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Key occasions
1st over: England 5-0 (Smith 1, Duckett 4) Ben Duckett leaves his first ball, a Halley’s Comet second that elicits chuckles from Nasser Hussain and Eoin Morgan chuckling within the Sky field. He’s then overwhelmed all sides of a normal punch thru additional duvet for 4.
Matt Forde, a tough little nibbler who will have to do smartly in English stipulations, will open the bowling.
Team information
West Indies are with out Sherfane Rutherford and Romario Shepherd, who’re nonetheless on the IPL. The youngster Jewel Andrew is a last-minute alternative for Evin Lewis.
England Smith, Duckett, Root, Brook (c), Buttler (wk), Bethell, Jacks, J Overton, Carse, Rashid, Mahmood.
West Indies King, Greaves, Carty, Hope (c/wk), Jangoo, Chase, Andrew, Forde, A Joseph Motie, Seales.
Ali Martin’s collection preview
West Indies win the toss and bowl
It’s an excessively windy afternoon in Birmingham; Harry Brook isn’t requested what he’s have executed.
England named their crew the day past, with Jamie Smith getting first crack as Ben Duckett’s opening spouse. Will Jacks at No7 is a fascinating selection. It feels abnormal to peer him so low however England desperately want a dependable death-hitter so it’s price a check out.
England XI Duckett, Smith, Root, Brook (c), Buttler (wk), Bethell, Jacks, J Overton, Carse, Rashid, Mahmood.
Preamble
It’s a brand new crack of dawn, it’s a brand new day. Harry Brook’s reign as England’s white-ball captain starts with a three-match ODI collection in opposition to West Indies, beginning these days at Edgbaston. The get started of a brand new technology is inevitably the primary focal point, however we shouldn’t lose sight of the C-word: context.
England’s one-day shape has been sufficiently depressing that they’re 8th within the ICC ratings, 3 issues above West Indies. Only the highest 8 will qualify mechanically for the following World cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia on the finish of 2027.
There’s nonetheless a good option to cross – the cutoff level is March of that 12 months – however England want to get their white balls in a row faster slightly than later. Today could be a great time to start out.
The tournament begins at 1pm.
