection in September, however his inclusion – alongside Jacob Bethell, Will Jacks and Livingstone himself – offers England 4 allrounder spin choices, to again up the frontline legspin of Adil Rashid.

Cox, in the meantime, is slated to bat at No.3, as he begins a run of alternatives that may culminate in three Checks as Jamie Smith’s understudy in New Zealand subsequent month. Overton, in the meantime, will probably be obtainable to bowl after enjoying as a batter solely on T20I debut towards Australia final month.

West Indies, who returned from their tour of Sri Lanka earlier this week, have made one change from the facet that gained the ultimate match of their 2-1 collection loss. Shimron Hetmyer slots in to the center order, instead of Jewel Andrew, the 17-year-old who made his debut in Kandy on Saturday.

West Indies: 1 Brandon King, 2 Evin Lewis, 3 Keacy Carty, 4 Shai Hope (capt and wk), 5 Sherfane Rutherford, 6 Shimron Hetmyer, 7 Roston Chase, 8 Alzarri Joseph, 9 Gudakesh Motie, 10 Matthew Forde, 11 Jayden Seales

England: 1 Phil Salt (wk), 2 Will Jacks, 3 Jordan Cox, 4 Jacob Bethell, 5 Liam Livingstone (capt), 6 Dan Mousley, 7 Sam Curran, 8 Jamie Overton, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 Jofra Archer, 11 John Turner

Andrew Miller is UK editor of ESPNcricinfo. @miller_cricket


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