England v West Indies: first men’s one-day cricket international - live

2m ago 09.58 EDT 27th over: England 188-3 (Brook 31, Buttler 0) That was the last ball of the over. Share

2m ago 09.57 EDT WICKET! England 188-3 (Root c Hope b Seales 57) Jayden Seales strikes in the first over of a new spell! It started poorly, with a freebie to Root, but ended with a wide, full-length tempter that Root snicked through to the keeper. He goes for 57 from 65 balls; next up is Jos Buttler. Share Updated at 09.57 EDT

7m ago 09.53 EDT 26th over: England 178-2 (Root 51, Brook 26) Brook, on 13 from 19 balls, signals a gear change by running down the pitch to launch Greaves over mid-off for six. That’s a beautiful shot, even if it comes at a cost: the Sky commentators Mark Butcher and Eoin Morgan start discussing how he “breaks his wrists” at the point of contact, and now I’m pretty sure both my wrists are going to crumble before the end of this sentence. Yeah, about that gear change. Two balls later Brook falls onto his right knee and ramps Greaves for six more. In the commentary box, Morgan immediately to Rishabh Pant’s signature shot. Brook, in the space of one over, has lifted his strike rate from 72 to 113. Share

12m ago 09.47 EDT Fifty for Joe Root 25th over: England 162-2 (Root 50, Brook 13) Motie sees Brook and drags the ball down in the hope of stumping. Brook has plenty of time to adjust his feet and wave the ball into the off side for a single. Later in the over a cut from Root brings up a low-risk, almost no-risk half-century from 60 balls. He plays this kind of innings so often that he really should register the trademark. Share

16m ago 09.44 EDT 24th over: England 157-2 (Root 47, Brook 11) “I’m guessing Simon McMahon (3rd over) is channelling the Emcee in the 1973 Cabaret film played superbly by Joel Grey, who won a Best Supporting Oscar for his chilling portrayal,” says Brian Withington, outing me as the uneducated commoner I am. “It’s a role also played on stage by the likes of Eddie Redmayne more recently. “He uses the said words in his introduction to the KitKat Club punters in his entertainingly ironic manner. However the scene I always recall is in the Biergarten where a single boy starts singing Tomorrow Belongs To Me in a pure voice before the camera pans down and you realise his ‘affiliation’, and then gradually the whole crowd joins in. Obviously it could never happen here …” Share

17m ago 09.43 EDT 23rd over: England 152-2 (Root 44, Brook 9) England continue to deal in singles when Motie is bowling. He has struggled for wickets of late bur remains a reliably thrifty bowler. Since Motie’s debut in 2022, his ODI economy rate of 4.37 is behind only one other bowler among the top 10 teams. Yes of course it’s Jasprit Bumrah. Share

22m ago 09.37 EDT 22nd over: England 148-2 (Root 42, Brook 7) Brook batted majestically as stand-in captain against Australia last summer, ending the series with scores of 110* (94), 87 (58) and 72 (52) in consecutive games. He’s taking some time to get his eye in here, which makes sense with almost 30 overs still to bowl. That and Root’s natural tempo – 42 from 51 balls today – has enabled West Indies to keep England to 24 from six overs since drinks. Share

26m ago 09.33 EDT 21st over: England 145-2 (Root 41, Brook 6) Another tight over from Motie, who has yet to concede a boundary after four overs. It all looks pretty innocuous on TV but the subtle variations make him a very slippery customer. Share

29m ago 09.30 EDT 20th over: England 140-2 (Root 39, Brook 2) Harry Brook (c) is the new batter. Share

33m ago 09.26 EDT WICKET! England 137-2 (Duckett c Chase b Greaves 60) Duckett has gone! Justin Greaves takes the wicket but he owes both Roston Chase, who took a storming catch, and Gudakesh Motie for drying things up at the end. Duckett, boundaryless for 23 balls, was starting to get restless and flashed a fullish delivery towards backward point. Chase leapt to take a beautiful one-handed catch, reminiscent of Roger Harper in his pomp. Ain’t no bigger compliment. It was still a fine innings from Duckett, 60 off 48 balls with seven fours and a six. View image in fullscreen Roston Chase celebrates with Jayden Seales after taking the catch to dismiss Ben Buckett. Photograph: Darren Staples/AFP/Getty Images Share Updated at 09.50 EDT

35m ago 09.25 EDT 19th over: England 137-1 (Duckett 60, Root 38) Duckett is starting to get frustrated by Motie’s accuracy. One shot bounces short of mid-off; another, on the run, isn’t timed properly and goes to long-on for a single. Share

37m ago 09.22 EDT 18th over: England 132-1 (Duckett 57, Root 36) Greaves is timed beautifully through mid-off for four by Root, who then survives an LBW appeal after walking across his stumps. West Indies only have one review left and they are right not to use it – the ball was going down the leg side. Share

42m ago 09.17 EDT 17th over: England 126-1 (Duckett 56, Root 32) Motie is bowling around the wicket to Duckett, trying to cramp him for room. He manages that with a couple of dot balls, then adds two more to Root later in the over. Share

