The Latest: England sets India 338 to win at Edgbaston
LONDON (AP) — The Latest on Day 32 of the Cricket World Cup (all times local):
2:30 p.m.
England has finished 337-7 in its 50 overs and set unbeaten India a victory target that no team has ever achieved in the Cricket World Cup.
But the 338 chase isn’t entirely unprecedented. India and England both scored 338 in a tied World Cup game at Bangalore in 2011.
The highest-successful chase remains Ireland’s 329-7 against England at Bangalore eight years ago, and the highest in this tournament is Bangladesh’s 322 against West Indies in a seven-wicket win at Taunton.
England needs to win to maintain its chances of progressing to the playoffs and started perfectly with recalled Jason Roy (66) and Jonny Bairstow combining in a 160-run opening stand.
Bairstow posted his first century of the World Cup before he was out for 111 as India’s bowlers hit back toward the end of the innings.
Joe Root contributed 44 and Ben Stokes scored 79 from 54 balls before he was out to Jasprit Bumrah in the last over.
Mohammed Shami finished with a five-wicket haul but was expensive in conceding 69 runs.
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Eleven times Sheldon Cottrell has done his trademark “march and salute” at the World Cup, his tribute to his comrades in the Jamaican defense forces when he takes a wicket. It has drawn attention across the cricket world, and one or two mimics from other teams.
It’s also caught the attention of West Indies coach Floyd Reifer, who wants to develop the group of leaders to carry cricket forward in the Caribbean.
Cottrell could soon be rising through the ranks.
Asked ahead of Monday’s group game against Sri Lanka which players had stood out as potential future leaders, Reifer went through a list including wicketkeeper Shai Hope, batsman Shimron Hetmyer and then he came to Cottrell.
“Sheldon Cottrell — he’s a solider, a true soldier as well,” Reifer said, adding how much energy the 29-year-old left-arm paceman has brought to the team in the West Indies first seven games.
“Yes, we have some players that we’ve identified as future leaders.”
The West Indies are out of contention with just three points and two games to go, but Reifer said they’ll be using the game against Sri Lanka to start building for the future.
