West Indies cricket team in England 2007 - 1st ODI

July 1, 2007

have beaten by 79 runs in the first  of the  at, , , giving  victory in his first match as England's one-day captain.

England started their innings slowly, scoring just 26 runs off the first 10 overs. Although hit 56 runs, the England batsmen struggled, restricted to 255 by the West Indies bowling attack with just 12  being scored and  taking five wickets.

In reply, West Indies had a disastrous start losing four wickets for just thirteen runs. scored 53 not out, and shared a 61 run partnership with (29). However, taking two wickets in two balls, and wickets from (3-20) and  (2-38) reduced West Indies to 146 all out.

Play was suspended for about fifty minutes after 42.4 overs of the England innings due to rain, with England at 181-4.

This is the first ODI in a three match series, with the others due to take place at on 4th July and  on 7th July. England lead the series 1-0.

Previously on the tour, England won a four match series 3-0 and drew the two match  series 1-1.

Toss: West Indies won, and chose to field first.

Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Cook, 13.3 ov), 2-96 (Prior, 24.2 ov), 3-148 (Pietersen, 36.6 ov), 4-177 (Bell, 41.6 ov), 5-186 (Collingwood, 43.6 ov), 6-199 (Mascarenhas, 45.6 ov), 7-209 (Plunkett, 47.2 ov), 8-210 (Broad, 47.4 ov), 9-216 (Panesar, 48.6 ov), 10-225 (Shah, 49.5 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Gayle, 3.1 ov), 2-12 (Morton, 4.3 ov), 3-12 (Samuels, 4.4 ov), 4-13 (DS Smith, 5.1 ov), 5-74 (Bravo, 16.2 ov), 6-74 (Ramdin, 16.4 ov), 7-93 (DR Smith, 20.5 ov), 8-100 (Powell, 23.2 ov), 9-135 (Rampaul, 34.3 ov), 10-146 (Edwards, 39.5 ov)

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West Indies: (capt),, , , ,  (wkt), , , , ,

ODI Debutant: (England) Player of the match: (West Indies)

Umpires: (South Africa) and TV Umpire: Match referee: (South Africa) Reserve Umpire: