Root hits unbeaten 90 as England clinch ODI series
Chris Woakes and Joe Root saw England home, with man-of-the-match Root Unbeaten on 90.
Chris Woakes and Joe Root saw England home, with man-of-the-match Root Unbeaten on 90.

(REUTERS)-Joe Root struck an unbeaten 90 as he and Chris Woakes steered England to a four-wicket victory over West Indies in their second one-day international on Sunday.
England, who scored 226-6, claimed an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. They beat the hosts by 45 runs at the same Vivian Richards Stadium on Friday in the opening encounter.

Root played a typically flawless innings to carry England home with 10 balls to spare as he and Woakes stemmed a mid-order slump with an unbroken 102-run partnership for the seventh wicket.
Woakes survived being dropped twice to score 68 as England used the brief series to prepare for June’s Champions Trophy.

West Indies, who won the toss and chose to bat, never got going on a slow pitch and were dismissed for 225 with 13 balls left of their 50 overs.
Jason Mohammed, who top scored with 50, featured in a 72-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Kraigg Brathwaite, who contributed a slow 42 off 70 balls.

Jonathan Carter offered a brief cameo with 39 off 36 balls but was deceived by a slow ball and lofted a catch off Liam Plunkett, who took 3-32.
England captain Eoin Morgan’s decision to ask Adil Rashid to bowl at the middle order proved to be a clever tactic as he took the wickets of the dangerous Jason Holder and Carlos Brathwaite.

England’s reply got off to a poor start as opener Sam Billings was caught behind for a duck in the first over.
Jason Roy might have perished in the next over but survived a lengthy review, given the benefit of the doubt after the Windies were convinced he had nicked one behind.
Roy went on to make 52 in a second wicket partnership of 86 with Root before his departure set off a mini collapse with five wickets falling for just 37 runs in 10 overs.

But Root kept the runs ticking over steadily as he and Woakes steadied the situation for England with Windies key bowler Shannon Gabriel bowling just three overs before suffering a side strain.
The last match in the series is being played at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados on Thursday

WEST INDIES
K Brathwaite st Buttler b Moeen Ali 42
E Lewis c Billings b Finn 8
K Powell c & b Finn 9
+S Hope c wkp Buttler b Stokes 16
J Mohammed c Rashid b Plunkett 50
J Carter c Rashid b Plunkett 39
*J Holder c & b Rashid 15
C Brathwaite c Billings b Rashid 23
A Nurse b Plunkett 13
D Bishoo not out 0
S Gabriel run out 1
Extras (b1, lb2, w6) 9
TOTAL (all out, 47.5 overs) 225
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Lewis, 2.4 overs), 2-21 (Powell, 6.3), 3-46 (Hope, 13.3), 4-118 (K Brathwaite, 29.4), 5-159 (Mohammed, 36.2), 6-173 (Carter, 38.5), 7-199 (Holder, 44.1), 8-219 (C Brathwaite, 46.3), 9-224 (Nurse, 47.2), 10-225 (Gabriel, 47.5)
Bowling: Finn 8-1-38-2, Woakes 8-1-26-0, Plunkett 7.5-1-32-3 (w2), Stokes 5-0-29-1 (w1), Rashid 9-0-53-2 (w3), Moeen Ali 10-0-44-1.

ENGLAND
J Roy c C Brathwaite b Nurse 52
S Billings c Powell b Gabriel 0
J Root not out 90
*E Morgan lbw b Nurse 7
B Stokes c wkp Hope b Bishoo 1
+J Buttler c wkp Hope b Bishoo 0
Moeen Ali b Nurse 3
C Woakes not out 68
Extras (lb1, w4) 5
TOTAL (6 wkts, 48.2 overs) 226
Did not bat: A Rashid, L Plunkett, S Finn.
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Billings, 0.2 overs), 2-87 (Roy, 15), 3-108 (Morgan, 20.1), 4-113 (Stokes, 21.5), 5-117 (Buttler, 23.2), 6-124 (Ali, 25).
Bowling: Gabriel 3-0-17-1, Holder 10-0-46-0, C Brathwaite 4-0-38-0, Bishoo 10-0-43-2 (w3), Nurse 10-0-34-3 (w1), Mohammed 4-0-15-0, K Brathwaite 5.2-0-22-0, Carter 2-0-10-0.

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