Shai Hope’s century leads West Indies to victory over England in first ODI

1st ODI: West Indies, 326-6, beat England, 325, by four wktsCaptain’s knock sees home side claim opening matchAfter crashing at the World Cup England’s white-ball side, like a malfunctioning laptop, has been turned off and on again, rebooted and updated, but when it was time to press restart they suffered another malfunction.After setting a record ODI score on this ground they proved powerless as West Indies bettered it with seven balls to spare to win by four wickets, and as the batting of their captain, Jos Buttler, continues to suggest major programming errors it was his opposite number, Shai Hope, who steered his team to victory. Continue reading...