England v West Indies: Rain wipes out second Royal London ODI
Rain wiped out all but 10 minutes of England's second Royal London Series match which ended in a no-result against West Indies at Trent Bridge.
Second ODI scores (Trent Bridge)
No result
England: 21-0 (2.2 overs. Bairstow 9*, Hales 10*)
Rain wiped out all but 10 minutes of England's second Royal London Series match which ended in a no-result against West Indies at Trent Bridge.
The day-night fixture began on time, but England got no further than 21 for none from 2.2 overs before a band of rain moved in and then proved more persistent than was forecast.
The match was therefore called off at 1615 BST, leaving England 1-0 up after their opening win at Old Trafford - with three more games to play.
West Indies' chances of bouncing back in Bristol on Sunday may be compromised by the possible absence of Chris Gayle.
The big-hitting opener was ruled out at the last minute here after hurting his hamstring while warming up, and then spent part of his 38th birthday in hospital having scans to assess the seriousness of his injury.
England are the odds-on favourites at 1/3 with Sky Bet to beat West Indies in Bristol on Sunday. West Indies can be backed at 5/2 for the win.
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Eoin Morgan insists England's task will be made no easier against West Indies even if Chris Gayle's sore hamstring rules him out of any remaining Royal London Series matches.
Asked if it will be a relief if England do not have to bowl at him again in the series, however, England captain Morgan said: "I don't think so, no.
"As I mentioned at the start of the series, the West Indies are probably a threat more so as a group than any individual they have within their team.
"Just because they're missing one player, it doesn't mean we'll take them any more lightly in any game."
West Indies coach Stuart Law is still optimistic that Gayle will be fit again by the weekend.
"Chris has been for scans," he said.
"We don't know the results of them just yet but he tweaked a hamstring in the warm-up.
"We'll monitor him and see how he's going for Bristol."
Gayle, replaced by Kyle Hope at the top of the order, ended up missing very little as rain set in terminally.
"He said he didn't want to risk it - which is fair enough," added Law.
"If you do a hamstring at 38, it takes a bit longer to heal than when you're 18.
"We probably erred on the side of caution, which is probably the right thing, with three more games to play here.
"Fingers crossed, he'll be okay to take part in all those three."