England won the first ODI of the three-match series against the West Indies by the second highest margin in their history. The English dominated both the bat and ball departments. Batting first, they made a big capital of 400 runs. In response, the Caribbean innings was wrapped up for just 162 runs. Harry Brook’s England set several records on the way to a 238-run victory.
In this match, all the first seven batsmen for England scored more than 30 runs. This is the first time in the history of ODI cricket that such a feat has been seen. Of their first two openers, Jamie Smith (37) and Ben Duckett (60) scored 60 runs. Then Joe Root (57), Harry Brook (58), Jos Buttler (37), Jacob Bethell (82) and Will Jacks (39) scored 57, 58, 37, 82 and 39 respectively. That is, none of England’s recognized batsmen returned below 30.
As a result, for the first time, the top seven batsmen of any team have created a unique record of thirty runs in the same innings of ODI. Previously, the record of the highest 6 batsmen of the same team scoring thirty runs has been seven times. However, another history has been made with this record. So far, 400 runs have been seen in an innings in ODIs 28 times. Of these, only yesterday did not see a single century from a team that crossed 400. Despite four batters scoring fifties and seven batsmen scoring thirties, none of them were lucky enough to touch the magic figure.
The previous highest team score without a century in ODIs was 392. South Africa achieved that feat against Pakistan in 2007, losing 6 wickets. In that match, legendary all-rounder Jacques Kallis had a personal best of 88 not out. Yesterday, England crossed the 400-run mark for the sixth time in ODIs. The Proteas are at the top of the list in this regard. They have scored more than 400 runs in ODIs 8 times. Apart from this, India has crossed the 400-run mark 7 times, the second most.
With this match, England has started its journey in the white-ball format under the new captaincy of Jos Buttler. Harry Brooke got a big victory in his debut captaincy in the full term. He also set a personal world record in the match. This star has taken the highest number of 5 catches by any outfield fielder in an ODI match. Which is the highest by any fielder for England. However, Brooke is not alone in this world record. One of the best fielders of all time and South African legend Jonty Rhodes had set the record with five catches against the West Indies in 1993.
