Root hits ODI career-best 166 not out to steer England to victory - report
Hope's 78 off 66 balls helps West Indies reach 308 all out
England drop four chances in field and miss two run-outs
England go 2-0 up in series with one to go
You can see the slump in the West Indies shoulders now. All hope seems to drain out of Jayden Seales as he charges in and Joe Root casually knocks him for a single to nudge England closer.
Oh and now Seales has bowled a no-ball to give Root a free hit...
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I had doubted Jacks’ place in the team. He’s proving me wrong here.
Tim in Bristol
A sublime knock from Root, obviously - but very impressive from Jacks, too. Measured, mature, patient. Justified both his place and his new position in this team.
John in Bath
Henry Moeran
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
England are on their way and can start thinking about winning this game.
Need 43 runs from 46 balls
It may be recency bias but I'm calling this as Root's greatest ODI knock.
The best innings of Root's fellow World Cup winners roll off the tongue - Stokes in the 2019 final, Buttler's ton at Old Trafford v Australia, Jason Roy's 180 at the MCG or Jonny Bairstow v India at Edgbaston - but Root's aren't as easy to recall.
This has been sublime and it has broken West Indies. Alzarri Joseph bangs in four byes.
Henry Moeran
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
It has been a masterful innings from Joe Root, it really has.
It's getting up there as his finest ODI knock. This is really special.
Enjoy, people. Batting doesn't get much better than this...
Root century leads England fightback
Need 53 from 54 balls
Give Will Jacks some credit here too. It would be easy to get carried away with the flow of boundaries at the other end and try to do the same. He hasn't. He has only hit two fours in this knock and has been there 50 balls.
Alison Mitchell
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Oh, it looks great when Joe Root dances down and targets that boundary straight.
My word. This should come with a health warning because it's making me go weak at the knees.
Joe Root straight as you like over the bowler's head.
This is now his highest ODI score.
Steven Finn
Former England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
West Indies are just desperately hoping that England make a mistake and it's felt like that for the last 10 overs.
Joe Root is playing a masterful innings here and, going into the last 10 overs, West Indies will have an extra fielder out and they'll hope that can stop Root's runs but he has already done most of the damage.
England have scored 53 runs in the past five overs.
Need 64 runs from 60 balls
This is remarkable. It's not supposed to be this easy.
Joe Root reached 100 in 98 balls and now has 132 from 115 after another four.
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Even if we don't win this it's been a decent fight from England. Can't imagine too many teams win when 3 of your top 5 get ducks.
Dom
It's all going the way of England and Joe Root with Will Jacks doing the right thing and giving him the strike.
Root eases four more down the ground now.
Steven Finn
Former England fast bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
The pressure that West Indies built up over the first 20 overs or so has completely disappeared.
Root 123, Jacks 37
There are disgruntled faces among the West Indies coaching staff now. Ravi Rampaul is trying to move the field around from the balcony.
Joe Root and Will Jacks have now put on 101 together. I may have to revise what I said about England not being favourites with only 75 more runs needed.
Alison Mitchell
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Heaved over the leg side by Joe Root and the crowd are absolutely loving this innings.
You know what's coming, don't you?
Joe Root on the pull. Four runs.
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Image source, Getty ImagesWhere would we be without Joe Root? If he and Jacks can hang in here, England might have a chance.
Catie
What a batter Joe Root is!
Elise
We are all privileged to be able to watch such glorious batting by one of the greats of the game right now.
Gus in Durham
Target 309
That required run-rate I mentioned just a couple of overs ago has now been dragged down to 6.91 by that flurry of Root boundaries.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
King,caught Carse, bowled Rashid King, caught Carse, bowled Rashid | 59 | 67 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 113 | 88.06 |
Andrew,caught Jacks, bowled Carse Andrew, caught Jacks, bowled Carse | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.00 |
Carty,stumped Buttler, bowled Jacks Carty, stumped Buttler, bowled Jacks | 103 | 105 | 49 | 13 | 0 | 142 | 98.10 |
Hope,caught Brook, bowled Mahmood Hope, caught Brook, bowled Mahmood | 78 | 66 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 103 | 118.18 |
Hetmyer,leg before wicket, bowled Rashid Hetmyer, leg before wicket, bowled Rashid | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 100.00 |
Greaves,caught Duckett, bowled Bethell Greaves, caught Duckett, bowled Bethell | 22 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 100.00 |
Forde,caught Brook, bowled Mahmood Forde, caught Brook, bowled Mahmood | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 25.00 |
Chase,caught Buttler, bowled Mahmood Chase, caught Buttler, bowled Mahmood | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Motie,caught Root, bowled Rashid Motie, caught Root, bowled Rashid | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 200.00 |
A Joseph,bowled Rashid A Joseph, bowled Rashid | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 333.33 |
Seales,not out Seales, not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 11, byes 0, leg byes 2, total 13 Extras, no balls 0, wides 11, byes 0, leg byes 2, total 13 | |||||||
Total,308 all out 47.4 overs Total,308 all out 47.4 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mahmood | 9.4 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3.82 |
Carse | 9.0 | 1 | 59 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 6.55 |
Potts | 9.0 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6.22 |
Bethell | 6.0 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8.16 |
Rashid | 10.0 | 0 | 63 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6.30 |
Jacks | 4.0 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10.50 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
6 for 1 (1.5 overs) | Andrew |
147 for 2 (25.2 overs) | King |
205 for 3 (35.3 overs) | Carty |
212 for 4 (36.6 overs) | Hetmyer |
258 for 5 (43.3 overs) | Greaves |
268 for 6 (44.2 overs) | Forde |
268 for 7 (44.3 overs) | Chase |
294 for 8 (46.3 overs) | Motie |
304 for 9 (46.6 overs) | A Joseph |
308 for 10 (47.4 overs) | Hope |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smith,caught Hope, bowled Seales Smith, caught Hope, bowled Seales | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 |
Duckett,caught Seales, bowled Forde Duckett, caught Seales, bowled Forde | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.00 |
Root,not out Root, not out | 166 | 139 | 49 | 21 | 2 | 220 | 119.42 |
Brook,caught Seales, bowled A Joseph Brook, caught Seales, bowled A Joseph | 47 | 36 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 49 | 130.56 |
Buttler,bowled A Joseph Buttler, bowled A Joseph | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.00 |
Bethell,leg before wicket, bowled Chase Bethell, leg before wicket, bowled Chase | 17 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 60.71 |
Jacks,leg before wicket, bowled A Joseph Jacks, leg before wicket, bowled A Joseph | 49 | 58 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 83 | 84.48 |
Carse,caught Seales, bowled A Joseph Carse, caught Seales, bowled A Joseph | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 28.57 |
Rashid,not out Rashid, not out | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 90.91 |
Extras, no balls 1, wides 7, byes 8, leg byes 5, total 21 Extras, no balls 1, wides 7, byes 8, leg byes 5, total 21 | |||||||
Total,312 for 7 48.5 overs Total,312 for 7 48.5 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Seales | 9.5 | 1 | 56 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5.69 |
Forde | 9.0 | 0 | 76 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 8.44 |
A Joseph | 10.0 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.10 |
Greaves | 9.0 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6.00 |
Chase | 6.0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7.33 |
Motie | 5.0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7.60 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
1 for 1 (0.4 overs) | Smith |
2 for 2 (1.3 overs) | Duckett |
87 for 3 (11.4 overs) | Brook |
93 for 4 (13.4 overs) | Buttler |
133 for 5 (23.4 overs) | Bethell |
276 for 6 (43.5 overs) | Jacks |
288 for 7 (45.3 overs) | Carse |
