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India vice captain Rohit Sharma is perhaps the only cricketer in the world who can notch up a 150+score in an ODI and yet the leave the fans disappointed. Rohit has raised the standards so high that expectations of a double hundred creep in naturally whenever he crosses the three-figure mark. Visakhapatnam was not different, …

6.51am EDT 06:51 19th over: West Indies 82-1 (Lewis 48, Hope 25) Another tight over from Nabi, who has figures of 4-0-14-0. This is a decent spell for Afghanistan. “Given that the ‘spirit of cricket’ is an integral and important part of the laws of the game, if Bangladesh win the toss and elect to …

1.34pm EDT 13:34 45th over: West Indies 292-7 (Pooran 108, Cottrell 0) The job is far from done for Pooran and he knows it, hammering Udana’s short ball into the stands for SIX MORE! Ten off it keeps them with the rate, the equation now 47 from 30. Yes, he lost Allen during that over …

India v West Indies. A World Cup in England. It’s 1983, it’s the final at Lord’s and one of the most stunning upsets in ODI cricket. For the West Indies side in their pomp – with Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes, Sir Viv and Clive Lloyd at the top of the order, and the fearsome bowling …

9.37am EDT 09:37 14th over: New Zealand 48-2 (Williamson 23, Taylor 22) Oshane Thomas has a bowl, and Williamson, given a bit of width, cuts nicely for four. Then, off the last, a leading edge that floats to mid-off, where there’s nobody around the take the catch. The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) New Zealand are getting …

6.35am EDT 06:35 14th over: West Indies 58-1 (Hope 17, Lewis 35) The Bangladeshi fans seem to be out in force in Taunton – we get a nice shot of nine fans, each with one letter of the country’s name on their shirts. You’ve got to be organised with that sort of thing, particularly as …

6.17am EDT 06:17 10th over: West Indies 41-1 (Gayle 33, Hope 4) Archer restores order and makes Hope jump. Shades of Robin Smith, whose autobiography was launched with a dinner at this ground last night. The Judge has made a judicious choice of ghostwriter: our own Rob Smyth. An email from James Walsh. “I second …

Morning everyone. We need to talk about the weather – this is England, after all. It’s been pretty good so far, with just the one match out of 14 washed away, and that, with all respect to Pakistan and Sri Lanka, only a medium-sized occasion. But the papers are full of gloom this morning, saying …