48m ago 09.12 EDT Drinks: England race to 124-1 16th over: England 124-1 (Duckett 55, Root 31) Justin Greaves also comes into the attack. His first over, the last before drinks, goes for only five. West Indies have managed to stop the boundaries, with none in the last 23 balls. Now they need a wicket. Share

52m ago 09.08 EDT 15th over: England 119-1 (Duckett 52, Root 29) At the best of times, the left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie is a key man for West Indies in white-ball cricket. These are not the best of times. He starts with a decent over that is milked for six, no boundaries. Share

1h ago 09.03 EDT Fifty for Duckett 14th over: England 113-1 (Duckett 50, Root 25) No boundaries in Chase’s fourth over but England still manage to milk seven runs, including a smack for two that brings up an excellent 34-ball fifty from Ben Duckett. This is Duckett’s 12th ODI since he was promoted up the order against last summer. In that time he has made 618 runs at 62 with a strike rate of 115. View image in fullscreen Ben Duckett celebrates his half-century. Photograph: Darren Staples/AFP/Getty Images Share Updated at 09.07 EDT

1h ago 08.59 EDT 13th over: England 106-1 (Duckett 47, Root 21) Alzarri starts his fourth over with a rank bad ball that Root flicks behind square for four. That brings up England’s 100 from only 12.1 overs. They’re on course for a biggie. Share

1h ago 08.56 EDT 12th over: England 98-1 (Duckett 46, Root 15) Root reverse sweeps Chase mischievously for four to move into double figures. He’ll be 36 during the 2027 World Cup so it makes sense for England to work on the assumption he’ll bat No3 in that tournament – while still looking at alternatives when Root is rested from bilateral series. Share

1h ago 08.54 EDT 11th over: England 91-1 (Duckett 45, Root 9) Duckett swishes and misses at Alzarri Joseph, who so far has been the best bowler by a Proclaimers song. “It’s definitely not news anymore that Duckett is doing it again,” says Luke Dealtry. “Are we getting to a point where Ben Duckett is an all-format cricketer we should speak of in the same breath as Joe Root, Ben Stokes and YJB? He’s certainly our best all-round opener since Marcus Trescothick (who am I forgetting?). I think due to his more low-key and lengthy journey to get to this point, people haven’t really caught on yet.” I wouldn’t put him in that company yet – he’s not at Root’s level and hasn’t yet played as many matchwinning innings as Stokes and Bairstow. Yet yet yet. I like the Trescothick comparison. Both make batting look easy and Duckett’s record is reminiscent of Trescothick in 2005, when he was the unsung hero of England’s Ashes win with lots of tone-setting innings between 25 and 90. I still worry slightly about the bounce in Australia but in this form you’d trust Duckett to find a way. Share Updated at 08.58 EDT

1h ago 08.47 EDT 10th over: England 90-1 (Duckett 44, Root 8) Duckett, reaching a long way outside off stump, top-edges a sweep that lands fractionally short of Andrew near deep square leg. Chase then bowls a no-ball. He’s an offspinner FHS! Root pings the free hit over backward square for his first boundary. That’s the end of an excellent Powerplay for England. “Tom Van der Gucht’s email over brought back a long forgotten memory (no, me neither…) of a Jamie Oliver show where he knocked up one of his own ‘Botham Burgers’,” says Mark Lewis. “Surely the only other example of a cricket-related eponymous foodstuff?” What about the ‘Tim’ David Sandwich? Share

1h ago 08.44 EDT 9th over: England 81-1 (Duckett 42, Root 2) A tight over from Joseph is loosened when Duckett ramps the last ball over everyone for four, prompting even Alzarri to smile. Duckett is playing beautifully, but I’m not sure that’s news any more. Share

1h ago 08.39 EDT 8th over: England 75-1 (Duckett 37, Root 1) Roston Chase, West Indies’ new Test captain, comes into the attack. It’s brave bowling spin to Ben Duckett in the Powerplay; he saunters down the track to thump six over midwicket. A two and three singles make it a good over for England. “Morning Rob (it’s 8.30am here in Ottawa),” says Eddy Nason. “Loath though I would be to lose him, Ed Barnard at Warwickshire has been piling up runs and wickets the last few seasons and has a handy partnership-breaking habit with the ball.” Does he not open in the One Day Cup? I guess he knows what he’s doing at No7 and is definitely worth a look if England Lions ever start playing 50-over games again. Having a proper seamer at No7 would be ideal. Share Updated at 08.44 EDT

1h ago 08.36 EDT 7th over: England 64-1 (Duckett 27, Root 0) That was the last ball of the over, and the end of a promising cameo from Smith: 37 from 24 balls. Share

1h ago 08.35 EDT WICKET! England 64-1 (Smith c King b A Joseph 37) Brandon King takes a superb catch to break the opening partnership. Jamie Smith smashed a pull off the new bowler Alzarri Joseph towards midwicket, where King got hit head out of the way, reversed his hands and took a sizzling two-handed catch. View image in fullscreen Jamie Smith is gone for 37. The West Indies needed that. Photograph: Andy Kearns/Getty Images Share Updated at 08.42 EDT

