What’s the story
In the third one–day international that was canceled due to rain at the Kennington Oval in London, West Indies revised their target to 246 runs against England.
After rain disrupted play in the first innings, the match was reduced to 40 overs per side.
When Sherfane Rutherford arrived, WI was 28/3. He held his fort from one end. When he joined him, Gudakesh Motie was 121/6.
Before Motie and Alzarri Jospeh bolstered WI, the two added 33 runs to their partnership.
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Match delay
Delay in match West Indies lose 3 early wickets
The match started half an hour late after the West Indies team bus got stuck in traffic and reached The Oval 10 minutes after the scheduled toss.
When Evin Lewis pulled Brydon Carse to short midwicket, he was dismissed immediately. Two overs later, Brandon King followed him and hit a drive to Jacob Bethell at point. Shai Hope also fell prey to a short-ball trap, pulling Saqib Mahmood to long leg and leaving West Indies reeling at 28/3.
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Recovery phase
The fall of the middle order and Rutherford’s knock After that, Keacy Carty and Rutherford stabilized the innings with a 55-run partnership before play was halted for more than 90 minutes by rain. Despite being a late addition to the squad, Rutherford made his presence felt with a fluent 70 run-knock.
However, he didn’t get much support from the middle order as Adil Rashid dismissed three batsmen in quick succession.
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Lower order resilience
Motie, Joseph set target with attacking partnership
Motie, who batted after Roston Chase was out, hit a six-ball over deep midwicket off Rashid’s hat trick. Motie and Joseph continued to attack the England bowlers after Rutherford was dismissed, forming a strong partnership. The duo added 91 runs for the eighth wicket in just 68 balls, setting a revised target of 246 runs in 40 overs for England.
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Stats
Rutherford’s sixth fifty in an ODI. Rutherford faced 71 balls for his 70. He hit two sixes and nine fours. In 13 ODIs, Rutherford now owns 567 runs for West Indies at 70.87. He hit his 6th fifty (100s: 1).
In 7 matches versus England (5 innings), he owns 196 runs at 39.20. He slammed his 3rd fifty versus England.
Rutherford has quickly reached 1,417 runs in List A cricket, according to ESPNcricinfo. He hit his 10th fifty.
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Motie slams a valiant 63-run knock
WI all-rounder Motie hit a brilliant 54-ball 63. The spinner smashed 5 fours and three sixes. Motie registered his 2nd ODI fifty. He owns 296 runs from 28 matches (17 innings) at 26.90. This was his maiden fifty versus England.