50 for Chris Gaylepublished at 12.1 overs

12.1 overs

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Chris Gayle brings up his fifty as you would expect - by pulling Moeen Ali for six. Bat briefly raised and it's soon back to work for the big fella.

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Marlon Samuels enters the fray. He was terrible in the field today - absolutely hopeless. Time to bring Ben Stokes into the bowling attack?

Shai Hope's gone. But this type of shot should not be forgotten.

Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

It's another cross-seam delivery. Good pace. Hope had played nicely and in an orthodox manner. That is some relief for England.

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Andy Zaltzman
BBC Test Match Special statistician

That Moeen Ali innings - in that two over phase, where he scored 48 runs in the 45th and 46th overs, he broke the record for most runs in consecutive overs in one-day international cricket.

James Anderson
England fast bowler on BBC Test Match Special

It was just outstanding from Moeen earlier. It shows how vital it is to have a batting line-up that goes so deep. It was absolutely brutal batting at the end. He's not known for his agricultural hitting but he timed his innings really well. I didn't think they bowled well at the depth but you still have to him them.

If it was to rain now - and there's every chance it could - then West Indies are up with the Duckworth-Lewis par. Obviously we need 20 overs to constitute a match. That works out as about 138-1. Gayle is not going to see his side short - clubbing England's batting hero Moeen Ali for four over long-off.

The television cameraman picks out a cracking expression on the face of Alex Hales when another Chris Gayle six sails over his head on the boundary. There's a sense of wonderment about it... then a look of 'can we have our ball back' as the crowd parts and becomes a sea of hopeful hands hoping to pull off a catch for the cameras.

James Anderson
England fast bowler on BBC Test Match Special

You saw with Hales and Bairstow, if they're not getting boundaries then they're rotating the strike. That's what West Indies need to improve on.

Now that's a good shot!

Chris Woakes digs one in and Chris Gayle steps to leg before upper-cutting to the boundary.

Shai Hope, for all his nice boundaries, does use up a lot of dot balls. Something Jimmy has noticed from the commentary box...

Go hard or go get ready for a night out because you've been caught at point...

You can keep your Chris Gayle power. I'm all about Shai Hope, who plays the most delightful of late cuts for four. The fast hands and unbelievable timing are reminiscent of Brian Lara with a pinch of MS Dhoni. Not a bad combo.

To close the over, he gets his head over the ball and guides it through the leg side for another boundary. Effortless.

James Anderson
England fast bowler on BBC Test Match Special

It can be tricky for the non-striker when Gayle is batting, because you don't know how he will be running between the wicket and if his hamstring is OK.

A couple of times now, Chris Gayle has backed away from Chris Woakes and then steered the ball into the off side for a single. Is he making room for the big, expansive drive? Whatever the reason, he's not liking being cramped for room. When Woakes does drop short, Gayle crunches four through point.

James Anderson
England fast bowler on BBC Test Match Special

I think it's been a good start by England with the ball. They will be hoping to get a couple more wickets in this first 10 overs.

I am interested in the whole debate around Ben Foakes. Purely because I have this theory that teams miss a trick - certainly in T20 cricket - by not picking their best wicketkeeper. In T20 cricket, for example, why worry if the keeper can't bat? If you're down to your number 11, you're probably going to get beaten anyway. And the 15-20 runs they may save in the field, or that magical stumping, may prove decisive.

Back to more pressing matters, Chris Gayle twice slashes David Willey for four under increasingly leaden skies.

Chris Woakes celebrates an impending maiden to Chris Gayle with a bumper which the big man ducks beneath? Is that such a wise move? Like prodding a tiger with a stick.

Here's that wicket of Evin Lewis. It was, of course, Moeen Ali who took the catch.