England v West Indies: first ODI starts after pitch delay – live!

Updates from the first of a five-match series at Old TraffordEmail tom.davies@theguardian.com. Or tweet @tomdaviesE17 The Spin: Read bows out and is Foster set to follow?County cricket – live! Latest updates from around the grounds 3.04pm BST 7th over: West Indies 49-1 (Gayle 34, S Hope 3). Woakes cuts Hope in half with a beauty that thwacks the edge of the pad and dobs down to first slip. His subsequent single returns Gayle to the strike, whereupon his frankly contemptuous approach to running between the wickets is almost punished as he almost forgets to run for his dab down to backward point, but the throw at the stumps is nowhere near accurate enough. Bumble thinks Gayle’s been picked up on the stump mic complaining of a hamstring pull. He’s certainly not running easily. He might have to get ‘em in fours and sixes, which he mostly does anyway. 2.59pm BST 6th over: West Indies 46-1 (Gayle 33, S Hope 1). An early airing of spin, though no an altogether surprising one, as Moeen replaces Willey. This could go either way, though it begins with a couple of sleepy singles, before vindication arrives swiftly as Lewis hoiks one straight to Hales at square leg. The much-praised Shai Hope is the new man in, and begins cautiously, getting off the mark with a nudge round the corner for one to deprive Gayle of the strike. Continue reading…
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