ENG vs WI, ICC World Cup 2019: England's clinical bowling restrict West Indies to 212 at Southampton

England took just 44.4 overs to bowl out the Caribbeans for a paltry 212 in their World Cup match on Friday. Nicholas Pooran chose the biggest stage to strike his maiden ODI fifty but West Indies' big guns failed to fire.

England speedsters Jofra Archer (3/30), Mark Wood (3/18), Chris Woakes (1/16), took just 44.4 overs to bowl out the Caribbeans for a paltry 212 in their World Cup match on Friday. Nicholas Pooran chose the biggest stage to strike his maiden ODI fifty but West Indies' big guns failed to fire. Windies star batsmen Chris Gayle (36) and Andre Russell (21) lost their wickets  when the situation demanded them the most to stay at the crease. Taking account of the situation, young Pooran (63) and Shimron Hetmyer (39), batted maturely to add 89 runs for the fourth wicket. The ball was hurrying on to the batsmen and whether it was a Shai Hope (11) or big-hitting Gayle, the Caribbeans found the going tough as timing the ball was a challenge. They had already lost Evin Lewis (0), bowled by Woakes off a yorker. Hope's torturous stay was ended by Wood when he had him trapped after reviewing the umpire's not out decision. Pooran and Hetmyer then chose restrain over flamboyance, steading the innings. The duo did all the hard work, working the ball around to keep the scoreboard going in their partnership, which got broken when Joe Root had Hetmyer caught off his own bowling. The part-time off-spinner struck in his next over too, dismissing the rival captain Jason Holder (9) in similar fashion. In came Russell and the ball was soon flying into the stands. He twice dispatched leg-spinner Adil Rashid into the crowd after being dropped but was dismissed, attempting another big shot off Wood.