England defeats West Indies in 3rd ODI - Match Photos

England defeat West Indies by 58 runs. Matt Prior was declared Man of the Match for his 87 run contribution to put up a huge score of 328 runs.

England wins series 3 - 0 - photos of match

Andrew Strauss walks back to the pavilion after being stumped out

Matt Prior cuts the ball for a boundary

Matt Prior Scores a ball to run 87 of 86 balls which gets the Man of the Match award

Owais Shah pulling an excellent shot - He along with Matt Prior setup a huge score

Matt Prior is clean bowled by Jerome Taylor after he scored a quick 87 runs

Chris Gayle walks back disappointed after his quick dismissal.

West Indies loose their only hope to win the match

England Captain Andrew Strauss along with his team mates celebrate the wicket of Ramnaresh Sarawan wicket, who was smartly caught by Andrew Strauss

Runako Morton is caught out of the crease, as he backs out too far to return back to the crease.

Dwayne Bravo is trapped LBW by Tim Bresnan

Matt Prior was awarded Man of the Match for his 86 ball 87 runs

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England beat West Indies in the 3rd ODI , Seal ODI series 3-0

England 328 for 7 (Prior 87, Shah 75, Strauss 52, Taylor 3-59) beat West Indies 270 (Chanderpaul 68, Ramdin 45, Anderson 3-58)

England’s fine batting form has given a good platform for the English bowlers to show their skill in tumbling down West Indies to a 3 – 0 series defeat in England. A great performance with the willow by their top order has led to a confident England looking for a clean sweep in this ODI series against West Indies.

Matt Prior dazzled with the bat with 87 runs scoring along with his partner Owais Shah who scored 75 runs to have a healthy partnership which actually took the match away by allowing them to put a huge score of 328 on the board. West Indies having faltered in the past two matches failed to have some good combination to chase a 300 plus score giving away the chase with only Chanderpaul and Ramdin showing some resistance.

The next match being a dead rubber will either give England a clean sweep on the series or West Indies will claim some bit of pride by winning a solitary game in the England vs West Indies DI series.

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England ODI Team prepare for the third ODI against West Indies at Edgbaston - 26th May 2009

Pictures of England team practicing at Edgbaston on the eve of the 3rd ODI against West Indies on 26th May. England are comfortably leading the series 2 nil and aiming for a series win if they manage to win the game today.

Ravi Bopara, Paul Collingwood & Tim Bresnan play a game of football as they prepare for the third ODI against West Indies at Edgbaston


Tim Bresnan kicks a penalty shot as they prepare before the 3rd ODI against West Indies on 26th May 2009

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England vs West Indies, 3rd ODI at Edgbaston, Birmingham, May 26, 2009

England is sailing high with a stupendous two Test victory against West Indies and they have carried on that form in the ODI series as well winning their first two ODI with great style. the third match to be held on 26th May 2009 at Edgbaston, Birmingham is the tie for today where they can win the ODI series.

England can sense a series win and also can try and make a clean sweep with their players in good knick and raring to go for a series victory here at Edgbaston. Stuart Broad can be the player to look for who bowled extremely well to take 4 wickets in the last match at bristol

England Team: most probable squad
Andrew Strauss (capt), Ravi Bopara, Matt Prior (wk), Owais Shah, Paul Collingwood Eoin Morgan, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Tim Bresnan, James Anderson

A struggling side with some good players but all is not going well for them. They should look for some difference in the squad. Fidel Edward would be a good option with a good experience the youth has and can sling it hard. They can also try opening the batting with Shivnarine Chanderpaul who is not very confident to take up that job of an opener.

West Indies: most probable squad
Chris Gayle (capt), Lendl Simmons, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Darren Sammy, Jerome Taylor, Sulieman Benn, Fidel Edwards

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Preview of 1st ODI - England vs. West Indies at Headingley – Eng vs. Windies ODI preview

England riding on a high with a successful Test series and an outright performance must have made them confident about the ODI series to be theirs. But West Indies will have other plans with some fresh players and some hard hitters from the IPL who will take charge in the ODI squad.

West Indies have some exciting and skilled ODI players in Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul who can turn the game with some hard hitting.

England on the other side will be missing Kevin Pieterson due to his right Achilles tendon injury will not make it for the ODI series, gives Ravi Bopara to extend his excellent form into the ODI’s along with other ODI experts like Dimitri Mascarenhas & Owais Shah.

In all, an exciting duel to enjoy!

Probable Team compositions: (Players to watch out are bolded)

England:
Andrew Strauss (capt), Ravi Bopara, Owais Shah, Eoin Morgan, Paul Collingwood, Matt Prior (wk), Dimitri Mascarenhas, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Tim Bresnan, James Anderson

West Indies
Chris Gayle (capt), Lendl Simmons, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Darren Sammy, Jerome Taylor, Sulieman Benn, Fidel Edwards

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Kevin Pieterson out of ODI squad - England vs.West Indies

In an attempt to preserve Kevin Pieterson for the T20 World Cup, who is currently recovering from a minor right achilles tendon injury, the England Board has out Kevin of the ODI squad for the ongoing one day series against West Indies.

England Cricket Board (ECB) took this call in wake of the situation that their top players as the likes of Kevin Pieterson is preserved and kept fresh for the much important tournaments like the ICC T20 World Cup; and not burning them out before such an important event.

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Alastair Cook and Ravi Bopara give a good start to England – 2nd Test First Inning

Summary:


England 302 for 2 (Cook 126*, Anderson 4*) v West Indies

Ravi Bopara scored his third consecutive century to give England a strong start along with Alastair Cook who is unbeaten on 126. West Indies had to toil hard get across both these in form batsmen.

By end of day, England scored 302 for 2, with Alastair Cook and Anderson sent in as the night watchman. A nice batting pitch will help England put on a big score to pile before W’indies could get their hand with the bat.



Batting - England 1st innings
AJ Strauss c Ramdin b Gayle 26 66 4 0 39.39
AN Cook not out 126 262 14 0 48.09
RS Bopara b Baker 108 208 13 1 51.92
JM Anderson not out 4 16 1 0 25.00
Extras (b 9, lb 3, w 6, nb 20) 38
Total (2 wickets; 90 overs) 302
(3.35 runs per over)

Bowling – West Indies 1st Innings
LS Baker - 1 wicket in 19 overs
CH Gayle – 1 wicket in 12 overs

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