Bairstow Leads England Home.

With England having won the test series and also lost the only T20 against the Windies, yesterday saw the commencement of the five match ODI series which began at Old Trafford.
The start was delayed due to a soggy outfield which could have created a major injury threat to fielders.
When play eventually got under way, Chris Gayle looked capable of setting up a sound base with his extraordinary hitting but gave two catches to Root - the first of which was fluffed by the skipper in test matches but the second was brilliantly taken in compensation for the earlier error.
The Windies' batting was feeble from this point as the England bowlers took command and the batsmen made runscoring look nigh on impossible.
The delays had meant a reduction to a 42 over match and it was always clear that the total of 205 set for an England victory would never be good enough.

A half century from Root and an unbeaten century from Jonny Bairstow saw England through to a comfortable seven wicket win on a pitch which never demonstrated any of 'the demons within' suggested by a mediocre batting display from the visitors.
1 - 0. Wholly merited.