Welcome to the highlights of West Indies vs England 1st ODI - 1998 England tour of West Indies 5-match ODI series - The first One-Day International cricket match between West Indies and England was played at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados on March 29, 1998.
Match Overview:
Openers Nick Knight's sparkling century and Alec Stewart's classy half-century before Bowlers shines as England to a narrow 16-run victory over West Indies, despite a brilliant century by Brian Lara and England take a 1-0 lead in the first ODI.
Match Stats:
- Nick Knight became the fourth England batsman to score a century against West Indies in ODIs after Graham Gooch, Neil Fairbrother and Michael Atherton.
- Nick Knight's 122 was his second highest score for England in one-day international and the third highest-score by an England batsman against West Indies in ODIs.
- Nick Knight became the sixth England batsman to scored three centuries in ODIs.
- Brian Lara became the seventh West Indies batsman to score a century against West Indies in ODIs.
- Brian Lara's 110 was his ninth highest score for West Indies in one-day international and the sixth highest-score by an West Indies batsman against England in ODIs.
- Brian Lara became the second West Indies batsman to scored 12 centuries in one-day international and overall the second player to achieved this feat in ODIs after their countrymen Desmond Haynes' 17-hundreds.
- 12 : Brian Lara equalled a joint third most centuries hit by any batsman in one-day internationals, jointly with Sachin Tendulkar.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
England scored 293-5 in 50 overs with top scorer by Nick Knight struck 122 off 130-balls - which was his 3rd ODI hundred and his first century against West Indies in ODIs.
Alec Stewart struck 74 off 85-balls including 9-fours, Graeme Hick cracked a 29 off 39-balls without a boundary.
Matthew Fleming blasted a unbeaten 22 off 12-balls including 2-fours & a six with strike rate of 183.33, Mark Ealham struck 20 off 14-balls included one-six & a four and Adam Hollioake hit a unbeaten 18 off 14-balls contained 3-fours.
West Indies best bowler by Phil Simmons captured two-wickets and one for Rawl Lewis - Courtney Walsh.
West Indies bowled out for 277 in 46.5 overs with top scorer by Brian Lara struck 110 off 106-balls - which was his 12th ODI hundred and his first century against West Indies in ODIs - including 15-fours & 3-sixes with strike rate of 103.77.
Carl Hooper blasted a 45 off 34-balls including 8-fours with strike rate of 132.35, Rawl Lewis cracked a 27 off 32-balls included 2-fours.
Franklyn Rose hit 24 off 29-balls contained one-six & a four and Phil Simmons scored 18 off 29-balls contained two-fours.
England best bowler by Mark Ealham, Matthew Fleming, Dean Headley each took 2-wickets, Dougie Brown, Robert Croft and Adam Hollioake each took one-wickets.
Nick Knight named Player of the match for his brilliant batting performance to scored 122-runs knocked off facing 130-balls including 13-fours & 4-sixes.
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