Cricket News: Jason Roy, Joe Root star in England's tall chase

Riding on Jason Roy and Joe Root’s century innings England chased down a daunting total to defeat West Indies in the first ODI at Barbados. England showed why they'll enter the 2019 World Cup as favourites as they aced the 361-run chase and handed Windies a six- wicket loss to go one up in the series. Windies rattled the visitors in the first half on the back of Chris Gayle comeback ton but Jason Roy smashed 123 off 85 to ease the team into the chase before Joe Root finished things off with 102. England's win also helped them record the third-highest successful chase in the history of ODI cricket. Earlier in the day, Windies hit 23 sixes - the most in an innings in an ODI - to canter to a challenging total. While Gayle did the bulk of the scoring, there were handy contributions from Shai Hope (64) and Darren Bravo (40).