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Result
England won by 10 wickets
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 D Ramdin b JE Taylor | 16 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 66.7 |
| Alastair Cook | b FH Edwards | 35 | 96 | 4 | 0 | 36.5 |
| Ravi Bopara | c BP Nash b JE Taylor | 143 | 284 | 17 | 0 | 50.4 |
| Kevin Pietersen | c D Ramdin b FH Edwards | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Paul Collingwood | c DS Smith b FH Edwards | 8 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 |
| Matt Prior | c LMP Simmons b FH Edwards | 42 | 56 | 8 | 0 | 75.0 |
| Stuart Broad | c JE Taylor b SJ Benn | 38 | 71 | 5 | 0 | 53.5 |
| Tim Bresnan | lbw b SJ Benn | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 56.3 |
| Graeme Swann | not out | 63* | 89 | 9 | 1 | 70.8 |
| James Anderson | c D Ramdin b FH Edwards | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 |
| G Onions | b FH Edwards | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 5, w 7, nb 9) | 22 | ||||
| Total | 111.2 overs | 377 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (AJ Strauss, 6.4 ov), 2-92 (AN Cook, 32.5 ov), 3-92 (KP Pietersen, 32.6 ov), 4-109 (PD Collingwood, 38.6 ov), 5-193 (MJ Prior, 60.1 ov), 6-262 (SCJ Broad, 81.5 ov), 7-275 (TT Bresnan, 85.2 ov), 8-368 (RS Bopara, 106.4 ov), 9-377 (JM Anderson, 111.2 ov), 10-377 (G Onions, 111.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JE Taylor | 24 | 2 | 83 | 2 | 3.46 | 1 | 2 |
| FH Edwards | 26.3 | 4 | 92 | 6 | 3.47 | 1 | 7 |
| LS Baker | 24 | 5 | 75 | 0 | 3.13 | 2 | 0 |
| SJ Benn | 26.5 | 4 | 84 | 2 | 3.13 | 0 | 0 |
| BP Nash | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 |
| LMP Simmons | 5 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 4.80 | 3 | 0 |
| CH Gayle | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Gayle | b SCJ Broad | 28 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 82.4 |
| DS Smith | b GP Swann | 46 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 92.0 |
| RR Sarwan | c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 108.3 |
| LMP Simmons | c AJ Strauss b G Onions | 16 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 53.3 |
| S Chanderpaul | c PD Collingwood b GP Swann | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| BP Nash | c PD Collingwood b GP Swann | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 22.2 |
| D Ramdin | lbw b G Onions | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 83.3 |
| JE Taylor | c MJ Prior b G Onions | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| SJ Benn | c GP Swann b G Onions | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 |
| FH Edwards | not out | 10* | 16 | 2 | 0 | 62.5 |
| LS Baker | lbw b G Onions | 17 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 73.9 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 10, w 1, nb 0) | 11 | ||||
| Total | 32.3 overs | 152 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-46 (CH Gayle, 8.5 ov), 2-70 (RR Sarwan, 12.4 ov), 3-99 (DS Smith, 19.1 ov), 4-99 (S Chanderpaul, 19.2 ov), 5-117 (BP Nash, 23.6 ov), 6-117 (LMP Simmons, 24.1 ov), 7-117 (JE Taylor, 24.3 ov), 8-119 (SJ Benn, 24.6 ov), 9-128 (D Ramdin, 26.1 ov), 10-152 (LS Baker, 32.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Broad | 11 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 5.09 | 0 | 0 |
| Graeme Swann | 5 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 3.20 | 0 | 0 |
| James Anderson | 7 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 4.57 | 1 | 0 |
| G Onions | 9.3 | 1 | 38 | 5 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Gayle | c GP Swann b JM Anderson | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| DS Smith | b G Onions | 41 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 58.6 |
| RR Sarwan | b JM Anderson | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 |
| LMP Simmons | c AN Cook b G Onions | 21 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 38.9 |
| S Chanderpaul | c RS Bopara b GP Swann | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.0 |
| BP Nash | c AN Cook b SCJ Broad | 81 | 139 | 14 | 0 | 58.3 |
| D Ramdin | b SCJ Broad | 61 | 98 | 13 | 0 | 62.2 |
| JE Taylor | lbw b GP Swann | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 115.4 |
| SJ Benn | b GP Swann | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| FH Edwards | c TT Bresnan b SCJ Broad | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 |
| LS Baker | not out | 2* | 19 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 18, w 2, nb 0) | 28 | ||||
| Total | 72.2 overs | 256 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (CH Gayle, 4.1 ov), 2-22 (RR Sarwan, 6.6 ov), 3-70 (LMP Simmons, 23.3 ov), 4-75 (S Chanderpaul, 24.6 ov), 5-79 (DS Smith, 25.2 ov), 6-222 (D Ramdin, 58.5 ov), 7-243 (JE Taylor, 63.5 ov), 8-246 (SJ Benn, 65.5 ov), 9-249 (FH Edwards, 66.4 ov), 10-256 (BP Nash, 72.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 15 | 6 | 38 | 2 | 2.53 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 19.2 | 2 | 64 | 3 | 3.31 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Bresnan | 7 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 2.43 | 0 | 0 |
| Graeme Swann | 17 | 4 | 39 | 3 | 2.29 | 0 | 0 |
| G Onions | 12 | 2 | 64 | 2 | 5.33 | 1 | 0 |
| Ravi Bopara | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | not out | 14* | 24 | 2 | 0 | 58.3 |
| Alastair Cook | not out | 14* | 17 | 2 | 0 | 82.4 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 4) | 4 | ||||
| Total | 6.1 overs | 32/0 | ||||
Did not bat: RS Bopara, KP Pietersen, PD Collingwood, MJ Prior, SCJ Broad, TT Bresnan, GP Swann, JM Anderson, G Onions
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FH Edwards | 3.1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3.79 | 0 | 3 |
| JE Taylor | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6.67 | 0 | 1 |
Player of the match: Graeme Swann · Umpires: SJ Davis, EAR de Silva · TV umpire: IJ Gould · Match referee: AJ Pycroft. 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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