Gayle makes his mark as West Indies see off Afghanistan
The Windies claimed a 23-run victory at Headingley in what is likely to be Gayle’s final World Cup appearance.
The Windies claimed a 23-run victory at Headingley in what is likely to be Gayle’s final World Cup appearance.
Gayle needed 18 to leapfrog Brian Lara and become the Windies’ leading one-day international run-scorer of all-time, but hit just seven at Headingley.
Nick Browne (163) and Ravi Bopara (135) both struck centuries.
Leading pair Somerset and Essex hold the upper hand after day one of their respective Specsavers County Championship games against Hampshire and Nottinghamshire.James Hildreth led the way with an aggressive 105 from 129 balls as leaders Somerset piled up 408 at Taunton.He was backed up by captain Tom Abell (82), Tom Banton (79) and George …
The pair shared nine wickets.
The unbeaten Black Caps are top of the World Cup table with nine points from five matches.
Black Caps skipper Kane Williamson scored his 12th ODI century.
Ren Zhengfei said ‘no-one will win’ if the US government continues to take what he called extreme measures against the company.
The England bowler is looking forward to their World Cup encounter on Friday.
Leonard leads fightback but Curry and co too strong.
The Proteas face the West Indies in Southampton looking for their first points of the tournament.
Kawhi Leonard led the way with 36 points.
Both teams have been awarded one point each as a result of the abandonment.
The Tigers are seventh in the ODI world rankings.
The side defeated England in their last game.