England vs West Indies, ODI, 2nd ODI, June 1, 2025 - Match Info

A tame one-sided contest in Birmingham, an equal contest between bat and ball in Cardiff, what does London have in store for us? Join us for the last ODI from the Kennington Oval on the 3rd of June. For now, cheers and bye..

Harry Brook: He is only getting better with age. Amazing to have Joe in the side. Didn't quite go our way. We created some chances. We bowled well in the powerplay, just didn't go to hand. Jacks is a proper batter. He can score hundreds. He can hit over cover and square leg. That partnership won us the game. The boys are well together. Lot of good lads there. Nice to get the win.

Shai Hope: Was good to see King getting runs. And of course Carty. He has the ability. It is the consistency coming through now.. The position we were in around the 30-over mark, we should have scored 30-40 more runs. The bowlers were commendable. The wickets were the key. Very difficult to restrict in these conditions.

Joe Root, Player of the Match: From being 2 for 2, it was nice to be till the end. Lot of stuff wrapped into this. Made for a great game of cricket. Bowlers were always in the game. It was an interesting wicket. It was about managing different situations. Alzarri bowled brilliantly. The way Jacks played was exceptional. There is enough there to keep wanting to go. I want to get better everyday. As long as there is fire in the belly, you are good to go. The way Harry has come in and put his stamp on it is really good. Got us off to a brilliant start and ended up being a successful powerplay. You will see him as a great player and a great leader in times to come.

19:07 Local Time, 18:07 GMT, 23:37 IST: An absolute masterclass from Joe Root seals England's win and he walks off to a rousing reception from the dressing room. To be fair, he had a huge slice of luck after umpire Adrain Holdstock turned down what looked a pretty straightforward LBW decision on 7, had a couple of close run-out chances going his way, but he then turned imperious. 21 fours and 2 sixes dotted what was truly a memorable career-best knock, but West Indies will wonder where it all went wrong. The new ball swung and Alzarri Joseph was all fire and brimstone - as many as three of England's top-5 were sent packing for ducks and they had reduced the hosts to 133 for 5 at one stage. Will Jacks then joined Root to add an invaluable 143 runs for the 6th wicket, Alzarri came back, breathed fire and gave his team hope, but there was no stopping Root, the right-hander staying firm and guiding his team home. The West Indies will look back at the unplayed 14 balls at the end of the innings, the collapse which meant they finished on 308 and not 325+ as perhaps reasons for today's loss. They were outclassed three days ago, but they played their part in a classic contest today.

48.5 Jayden Seales to Root, FOUR, England win, overpitched by Seales, Root leans across, presents the full face of the bat and caresses the drive straight of mid-on. England win the match and they gain an unassailable 2-0 series lead

The field has come in, long leg is the only one outside the ring

48.4 Jayden Seales to Root, 2 runs, length ball on off, shovelled through mid-wicket and Root comes back for the second - scores are level now

48.3 Jayden Seales to Adil Rashid, leg byes, 1 run, another leading edge as Rashid gets opened up by the angle, was looking to judge it onto the on-side, closed the face of the bat and the ball lobbed to the off-side, given as leg-bye, so could've come off the thigh-pad

48.2 Jayden Seales to Adil Rashid, no run, short and climbing onto the right-hander, Rashid takes his eyes off the ball as he defended, hit the handle and popped to the off-side

48.1 Jayden Seales to Root, 1 run, on a length and at the stumps, clipped through square leg for a single

Fielding penalty and West Indies have to bring an extra fielder inside the ring

47.6 Forde to Adil Rashid, no run, another cutter from Forde, extra bounce and catches the shoulder of Rashid's bat as he defended

47.5Forde to Adil Rashid, no run, a big appeal for LBW, was a celebappeal from Forde, but umpire Adrian Holdstock stays firm. They've reviewed, but think there's an inside edge here. Rashid was caught in the crease to one that nipped back into the right-hander, but there's a clear inside edge and UltraEdge confirms the same. They've lost the review

47.4 Forde to Adil Rashid, FOUR, England inch closer now, banged in short and Rashid was looking to help it on its way, placed the pull fine and beat long leg to his right

47.3 Forde to Root, 1 run, slower short ball from Forde, pulled behind square on the on-side and the single brings up England's 300

47.2 Forde to Root, no run, on a good length and well wide of off - Root was initially looking to apddle, he then tries to run it fine, ends up chopping it straight to the fielder at short third

47.1 Forde to Adil Rashid, 1 run, fuller length delivery at the stumps, driven to the right of mid-on for a single