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Result
Match drawn
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
West Indies won the toss and chose to field
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | c DS Smith b DBL Powell | 33 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 47.1 |
| Alastair Cook | c DJ Bravo b JE Taylor | 105 | 196 | 10 | 0 | 53.6 |
| Owais Shah | c DS Smith b DBL Powell | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 31.6 |
| Kevin Pietersen | c DS Smith b CD Collymore | 26 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 59.1 |
| Paul Collingwood | b DJ Bravo | 111 | 209 | 14 | 0 | 53.1 |
| Ian Bell | not out | 109* | 190 | 11 | 0 | 57.4 |
| Matt Prior | not out | 126* | 128 | 19 | 0 | 98.4 |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 17, w 8, nb 4) | 37 | ||||
| Total | 142 overs | 553/5 | ||||
Did not bat: LE Plunkett, SJ Harmison, MS Panesar, MJ Hoggard
Fall of wickets: 1-88 (AJ Strauss, 24.1 ov), 2-103 (OA Shah, 28.3 ov), 3-162 (KP Pietersen, 44.4 ov), 4-219 (AN Cook, 63.3 ov), 5-363 (PD Collingwood, 106.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DBL Powell | 37 | 9 | 113 | 2 | 3.05 | 1 | 1 |
| JE Taylor | 24 | 4 | 114 | 1 | 4.75 | 0 | 0 |
| CD Collymore | 32 | 5 | 110 | 1 | 3.44 | 0 | 2 |
| DJ Bravo | 32 | 8 | 106 | 1 | 3.31 | 1 | 1 |
| CH Gayle | 10 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 4.80 | 0 | 0 |
| RS Morton | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | 2 | 0 |
| RR Sarwan | 6 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 5.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Gayle | b LE Plunkett | 30 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 76.9 |
| D Ganga | lbw b MS Panesar | 49 | 131 | 5 | 0 | 37.4 |
| DS Smith | b MS Panesar | 21 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 53.8 |
| RR Sarwan | lbw b MS Panesar | 35 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 72.9 |
| S Chanderpaul | lbw b MS Panesar | 74 | 193 | 9 | 0 | 38.3 |
| RS Morton | lbw b MS Panesar | 14 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 63.6 |
| DJ Bravo | c AN Cook b PD Collingwood | 56 | 59 | 8 | 1 | 94.9 |
| D Ramdin | c PD Collingwood b LE Plunkett | 60 | 87 | 11 | 0 | 69.0 |
| DBL Powell | not out | 36* | 60 | 7 | 0 | 60.0 |
| JE Taylor | c sub (LJ Hodgson) b SJ Harmison | 21 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 110.5 |
| CD Collymore | lbw b MS Panesar | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 17, w 16, nb 3) | 40 | ||||
| Total | 116.1 overs | 437 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-38 (CH Gayle, 12.2 ov), 2-83 (DS Smith, 26.1 ov), 3-151 (RR Sarwan, 40.2 ov), 4-165 (D Ganga, 44.3 ov), 5-187 (RS Morton, 52.2 ov), 6-279 (DJ Bravo, 71.6 ov), 7-362 (D Ramdin, 96.5 ov), 8-387 (S Chanderpaul, 106.4 ov), 9-424 (JE Taylor, 113.5 ov), 10-437 (CD Collymore, 116.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Hoggard | 10.1 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 2.85 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Harmison | 28 | 2 | 117 | 1 | 4.18 | 4 | 2 |
| Liam Plunkett | 30 | 7 | 107 | 2 | 3.57 | 4 | 0 |
| Paul Collingwood | 11.5 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 2.87 | 0 | 1 |
| Monty Panesar | 36.1 | 3 | 129 | 6 | 3.57 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | c RS Morton b CD Collymore | 24 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 43.6 |
| Alastair Cook | c D Ramdin b CD Collymore | 65 | 125 | 8 | 0 | 52.0 |
| Owais Shah | c D Ramdin b CD Collymore | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.0 |
| Kevin Pietersen | lbw b CH Gayle | 109 | 138 | 12 | 0 | 79.0 |
| Paul Collingwood | c RS Morton b DJ Bravo | 34 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 79.1 |
| Ian Bell | c D Ganga b DJ Bravo | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.9 |
| Matt Prior | c DJ Bravo b CH Gayle | 21 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 233.3 |
| Liam Plunkett | st D Ramdin b CH Gayle | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Steve Harmison | not out | 11* | 19 | 0 | 0 | 57.9 |
| Monty Panesar | not out | 3* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 150.0 |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 3, w 1, nb 5) | 10 | ||||
| Total | 66.5 overs | 284/8 | ||||
Did not bat: MJ Hoggard
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (AJ Strauss, 13.5 ov), 2-51 (OA Shah, 15.4 ov), 3-139 (AN Cook, 43.4 ov), 4-241 (PD Collingwood, 59.2 ov), 5-248 (IR Bell, 61.1 ov), 6-264 (KP Pietersen, 62.1 ov), 7-264 (LE Plunkett, 62.4 ov), 8-271 (MJ Prior, 64.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DBL Powell | 9 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 4.89 | 0 | 0 |
| CD Collymore | 15 | 1 | 58 | 3 | 3.87 | 0 | 2 |
| CH Gayle | 20.5 | 4 | 66 | 3 | 3.17 | 1 | 1 |
| DJ Bravo | 18 | 2 | 91 | 2 | 5.06 | 0 | 2 |
| JE Taylor | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 5.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Gayle | not out | 47* | 64 | 7 | 0 | 73.4 |
| D Ganga | not out | 31* | 69 | 4 | 0 | 44.9 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 3, w 3, nb 1) | 11 | ||||
| Total | 22 overs | 89/0 | ||||
Did not bat: DS Smith, RR Sarwan, S Chanderpaul, RS Morton, DJ Bravo, D Ramdin, DBL Powell, CD Collymore, JE Taylor
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Harmison | 8 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 2.63 | 2 | 1 |
| Liam Plunkett | 11 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 4.36 | 1 | 0 |
| Monty Panesar | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4.33 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: Alastair Cook · Umpires: Asad Rauf, RE Koertzen · TV umpire: NJ Llong · Match referee: AG Hurst. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.
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