2nd over: West Indies 2-2 (Joseph 1, Taylor' 0) Em Arlott returns to the side and takes the new ball from the pavilion end. Replays show her pulling an embarrassed face at her wicket – but it did exactly what it had to, even if James made a bit of a hash of her stroke.
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England v West Indies: third women’s cricket ODI – live | Women's cricket Key events WICKET! James b Arlott 0 (West Indies 2-2)Full, accurate, dips under the bat and into the stumps! 1st over: West Indies 1-1 (Joseph 0, James 0) : Kate Cross with the new ball, in the crowd children pull their hoods closer. She starts with a wide, but has a wicket two balls later. WICKET! Grimmand c Jones b Cross 0 (West Indies 1-1)A smidgen of movement and Grimmand can’t resist. International cricket pricking any bubbles – cruel mistress that it is. Out come the players – as the raindrops freckle the camera lens. Starting on timeHeather Knight is commentating today – after injury ruled her out of this series. Of the strength of this West Indies side, she says, “They’re obviously without a few big players and they’re going through a transition period. I thought Hayley Matthews put it really well during the T20 series – the West Indies haven’t had a huge amount of cricket domestically, so the players are having to learn in the international arena.” It’s drizzing at Taunton, the skies are dishwater grey. West Indies XIWest Indies: Qiana Joseph, Realeanna Grimmond, Zaida James, Stafanie Taylor, Shemaine Campbelle (c, wk),Shabika Gajnabi, Jannillea Glasgow, Aaliyah Alleyne, Jahzara Claxton, Karishma Ramharack, Ashmini Munisar. England XIThree changes for England and a real jig of the order – NSB will open the batting. England: Amy Jones (wk), Nat Sciver-Brunt (capt), Emma Lamb, Sophia Dunkley, Alice Capsey, Alice Davidson-Richards, Em Arlott, Charlie Dean, Kate Cross, Sarah Glenn, Lauren Filer. No Hayley Matthews for West IndiesWest Indies are still without Hayley Matthews, so Shermaine Campbell captains again. She’d have bowled first too – and reports that Qiana Joseph is fit again and will open. Ashmini Munisar also plays, Afy Fletcher and Cherry-Ann Fraser miss out. England win the toss and will bowl!Under very threatening skies. “We’ve batted twice, says NSB, “ we decided to look a bit differently at the game. Three changes – Tammy, Lindsey Smith and Lauren Bell are missing out – Charlie Dean, Em Arlott and Sarah Glenn are back – while we’re giving some more opportunities to the batters who have missed out and some shuffling of the order as well.” We have eyes, ears and pen in Taunton – Raf is ready and waiting: “Having an iced coffee and a yoghurt flapjack in Tom Lammonby’s new cafe, 9/15, down the road near the Ring of Bells pub. Highly recommended! Weather currently dry. Iced coffee may be optimistic though.” PreambleGood morning! After a whirlwind few weeks, it all comes to an end today at Taunton, for the third and final ODI and the last match of this white-ball series against West Indies. If England win today, they will be undefeated this summer, and the margins of victory - by over a hundred runs in the ODIs and T20 wins by eight and nine wickets, and 17 runs - show the gulf between the two sides. England are bouncing – the collegiate captaincy of NSB working well, and some tasty performances from top – Tammy Beaumont and Amy Jones – to bottom - Lauren Filer and Lindsey Smith. But there have been some bright sparks for West Indies too – not the least the sparkling half century by debutant pocket rocket Realeanna Grimmand in the last game. Play starts at 11am, do join us. Source link Posted: 2025-06-07 11:14:03 |
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