4th ODI Match ENG Vs WIN And 1st ODI Match AFG Vs IR 2019

AFG Vs IR Match

ENG Vs WIN MAtch

England Beat The Windies

In

4^th ODI Match

England win by 29 runs

ODI 04 of 05 ( England Lead 2- 1)

Windies - 389 48/50 ov RR: 8.10

England - 418/6 50/50 ov RR: 8.36

v England have won by 29 runs, lead series 2-1

v Rashid(5/85) takes four late wickets in over, seals the victory

v England prevail in a high-scoring thriller, Grenada

v Gayle(162) record-breaking feat in vain

v Buttler's mammoth 150 lifts England to 418/6

England’s Jos Buttler and West Indies’ Chris Gayle each reached 150, but it was the tourists who claimed the honors on a historic day in Grenada.

West Indies won the toss and elected to bowl first, only to see their opponents rack up their third-highest ODI total. Jonny Bairstow and Alex Hales, opening in place of the injured Jason Roy, got England’s innings off to a rollicking start, adding a century stand inside 14 overs.

Bairstow was the early aggressor, bringing up his first 50 in 10 ODIs off 31 balls. After he was bowled, Hales took over, smashing eight fours and two sixes in his 73-ball 82, and ensuring England made up for the loss of usual lynchpin Joe Root for 5.

Eoin Morgan and Jos Buttler put on a double-century stand Eoin Morgan and Jos Buttler put on a double-century stand

Once he was dismissed, it was the Buttler show, with Eoin Morgan playing a fine supporting hand. The pair added 204 for the fourth wicket, and though Morgan fell two balls after bringing up his 12th ODI ton, Buttler ensured England received an explosive finish.

He made his highest ODI score, and the second-fastest 150 of all time in ODIs. He accelerated superbly, moving from 50 to 150 in just 31 balls. His 12 sixes was a record for an Englishman in an ODI knock, and England’s 24 combined maximums broke the world record, set by West Indies in the first ODI of the series, for sixes by one team in an ODI.

Buttler hit an English-record 12 sixes Buttler hit an English-record 12 sixes

For a time, West Indies looked like they might reclaim their own record at the first possible opportunity, as an inspired knock from Gayle meant the gave a good fist of chasing England’s 418/6. The opener had started slowly in the first two ODIs, but this time launched from the off, smashing his ninth ball for six after John Campbell had plundered 14 runs from five Mark Wood balls in the second over of the reply.

Wood, bowling with his customary pace and hostility, bounced back to claim Campbell’s and Shai Hope’s wickets. In the company of Darren Bravo, Gayle marched on, and by the start of the 23rd over, they had driven their side to 220/2, needing less than seven and a half runs per over to win.

Mark Wood claimed a vital four-for Mark Wood claimed a vital four-for

The re-introduction of Wood felt like a pivotal moment, and so it proved as he struck twice in three balls, enticing Bravo to toe-end a pull shot to Ben Stokes at mid-off, before dismissing Shimron Hetmyer for a two-ball six, having been pulled over mid-wicket first up.

Captain Jason Holder chipped in with a calming cameo as Gayle’s destruction continued. He brought up his 150 during a stretch of 20 runs in five balls off Rashid and looked like he might see his side home.

Chris Gayle made his fastest ODI century Chris Gayle made his fastest ODI century

He and Holder fell in the space of two overs, and it felt like that might be that, only for Carlos Brathwaite and Ashley Nurse to add 88 as West Indies dared to dream once more.

And then, all of a sudden, it was over. Rashid returned to claim four wickets in five balls, and that was it. England had just beaten West Indies in the sixes count – 24 to 22, with their combined tally a record – and just beat them in the run count, by 29 runs. But on both, they had been given an almighty scare.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Afghanistan Beat The Ireland

Afghanistan won by 5 wickets

ODI 01 of 05 ( AFG Lead 1- 0)

Afghanistan - 165/5 41.5/50 ov RR: 3.94

Ireland - 161 49.2/50 ov RR: 3.26

v Afghanistan have won by five wickets, take a 1-0 lead in series

v Gulbadin Naib's calculated hitting sinks Ireland

v Rankin keeps Ireland interested with two quick wickets

v Stirling's 89 helps Ireland post-150-plus score

v Mujeeb(3/14), Zadran (3/35) restrict Ireland to 161

Despite Paul Stirling's valiant 89, Ireland was bundled for a paltry 161 – a target Afghanistan chased down with 49 balls to spare to take the series lead.

Afghanistan emphatically extended Ireland's winless run, securing a five-wicket victory in Dehradun on Thursday, 28 February. Apart from Paul Stirling's excellent effort to score 89 – over half of his team's total – not much went Ireland's way.

Afghanistan's chase was off to a solid start with Mohammad Shahzad and Hazratullah Zazai putting on 43 for the opening wicket. Zazai's innings was ended on 25 when he was superbly caught at the long-on rope by Kevin O'Brien off Tim Murtagh. Shahzad had a slowish start but started accelerating as his innings progressed. But Shahzad fell for 43 when he tried to hit a good length ball from Boyd Rankin over mid-off – an audacious shot he'd pulled off earlier.

Rankin's extra bounce gave him something to work with, and in his next over he got rid of Rahmat Shah, who skied a pull-shot to deep mid-wicket, falling for 22. After that wicket, Afghanistan's scoring rate slowed down considerably with the Irish spinners applying the squeeze – Hashmatullah Shahidi and Gulbadin Naib scored just 12 runs from 42 deliveries before the former succumbed to pressure, nicking one to the keeper off Simi Singh for a 29-ball nine.

The asking rate was still only hovering around three, but Ireland continued keeping it tight. Singh, in particular, was excellent, conceding only 19 from his 10 overs to help mount the pressure in the middle overs. Nevertheless, some lusty blows from the blade of Naib (46) took Afghanistan to what in the end was a comfortable victory.

Earlier, it didn't take long for Afghanistan's spinners to start making an impact. Mujeeb Ur Rahman struck in his very first over to dismiss Irish captain William Porterfield for one, when he inside-edged an attempted cut. Andy Balbirnie was put out of his misery when he played a missed a sweep shot off the same bowler to fall for a 20-ball two. James McCollum's debut innings ended the first ball as he missed a googly. Mujeeb's excellence saw him finish the day with figures of 3/14 from ten overs as he proved a tricky customer with the ball.

It wasn't only the spinners that troubled Ireland – Dawlat Zadran and Naib, the seamers, shared five wickets between them. Naib's first victim was Kevin O'Brien, having him miscue a leg-cutter straight to mid-on to depart for 10. Simi Singh stuck around for 32 deliveries before being trapped in front by off-spinner Mohammad Nabi. Zadran then had Stuart Poynter trapped in front for seven.

At 69/6, Ireland looked in lot deeper trouble but they were saved some embarrassment through a 76-run partnership between Stirling and George Dockrell. Stirling went past his fifty during this partnership and played some excellent shots.

But once Dockrell was cleaned up by Rashid Khan, the procession of wickets resumed with Zadran preying on the lower-order batsmen. Stirling's 150-ball knock, featuring six fours and three sixes, came to an end when he was castled by Naib after shuffling too wide across his crease. Despite earning a score of respectability, it wasn't to be enough for Ireland.