{"id":3222,"date":"2025-05-30T14:51:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T14:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/?p=3222"},"modified":"2025-05-30T14:57:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T14:57:02","slug":"harry-brook-off-to-flying-start-as-england-dominate-west-indies-in-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/30\/harry-brook-off-to-flying-start-as-england-dominate-west-indies-in-birmingham\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Brook off to flying start as England dominate West Indies in Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3222\" class=\"elementor elementor-3222\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1ae386 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a1ae386\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8226237 elementor-widget 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data-end=\"477\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">Opting to bat first after losing the toss, <strong>England amassed a formidable total of 400 for 8 their highest home ODI score against the West Indies<\/strong>.<\/span> <span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">Remarkably, this was achieved without a single century, <strong>as all top seven batters contributed over 35 runs each.<\/strong><\/span> <span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">Jacob Bethell led the charge with a blistering 82 off 53 balls, earning him the Player of the Match award.<\/span> <span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">Captain Harry Brook added a swift 58 from 45 deliveries, while Ben Duckett and Joe Root chipped in with 60 and 57 runs, respectively.<\/span><\/p><p data-start=\"479\" data-end=\"717\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">In response, <strong>the West Indies faltered, bowled out for a mere 162 in 26.2 overs.<\/strong><\/span> <span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">England&#8217;s bowlers delivered a clinical performance, with Saqib Mahmood and Jamie Overton each claiming three wickets.<\/span> <span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">Adil Rashid contributed with two wickets, while Brydon Carse and Bethell took one apiece.<\/span> <span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">Brook also made history by taking five catches, equaling the ODI record for most catches by a non-wicketkeeper.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3e5ec4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e3e5ec4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c15d58c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c15d58c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/js.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3225\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/js.webp 800w, https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/js-300x169.webp 300w, 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We&#8217;re trying to forget about the past and focus on what&#8217;s ahead. To get <strong>400 after being put in and bowl them out for 162<\/strong> was a pretty exceptional start from the boys.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p data-start=\"891\" data-end=\"1009\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">The victory signals a promising start to Brook&#8217;s captaincy and a potential resurgence for England&#8217;s white-ball cricket.<\/span> <strong><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">The second ODI of the three-match series is scheduled for June 1 in Cardiff.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edgbaston, Birmingham \u2013 May 29, 2025 \u2014 England&#8217;s new white-ball captain, Harry Brook, launched his leadership tenure with a commanding&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3222"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3228,"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3222\/revisions\/3228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}