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England set target of 264
Oh dear, a misfield at wide long-off from Shimron Hetmyer – he runs past the ball – sees Jofra Archer collect four off Sherfane Rutherford. Archer then swings a very slow delivery over midwicket for six. England have taken full advantage of that injury to Romario Shepherd.
It then gets worse – a full toss over the waist is sent down the ground for four. Archer then pulls the subsequent free hit away for six more! The innings ends with Archer thumping down the ground for two – he seems to settle for one but Adil Rashid rightly tells him to get a move on and run for another.
That’s some recovery from England, having been 24 for four in the powerplay. Strong work from Phil Salt up top and then the middle to lower order of Sam Curran, Dan Mousley, Jamie Overton and Archer.
WICKET! Overton c Lewis b Forde 32 (England 238-8)
Overton pulls away Forde for four … before a final swing to end the over sees him hole out at extra cover. A decent cameo from the Surrey all-rounder.
49th over: England 238-8 (Rashid 0, Archer 14)
48th over: England 233-7 (Overton 28, Archer 13) Rutherford, who’ll have to bowl the final over as well, fires down a couple of wides before Archer shimmies down the pitch to swing a cutter over long-on for six. Overton adds to the punishment with a leg-side flick for four, helped by fine leg being in the ring.
47th over: England 214-7 (Overton 23, Archer 2) Jofra Archer, back home, is the next man in. Joseph’s over is looking very good … until Overton swings hard outside off to find four with an edge.
WICKET! Mousley c Lewis b Joseph 57 (England 207-7)
Mousley tries to find six over deep midwicket off Alzarri Joseph … but Evin Lewis is perfectly stationed on the rope to hold on. The quick successfully followed the batter, who jumped across to the leg side.
46th over: England 207-6 (Mousley 57, Overton 18) Dan Mousley loses control of his bat while running, trips over … but still makes his ground to complete a single. It feels like it’s his day. Forde bowls a fine over, a slower ball flummoxing Overton to close it.
45th over: England 202-6 (Mousley 55, Overton 15) Mousley survives a run-out when racing back for two. Joseph closes the over with a fine wide yorker.
Half-century for Dan Mousley!
Jamie Overton finds the sweet spot: he launches Alzarri Joseph down the ground for six, the ball not full enough to be a yorker. A single sees Mousley get the strike, and he hooks away to the fine-leg rope to celebrate his maiden international half-century. He’s helped England to a respectable total after a top-order collapse.
44th over: England 187-6 (Mousley 48, Overton 8) Mousley sees Rutherford drop short and swings hard to find four through midwicket. The medium pacer does well though, limiting damage elsewhere to concede just six off the over.
43rd over: England 181-6 (Mousley 43, Overton 7) Overton does well to come back for two off Alzarri Joseph. The plan here could just be to keep it simple off Joseph and Forde, and smack it to all parts against Rutherford.
42nd over: England 176-6 (Mousley 41, Overton 4) Having used only five bowlers in the innings so far, Shai Hope has to turn to Sherfane Rutherford’s very part-time medium pace. There’s not a great deal of punishment until Overton flicks down the leg side for four to close the over.
Oh, this could be trouble. This is trouble. Romario Shepherd hurts himself as he gets ready to release the ball, and he falls to the floor after letting go of a weak bouncer, swung over fine leg by Mousley for four. Shepherd is helped off the field, just one ball into his over.
41st over: England 164-6 (Mousley 36, Overton 0) That was a fine, uncharacteristically restrained knock from Phil Salt. Now it’s Jamie Overton’s turn.
WICKET! Salt c Joseph b Forde 74 (England 164-6)
What a catch! Phil Salt tries to swing Matthew Forde over deep midwicket and it seems to be heading for six … but Brandon King leaps by the rope, holds on before flicking to Alzarri Joseph, who is waiting close by to complete the relay grab. King doesn’t get on the scorecard for it but that’s all him.
40th over: England 163-5 (Salt 74, Mousley 35) Mousley tries a couple of sweeps off Chase … and only makes contact with the air. A punch into the off side gets him off strike. He looks to have a fairly decent method against spin, capable of moving the ball to all parts of the ground.
39th over: England 160-5 (Salt 73, Mousley 33) Matthew Forde is back after his six-over burst with the new ball. There’s some hesitation from Salt when running between the wickets, but a wayward throw means he escapes any punishment at the non-striker’s end.
