Captain Hope seals it with a six. Pushed through too full and outside off once again, Hope drags another slog-sweep over midwicket and finishes it off in style
U.A.E. vs West Indies, 1st ODI at Sharjah, UAE v WI, Jun 04 2023 - Match Result
West Indies won by 7 wickets (with 88 balls remaining)
11.25pm That is that. Brandon King's maiden ODI century has put WI 1-0 up. Daren Sammy has a winning start to his international coaching career. Keemo Paul, Dominic Drakes and Odean Smith also played their part in West Indies' emphatic victory. Thanks for tuning in. Until next time, this is Deivarayan Muthu signing off on the behalf of Srinidhi, P Ranjith and Thilak Ram. Goodbye and cheers.
Waseem, UAE captain: He [Paul] bowled well. Ali played well, but we were short by 50-60 runs. Aayan bowled well, but King played very well for West Indies. We will take some positives from this match and hopefully do well in other matches.
Hope, WI captain: There was no hurry. They all bowled well, I can't single out too many, and I was happy with the execution. Nice to see Hodge play in West Indies colours now and hopefully we can continue. I don't think there were devils in the surface but credit needs to be given to the bowlers. King is an exceptional player and someone who I thought would've scored a lot more runs early in his career. But happy for him. He saw the opportunity to take the game forward and happy to see him get his first hundred today.
King is suffering from cramps, so Hope collects King's Player-of-the-Match award on his behalf.
tossed up outside off, a bit too full from Karthik once again. Hope drops down to one knee and slog-sweeps it over midwicket. Bam!
clipped away into the midwicket region for a single
pushed through outside off, run away to point
Captain Hope replaces vice-captain King
King shakes his head as he walks back. Flatter, quicker and slid across off stump from round the stumps. King searches for a dab but can only dink it behind to Sharma. End of a top effort from King, though. James Franklin welcomes him back with a pat on the shoulder. Played
fired down the leg side, King simply helps it away fine for four more
tapped down to long-off
played back to Mustafa
too full and outside off from Karthik. King gets underneath the length once again and lofts it straight over the bowler's head. Another clean strike from King. Karthik continues to take some tap from WI
another wrong'un, heaved to midwicket
better control from Karthik. On a length and breaks away past the outside edge
Brandon King: batting royalty from Jamaica. He brings up his maiden ODI century and takes in the applause from WI's dressing room. Coach Sammy is up on his feet. Dangled up on middle, possibly another googly, but Karthik lands it too full. King gets underneath the length and launches it over the wide long-on boundary. Mighty slog-sweep from WI's new vice-captain
tossed up just a shade outside off, dabbed to cover on the front foot
wrong'un from Karthik, but he drops it too short, allowing King to rock back and pull it over deep midwicket. Strong pull from King
Karthik is back into the attack
stroked to cover once again on the front foot
Carty presses forward and pushes this middle-stump delivery to cover
flighted on off stump, Carty opens the face and drives it to point
punched off the back foot to wide long-off
tossed up on leg stump, King brings his wrists into play and shovels it over midwicket for another boundary
darted into the pad, but this is angling down leg
Thanks, Srinidhi. Hello, again, everyone. King is rushing WI to victory
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Toss | United Arab Emirates, elected to bat first |
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Season | 2023 |
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Series result | West Indies led the 3-match series 1-0 |
Match number | ODI no. 4581 |
Match days | 04 June 2023 - daynight (50-over match) |
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