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16 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g<br />
Wednesday 1st March 2017<br />
Cornwall shines but President’s XI go down<br />
BASSETERRE, St<br />
Kitts – All-rounder Rahkeem<br />
Cornwall did his<br />
West Indies chances little<br />
harm with another stellar<br />
half-century but the WICB<br />
President’s XI went down<br />
by two wickets to England<br />
in a 50-overs tour match on<br />
Monday.<br />
The big-hitting Cornwall<br />
struck an attacking 59<br />
from 61 deliveries while<br />
captain Jahmar Hamilton<br />
enhanced his credentials<br />
with a top score of 73 as<br />
the hosts, opting to bat first,<br />
were dismissed for 233 off<br />
48 overs.<br />
Left-handed Kyle Mayers<br />
weighed in with a better<br />
than run-a-ball 33 while<br />
opener Kyle Hope chipped<br />
in with 24.<br />
Ben Stokes (3-35) and<br />
Liam Plunkett (3-44) led<br />
the England attack with<br />
three wickets apiece while<br />
fellow Chris Woakes (2-37)<br />
finished with a brace.<br />
In reply, England were<br />
lifted by opener Jonny<br />
Bairstow who top-scored<br />
with 86 while Woakes<br />
stroked an unbeaten, runa-ball<br />
47 and Joe Root, 46.<br />
Off-spinner Andre Mc-<br />
Carthy (2-4), fast bowler<br />
Ronsford Beaton (2-46)<br />
and leg-spinner Damion<br />
Jacobs (2-54) all finished<br />
with two wickets each.<br />
Cornwall’s half-century<br />
– his fourth in List A – was<br />
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after the President’s<br />
XI slumped to 55 for<br />
five in the 16th over.<br />
The 24-year-old Cornwall<br />
then combined with<br />
Hamilton in a counter-attacking<br />
123-run, sixth<br />
wicket stand which revived<br />
the innings and repelled the<br />
English bowlers.<br />
While Cornwall struck<br />
six fours and three sixes,<br />
Hamilton notched five<br />
fours and two sixes in a 90-<br />
ball innings.<br />
Cornwall departed in<br />
the 37th over but Mayers<br />
joined Hamilton to put on<br />
a further 42 for the seventh<br />
wicket, striking three fours<br />
and a six off 32 balls.<br />
England then made a<br />
stuttering start to their run<br />
chase when they lost Sam<br />
Billings cheaply for two<br />
with the score on 11 in the<br />
third over.<br />
But Bairstow and Root<br />
came together to prop up<br />
the innings in a 117-run<br />
second wicket stand, and<br />
put England back on course<br />
for victory.<br />
Bairstow faced 97 balls<br />
and struck nine fours while<br />
Root counted four boundaries<br />
in a 67-ball innings.<br />
Root’s dismissal, caught<br />
at the wicket by Hamilton<br />
off Jacobs in the 26th over,<br />
sparked a slide that saw six<br />
wickets tumble for 49 runs.<br />
Struggling on 177 for<br />
seven in the 40th over,<br />
Woakes came to his side’s<br />
rescue, belting four fours<br />
All-rounder Rahkeem Cornwall<br />
and a six in helping to put<br />
on 35 for the eighth wicket<br />
with Adil Rashid who made<br />
10, as he saw England<br />
home.<br />
The victory was the second<br />
in three days for the<br />
tourists after they beat the<br />
UWI Vice-Chancellor’s<br />
XI by 117 runs in another<br />
50-overs game last Saturday.<br />
They will now turn their<br />
attention to the three-match<br />
One-Day International series<br />
against West Indies<br />
starting at the Vivian Richards<br />
Cricket Stadium in<br />
Antigua on Friday. (CMC)
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