00:00Good morning and welcome to our live coverage from Kensington Oval. You join us for this match
00:30Well, the captain must think there's a little bit of life to squeeze out of this pitch.
00:44Personally, I'd have been getting the pads on rather than fielding.
00:50Ready for the first ball here in the commentary box. What should be an enthralling contest
00:55between these two teams. That's off the middle of the bat. The short ball is picked up early.
01:03Not the best delivery, but it was certainly a very good shot to dispatch it. Just need
01:08to keep it simple. Line and length, around about off stump, and that'll force the mistake.
01:14Gone! Played all around it. It's the wicket they so desperately wanted, they've removed
01:22a real threat before they could get going. Coming to the wicket, they'll be looking to
01:27play within the V early and expand as they get settled. Yep. Dismisses that for four.
01:40A bit of West Indian flair to that. It was lovely footwork. A great shot, a glorious
01:45shot actually to get back and play it like that. Tried for something a bit different
01:54the last ball. The captain shouldn't mind that. If they get it right, they might just
01:59get the wicket. Yep. Catch! Right in the slot. Right where they like it. The ball races to
02:07the boundary. Just perfection. A majestic shot. You just cannot hit it any better than
02:14that. Raced away to the boundary. Yep. That's going a long way. What a shot that is. Perhaps
02:25that slipped out of the hand and it'll join the release. Jacks didn't mind and sent it
02:29high and handsome over the boundary rope for six. Does very well to get quickly across
02:41to that one. Just through the shot too early. Questions will begin to be asked. Should the
02:47captain make a change? A big over that one. Too many loose deliveries. The right armour
03:08is coming on to bowl from the university end. Yes! That's right out of the middle of
03:23the bat. That was a massive shot. Middled and it flew over the boundary. Brilliant stuff.
03:32Don't mind getting hit for runs. What's important is to focus on getting the next ball right.
03:39Drives and misses everything. Stephenson with a superb delivery. Got them trying to drive but
03:48messing everything up. Got all of it and for six. Off the front foot. Hit it with all the
04:06power and elegance of a batter. Right at the top of their game. Getting nicely settled at
04:12the crease now. Would have been really happy with that last shot. Good looking shot. Back
04:21into position easily and timed it beautifully. Everything was right about it. The footwork to
04:27get back and then the bat coming through the ball beautifully. Jones I don't think will be
04:33too happy with their bowler at the moment. Yes! That's gone all the way. Right out of the middle.
04:43Just a little bit of room given. The power was immense. That has flown over the boundary. That
04:51last ball isn't something you'd want to see a repeat of. You don't want to be giving easy runs
04:56away. Misses everything. Misses out there on the short and wide one. Over. England are 40 for 1.
05:08And the innings comes to an end. America will need 41 runs.
05:56A mountain to climb as the openers come out. The goal be to get the innings off to a good
06:24start. But one of these two surely has to go on to score big. Four runs. First ball of the innings.
06:41No problems to get on the back foot and punch that away. A little bit short. Not horribly short.
06:47Moves the feet well and the hands even better. I'd like to see them aim for the top of off now.
06:54As a bowler you've got to make them play on your terms. Thick edge. Overstepping just a little too
07:04eager on that delivery. Archer will be disappointed with that previous delivery. Not up to their
07:14normal standards. Nicked it through the field. Will it get to the boundary? Didn't time it at
07:25all but managed to get it away to the boundary. You can see how good this pitch can be for batting.
07:30You want the player coming forward but it's a tight margin. Only a touch full and put away.
07:36That's right out of the middle of the bat. You can't fault the bowling. Sometimes your opponent
07:43is just too good. Wonderful front foot shot and there was absolutely no point in chasing that.
07:48Collects that one. Simple as you like inside the ring.
08:13Very sweet off the bat and four all the way. It was just a little bit too full and it was beautifully timed.
08:21Beaten on the drive. That's wild. Nothing elegant about that shot. Just not timing it at all.
08:36That's poor play. Playing all their shots in that over. A very expensive over. A big opportunity.
08:46They've worked hard in recent weeks. They should have the confidence to build in innings and get
08:51big runs on the board. Wood coming on. Obviously hoping the pace will cause some trouble.
09:07Big shout.
09:28Gone. That's a good catch. A trudge back to the pavilion. A disappointing display in the end.
09:34For someone with such batting skills this goes down as a fail.
09:49That was a tremendous delivery. Fizzed through to the keeper. No more short balls. This over.
09:57A change to the complexion of this match. Got to get the new batter coming forward early.
10:03Encouraging them to drive and really attack the stumps. Nicely played.
10:12It was wide and suitably dealt with.
10:19A boundary off the last ball. Is it a sign they're trying to push the run rate?
10:24Yeah, yeah. Great shot through the gap. Perfect timing. Had all the time in the
10:29world to get in position to play that ball. Timed it nicely for four runs.
10:36Back to back boundaries. The bowler will be searching for something now.
10:40Just a dot ball or two to settle things down.
10:44Good bit of timing there.
10:53You could see by how it whistled away to the boundary just how tight it was to the
10:59boundary. A little bit of a slow bounce. A bit of a delay.
11:04Good bit of timing there.
11:11You could see by how it whistled away to the boundary just how sweetly this was timed.
11:15Wood shouldn't be too worried about that last ball.
11:19They've got them playing their shots, just need to tighten their areas now.
11:27Great shot.
11:28At least one on offer.
11:29Out.
11:30Caught.
11:31It's the sort of dismissal that sees the momentum swing back to the bowler.
11:41Gone.
11:42But not for many.
11:51That's a great win.
11:52It really did...
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