2h ago 08.29 EDT 6th over: England 59-0 (Smith 37, Duckett 22) By his high standards, Jayden Seales is all over the place. Smith hits successive boundaries with a back cut and a clip over midwicket, both from really poor deliveries. You still have to put them away and Smith is doing that with a flourish: 37 from 21 balls with seven fours. Share

2h ago 08.24 EDT 5th over: England 46-0 (Smith 27, Duckett 19) England’s new opening partnership are playing nicely. Smith gets those hands high to drive Forde over mid-off for four and drive another boundary through the covers. The second shot was beautifully timed. Smith has 27 from 16 balls, Duckett 19 from 14. Share

2h ago 08.21 EDT 4th over: England 34-0 (Smith 15, Duckett 19) Seales overpitches twice to Duckett and is punished with efficient flicks to the midwicket boundary. Ben Duckett, 30 years old and totally at peace with his game, is an increasingly remarkable player. I’m not sure there has ever been an England opener quite like him. “Can’t help but feel England’s team looks a tad lop-sided,” says James Brough. “Seven front line batsmen and then batting down to Adil Rashid at no 10 - all well and good. But the bowling looks a bit optimistic. Three seamers, of whom Overton has not yet convinced at international level, and Rashid. But then you have to cobble together 10 overs from Root, Jacks and Bethell. If just one frontline bowler has an off day, I think we could have problems.” I’d agree with that, but at this stage – even allowing for the rankings table – I think it’s good to play around with the XI. When Australia won the World Cup in 2023 they had four bowlers (better than England’s, I realise) plus Maxwell, Head and Marsh. No7 is such an important position and at the moment we don’t really have anybody, so the team will be slightly unbalanced either way. Share

2h ago 08.15 EDT Ben Duckett leaves the ball again! 3rd over: England 24-0 (Smith 14, Duckett 10) The ball after crashing Forde to the point boundary, Duckett offers no stroke for the second time in the innings. I just don’t know what’s going off out there. “It may be a new dawn and a new day, but are you feeling good, Rob?” says Simon McMahon. “The OBO is a like a KitKat Club for sports fans. Leave your troubles outside. So, life is disappointing? Forget it. In here, life is beautiful. The cricket is beautiful. Even the live bloggers are beautiful!” I want to whether this is a reference to a recent speech, Simon. But given the repetition of the word ‘beautiful’, I’m slightly scared. Share

2h ago 08.10 EDT 2nd over: England 17-0 (Smith 13, Duckett 4) Jayden Seales starts with a very low full toss, possibly accidental, that hits Smith on the foot as he whips across the line. West Indies go up for LBW but it would have missed leg stump. Smith is dropped two balls later, a very tough diving chance to Greaves at second slip, and then there’s an LBW review when he misses a clip across the line. It looks a poor review to the naked eye, and even worse on UltraEdge. Missing leg by a distance. An eventful over ends with successive boundaries for Smith, a flowing extra cover drive and a wristy clip through mid-on. Lovely stuff. It’ll take time to get used to such an unfamiliar position, but Smith has everything you need to be a seriously good ODI opener. “Exciting times,” says Tom Van der Gucht. “I’m a big fan of Brook and live in the village he hails from where the local butchers (Spauls) makes a speciality sausage called the Burley Banger. That feels like a suitable nickname for our new captain. He seems like one of the good guys – I’m pretty sure I spotted him a few weeks ago in the village nets doing some throw downs for a local lad.” Share Updated at 08.11 EDT

2h ago 08.04 EDT 1st over: England 5-0 (Smith 1, Duckett 4) Ben Duckett leaves his first ball, a Halley’s Comet moment that elicits chuckles from Nasser Hussain and Eoin Morgan chuckling in the Sky box. He’s then beaten either side of a typical punch through extra cover for four. Share

2h ago 08.02 EDT Matt Forde, a tricky little nibbler who should do well in English conditions, will open the bowling. Share

2h ago 07.55 EDT Team news West Indies are without Sherfane Rutherford and Romario Shepherd, who are still at the IPL. The teenager Jewel Andrew is a last-minute replacement for Evin Lewis, who took a blow in training just before the toss. England Smith, Duckett, Root, Brook (c), Buttler (wk), Bethell, Jacks, J Overton, Carse, Rashid, Mahmood. West Indies King, Greaves, Carty, Hope (c/wk), Jangoo, Chase, Andrew, Forde, A Joseph Motie, Seales. Share Updated at 08.23 EDT

2h ago 07.34 EDT West Indies win the toss and bowl It’s a very windy afternoon in Birmingham; Harry Brook isn’t asked what he’s have done. Share

3h ago 07.23 EDT England named their team yesterday, with Jamie Smith getting first crack as Ben Duckett’s opening partner. Will Jacks at No7 is an interesting choice. It feels odd to see him so low but England desperately need a reliable death-hitter so it’s worth a try. England XI Duckett, Smith, Root, Brook (c), Buttler (wk), Bethell, Jacks, J Overton, Carse, Rashid, Mahmood. Share

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