
England Beat The West Indies By 58 Runs To Take The Series 2-0
The hosts set the visitors a target of 329 and in doing so beat their previous highest one day score of 306 against the Windies, a recorded that has stood for 14 years.Captain Andrew Strauss and fellow opener Ravi Bopara got England off to a solid start, putting on 81 for the first wicket until Bopara was bowled off his pads by Dwayne Bravo for 49.Matt Prior's 87 helped England achieve their 6th best ever score in One Day International Cricket in an impressive batting display.Shivnarine Chanderpaul put in the a good showing for the West Indies making 68 for the before being caught by Bopara off Stuart Broad.After the match Strauss looked forward to the Twenty20 World Cup with great optimism, saying "I think the guys are going into the tournement pretty confident, I think we are a good outside bet for the competition."England win the series 2-0 having won by 6 wickets on Sunday after the first one-dayer was rained off.
Source;sky.com
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