38th over: England 154-5 (Salt 70, Mousley 30) Phil Salt cuts Chase away for four and brings up 100 balls faced with it – a first for him in international cricket.
37th over: England 147-5 (Salt 64, Mousley 29) Dan Mousley would have dreamed for years about this: finding the ropes, building a strong partnership, all in an England shirt. He’s looking more and more confident, sweeping Motie away for another four. The left-armer’s work is done, returning figures 0-48 from his 10 overs.
36th over: England 143-5 (Salt 64, Mousley 25) Dan Mousley decides to read the OBO and spice up this contest – he skips down the pitch to Chase and slaps the ball over long-on for six.
35th over: England 134-5 (Salt 63, Mousley 17) It’s, I’ll level with you, all a bit dull at the moment. There you go, I said it. England probably won’t mind that. Two singles off Motie.
34th over: England 132-5 (Salt 62, Mousley 16) England haven’t really attacked Roston Chase – when they tried, Curran swiftly departed. He concedes four singles.
33rd over: England 128-5 (Salt 60, Mousley 14) Mousley conventionally sweeps Motie for a couple … then reverse-sweeps the next ball for four – a nice combo from the left-hander.
32nd over: England 120-5 (Salt 59, Mousley 7) Joseph continues to release serious pace, getting to 140kph against Salt, who does well to guide the ball behind point for one.
31st over: England 117-5 (Salt 57, Mousley 6) Motie skips through his over as Salt and Mousley run hard for five. Time for a drink. I reckon England will be pleased to get to 200.
30th over: England 112-5 (Salt 53, Mousley 5) Ooooh, I’m putting this down as a drop. Roston Chase can’t hold on low at backward point after Salt pokes at an Alzarri Joseph delivery. Mousley wants a quick single from the last ball of the over but Salt says no thanks.
Half-century for Phil Salt!
Salt punches to extra cover for one to bring up his half-century off 79 balls; it’s comfortably the slowest of his international career. He’s showing a different side to himself today, not just offering a quick hit in the powerplay. He wants more.
29th over: England 109-5 (Salt 51, Mousley 5)
28th over: England 104-5 (Salt 48, Mousley 3) Lovely from Chase, who gets the ball to turn sharply past Mousley’s outside edge. A single brings Salt back on strike, and he cuts a drag-down away for four, moving England to three figures.
27th over: England 98-5 (Salt 43, Mousley 2) Mousley and Salt exchange singles to collect four off the returning Motie.
26th over: England 94-5 (Salt 41, Mousley 0) Dan Mousley of Warwickshire, 23, in his third international, joins Salt.
WICKET! Curran c Walsh (sub) b Chase 40 (England 94-5)
Curran finally tries to go after Chase … and gets it completely wrong. A false stroke sees the left-hander send the ball high and straight, with Hayden Walsh holding on in the mid-off region. England must rebuild once again.
25th over: England 94-4 (Salt 41, Curran 40) Salt cuts Shepherd away for four before Curran times a delicious drive to end the over … but collects just one for it.
24th over: England 85-4 (Salt 36, Curran 36) Chase ties up Salt with five dots. This is the right-hander’s second longest innings in ODIs, only his 93-ball 122 against the Netherlands in 2022 trumping this effort.
23rd over: England 84-4 (Salt 36, Curran 35) It’s a binary game at the moment: just ones and dots. Shepherd is flicked around for five singles while I enviously crave some Barbados sunshine.
22nd over: England 79-4 (Salt 34, Curran 32) Salt and Curran don’t seem keen on doing anything too adventurous against Chase, again opting for four singles.
21st over: England 75-4 (Salt 32, Curran 30) Ignore my previous entry: Romario Shepherd’s pace returns and so does Phil Salt’s touch. The opener finds the middle of his bat with a whopping pull for six, bringing up the fifty partnership with Curran.
20th over: England 68-4 (Salt 25, Curran 30) We’re very much in the ODI middle-overs churn of spin from both ends. Four singles are collected off Chase’s off-spin.
19th over: England 64-4 (Salt 23, Curran 28) Sam Curran lets the arms flow against Motie, driving over mid-off for four. A recovery is beginning to take shape.