What can you say? Root starred with both bat and ball to take England to a comfortable 8-wicket win over West Indies, who looked deflated throughout. The only positive for them will be the innings that Nicolas Pooran constructed, in a calm and mature way. Their bowling was horrific as they seemed to not know anything apart from the short ball, which England dealt with easily. Root and Bairstow put on 95 runs for the opening stand, Woakes then put on 100 with Root to essentially snuff out any chance of a West Indies win. You cannot really sum up a game more subtly than that.It has been a pleasure to get you the live updates, do join us tomorrow for a double header. It is Sri Lanka vs Australia and South Africa vs Afghanistan. Hope to see you then, Till then, goodnight!
16:1414 Jun 2019
England win by 8\ufe0f\u20e3 wickets!
A clinical performance with bat and ball helps them overcome West Indies in Southampton. \ud83d\udcaf
— Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) June 14, 2019
16:0914 Jun 2019
Holder is back. Will he concede the winning runs himself?
33.1 Holder to Stokes, NO BALL, FOUR, Stokes jumped up to play this past mid off and it is a free hit. Seems like Holder wants to finish it quickly too
33.1 Holder to Stokes, FOUR, its all over! He whips this full ball past mid on and brings up a thumping victory for England!
16:0814 Jun 2019
ROOOOOOOOT!
Joe Root becomes the first Englishman to score three World Cup hundreds \ud83d\udc4f pic.twitter.com/TTfMjEwEMS
— Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) June 14, 2019
16:0414 Jun 2019
32.1 Thomas to Root, 1 run, controlled pull to deep square leg and they don't take the second. 99 now
32.2 Thomas to Stokes, DOT. Stokes has a wide slip and gully for him. Why now?
32.3 Thomas to Stokes, 1 run, helped to fine leg. Root hundred finally? Will we see it today?
32.4 Thomas to Root, 1 run, yes we do! Second hundred of this WC and wow what an innings! Opened for the first time in ODI's, creamed and middled everything he hit and totally deserved this. Fittingly gets it off a controlled pull to backward square leg