A spectacular maiden ODI century from stand-in captain Liam Livingstone helps England defeat West Indies by five wickets.
A spectacular maiden one-day international century from stand-in captain Liam Livingstone helped England defeat West Indies by five wickets and take the three-match series to a decider.
Livingstone brought up his fifty in 60 balls before accelerating to bring up three figures just 17 balls later. The stand-in skipper used nine bowlers in the West Indies innings without managing to stem the flow of runs and, perhaps surprisingly, failed to use the full 10 overs from his most experienced fast bowler - Jofra Archer.
After Curran departed in the 46th over, the 31-year-old hit debutant Shamar Joseph for three sixes and a four in the following over to ease any nerves in a young side that had lost 12 of their previous 18 matches in this format.It was a masterful captain's innings from Hope that put the Windies in a commanding position at the halfway stage, despite losing the toss.
While Carty was dropped twice, Hope offered just one chance for England on 60 when he nicked Bethell, only for wicketkeeper Salt to drop it. But Livingstone eclipsed Hope's effort to lead England to a victory that sets up an intriguing decider.England captain and player of the match Liam Livingstone:
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