Jofra Archer to Pratik Athavale, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
1.1
Jofra Archer to Pratik Athavale, FOUR, Pratik Athavale gives the charge and takes it on a length, makes room and drives wide of cover and mid-off
1.1
Jofra Archer to Pratik Athavale, wide
Jofra Archer, right-arm fast, comes into the attack
0.6
Topley to Kashyap, no run, short of length and hurrying Kashyap on the stumps, a mistimed pull to mid-wicket
0.5
Topley to Kashyap, no run
0.4
Topley to Kashyap, no run, short of length and tight on the stumps, Kashyap gets right behind the line to defend to backward point
0.3
Topley to Kashyap, no run
0.2
Topley to Kashyap, no run, full and a hint of swing on off, Kashyap is right behind it on the forward defence
0.1
Topley to Pratik Athavale, 1 run, to square leg
Pratik Athavale and Kashyap are at the crease. Pratik Athavale is on strike. Topley will open the attack
Time for the anthems. First up is Oman followed by England.
We have two changes in our Expert XI. Refer to our Fantasy Handbook before locking in your teams.
Hot and humid in the middle and there’s a healthy breeze blowing across and it’s in the directon of the longer boundary. 64m on one side and 54m hitting into the breeze, the straight boundary is 74m. It’s very hard and very even, the English bowlers have to make an adjustment from Barbados. The bowlers have to target the 5-6m area to get purchase. It’s harder and the quicks will enjoy it, reckon Nasser Hussain and Aaaron Finch in their pitch report
Teams:
England (Playing XI): Philip Salt, Jos Buttler(w/c), Will Jacks, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Reece Topley
Oman (Playing XI): Kashyap Prajapati, Pratik Athavale(w), Aqib Ilyas(c), Zeeshan Maqsood, Khalid Kail, Ayaan Khan, Shoaib Khan, Mehran Khan, Fayyaz Butt, Kaleemullah, Bilal Khan
Aqib Ilyas: We wanted to bowl first but we can't depend on the toss, it's a flat surface so hopefully our batters do well. Results are not always that important, sometimes it is but we need to take the positives. We have been bowling well
England have won the toss and have opted to field
Jos Buttler: We are going to bowl first today, looks like a good wicket. We need to try and win the game today. We are focused on today and we need to show up. Little bit, most importantly we need to win the game
Oman
England
