Woh field mein gir gayi thi, aur Cricket West Indies (CWI) medical team ne precaution ke liye unhe rest diya hai. Matthews ka na hona West Indies ke liye bada jhatka hai, kyunki woh top-order batter aur off-spinner dono hain. T20I series mein, jo England ne 3-0 se jeeti, Matthews ne 177 runs maare, jisme ek zabardast century (100* off 67 balls) aur teesre match mein 71 runs shamil the, saath hi 3 wickets bhi liye. Pehle ODI mein unka Qiana Joseph ke saath 91-run ka partnership tha, jisme unhone 48 runs banaye, jo dikhaata hai ki team kitna unpe depend karti hai.
West Indies ke liye aur mushkil yeh hai ki opener Qiana Joseph bhi bimaari ki wajah se doosre ODI se bahar hai. Joseph ke 62 runs pehle ODI mein highlight the, lekin ab unke bina batting lineup weak hai. Team mein teesra change hai, Zaida James ab debutant Realeanna Grimmond ke saath open karegi, jo 20 saal ki Guyanese all-rounder hai aur ODI mein pehli baar khel rahi hai. Teesra change yeh hai ki Jannillea Glasgow ne Mandy Mangru ki jagah li hai, aur yeh Glasgow ka is tour pe pehla ODI hai. Vice-captain Shemaine Campbelle ab captaincy sambhalegi, aur former captain Stafanie Taylor wapas XI mein hai, jo injury ke baad thodi kheli thi. Taylor ka record is tour pe weak hai (second T20I mein duck), toh unpe pressure hoga.
England ne toss jeeta aur Leicester ke Uptonsteel County Ground pe pehle batting chuni, jahan thandi aur cloudy conditions hain. England ne pehle ODI mein 108 runs se jeet haasil ki thi, jisme Amy Jones aur Tammy Beaumont ke centuries the. Unhone apni team mein do changes kiye: off-spinner Charlie Dean aur seamer Em Arlott ko rest diya, aur all-rounder Alice Davidson-Richards aur fast bowler Lauren Filer ko shamil kiya. England ki team, jisme Nat Sciver-Brunt captain hain, mein Tammy Beaumont, Amy Jones, Emma Lamb, Sophia Dunkley, Alice Capsey, Kate Cross, Linsey Smith, aur Lauren Bell hain, aur shayad Heather Knight bhi wapas aaye, jo hamstring issue ke baad thik ho rahi hai. Yeh changes dikhaate hain ki England ke paas kitni depth hai, aur nayi coach Charlotte Edwards ke under unka confidence high hai, bhale hi spinner Sophie Ecclestone knee injury ke wajah se na khel rahi ho.
West Indies ki sambhaavit XI mein hain: Realeanna Grimmond, Zaida James, Shemaine Campbelle (captain aur wicketkeeper), Stafanie Taylor, Shabika Gajnabi, Jannillea Glasgow, Aaliyah Alleyne, Jahzara Claxton, Cherry-Ann Fraser, Afy Fletcher, aur Karishma Ramharack. Team ke liye series haarne se bachna mushkil hoga, khaas kar bina Matthews aur Joseph ke, jabki England ne inke khilaaf 29 matches mein se 20 jeete hain. Leicester ka pitch batting ke liye acha hai, lekin shuruaati seam movement West Indies ke weak top order ko pareshan kar sakta hai, agar England ke pacers Lauren Filer aur Bell conditions ka fayda uthaaye.
