NORTH SOUND, Antigua (AP) — The West Indies began poorly when Alick Athanaze was out in the fourth over, caught by Buttler off a sharp delivery from Gus Livingstone. Curran then made a timely return to form by dismissing Keary Carty (0) and Brandon King (17) to leave the West Indies innings teetering at 23-4.
It was Curran’s first haul of three wickets or more in nine ODIs since March.
His 0-98 in the first match was the most expensive ODI spell ever by an England fast bowler.
“It was a tough day the other day but you’ve got to keep trying to move forward and bounce back,” Curran said. “We lost that game the other day but bounced back and we’re really pleased.”
Hope and Rutherford stayed together until the 30th over when Rutherford was caught by Salt from Livingstone’s bowling. Hope fell four overs later, bowled by Livingstone and the rest of the West Indies order offered little resistance.
“We put pressure on ourselves by the way we batted,” Hope said. “We didn’t play situations smart enough and that’s what caused the downfall in the batting.”
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