Nothing much to report in Adil Rashid’s first over, save a couple of scruffy misfields that give West Indies a couple of bonus runs. Seven from the over.
With the Powerplay over, Jacob Bethell comes into the attack, although we should really call it the defence given his modus operandi. He angles everything into the right-handers, gets his line and length right and concedes only four singles. Good start.
It’s not only the spinners who are vulnerable with short straight boundaries. Hope lashes Carse for two sixes, one over wide mid-off and one back over his head. Wonderful batting from a player who couldn’t be anything less than watchable if he tried.
Hope has 39 from 22 balls, Carse’s first two overs have disappeared for 30.
Charles cuts Dawson twice for four, one behind square and one in front. England think they have him caught down the leg side on the sweep, and are sufficiently convinced for Brook to review the decision. There’s nothing on the technology so Charles continues.
