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Evin Lewis's explosive 94 and Gudakesh Motie's four-wicket haul led West Indies to an eight-wicket win over England in the first ODI, chasing a rain-adjusted target of 157 in 25.5 overs. WI leads the three-match series 1-0.

Mark Wood bowled the fastest over by an English bowler at home, with an average speed of 94.7 mph, peaking at 97 mph. England scored 416, led by Ollie Pope's century. West Indies, chasing 200, lost three wickets.

England and West Indies are ready to lock horns in 2nd Test of the 3-match series at Trent Bridge.

WATCH: England captain Ben Stokes stunned by West Indies spinner's peach of a delivery.

West Indies saw off England in a thrilling five-match series to record a 3-2 triumph.

West Indies beat England in 1st T20I to take 1-0 lead in five-match series. Russell smashed unbeaten 29 off 14 balls before picking 3 wickets with the ball.

ICC introduces new rule for T20I and ODI matches.

The ICC's new guidelines came into play on Sunday (July 20) after  England's Dom Sibley used saliva on the ball by mistake on the fourth day of the second Test against West Indies in Manchester. Sibley's action prompted on-field umpire Michael Gough to sanitised the ball quickly.

The build up to the match had been dominated by the international suspension of all rounder Ben Stokes and opener Alex Hales after the pair were involved in an altercation outside a Bristol nightclub but the off-pitch events failed to distract England from trouncing West Indies.

Tomorrow's match at Old Trafford is England's first ODI since their Champions Trophy semi-final defeat by eventual tournament winners Pakistan in Cardiff in June.

Leading the wicket-takers list in Test cricket is still Muralitharan with 800 scalps followed by Shane Warne (708), Kumble (619), McGrath (563) and finally Walsh (519). Adding to it, with his 500th wicket, he now surpassed Heath Streak to go atop on the list of most wickets by a pacer at a venue. Anderson now has 84 wickets at Lord's.

In response, England too were troubled to four down. 46 for four was what the score stood as after the end of Day 1 action as Cook, Root, Westley and Stoneman, all departed early. 

Minutes into the third and final session of the day, Ben Stokes completed with a six-wicket haul and recorded his career-best figures. Windies bundled out for an abysmal 123 runs, their second-lowest score after opting to bat first in the first innings.  

Only one side have made more in the fourth innings to win a Test at Headingley, with Australia's celebrated 'Invincibles' scoring 404 for three at the Leeds ground in 1948 thanks mainly to opener Arthur Morris's 182 and an unbeaten 173 from Donald Bradman, widely regarded as cricket's greatest batsman.

England were 171 for three in their second innings at stumps on Sunday`s third day, a lead of two runs, after the West Indies had made an impressive 427 in their first innings.

He thus equalled Chris Gayle's record of six Test centuries before the age of 25 and. Adding to it, the 24-year-old is now the second Windies opener to notch up a century on English soil in the last 28 years of their cricketing history. Gayle was the other, who had done so back in 2004, in Oval when he had struck an 87-ball 105.

Joe Root's run to record equalling feat started last October when England was touring Bangladesh. In the second Test match, played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, the 26-year-old had struck a 122-ball 56, in their first innings. He had next notched up a thrilling 124 runs against India at Rajkot. 

Law was saddened that Ambrose, until recently the West Indies` bowling coach, had vented his criticism in a British newspaper rather than directly to the players.

Few had given the West Indies much chance ahead of the three-match series but even their sternest critics might have paused before suggesting they would lose 19 wickets in a day.

West Indies, following-on, lost 19 wickets for 261 runs in the day`s play as England surged to a 1-0 lead in this three-Test series.