England take on West Indies looking to consolidate a place in the top four of the Cricket World Cup round-robin group.
The squad led by Eoin Morgan have won two matches out of three as they head to the Ageas Bowl in Southampton. Their opponents are 6th having won one, lost one and had one match abandoned due to rain.
Thousands will be heading into town for the third of five round-robin encounters at the home of Hampshire County Cricket, which is due to start at 10.30am.
Three matches have already been called off in the tournament due to bad weather, but the forecast is more positive today.
There will be some road closures at certain times in Southampton due to the match.
Follow all the traffic and weather updates via our live blog below...
Key Events
No stopping Roooot as England cruise to victory.
England have delivered a crushing, eight-wicket win. They scored 213-2 off only 33.1 overs.
Joe Root was 100 not out, Bairstow got 45, Woakes 40 and Stokes was 10 not out when the winning runs were struck.
England keeping West Indies shackled
West Indies are 74-3 after 17.3 overs. And dangerman Chris Gayle was caught for 36!
The Team News
England are unchanged. West Indies have made three changes.
Evin Lewis and Andre Russell return from injury, and fast bowler Shannon Gabriel makes his first appearance of the World Cup. Darren Bravo, Ashley Nurse and Kemar Roach are out.
England XI: Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Liam Plunkett, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood
West Indies XI: Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Shai Hope, Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Andre Russell, Carlos Brathwaite, Shannon Gabriel, Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas
England win the toss
England have won the toss and elected to bowl
The wicket has been under covers for the last 24 hours and we predict there might be a bit of moisture in early on, so hopefully we can take advantage of that. The World Cup is all about turning up on the day, adapting to conditions and hopefully winning. Eoin Morgan
The following roads are busy
- M27 Westbound near Lower Swanwick
- Botley Road B3035
- A27 near the junction with Telegraph Road
- Roads coming off J7 of the M27
Festival traffic
As well as the cricket, it’s also the Isle of Wight Festival until the end of the week. Some roads will be busier than usual due to people heading down to catch the ferry.
Road closures
There will be traffic management arrangements in place, temporary road signs and parking restrictions in place close to the stadium, with some residential areas being temporarily coned off.
Botley Road (B3035), from the Moorgreen Road roundabout to the Tollbar Way roundabout, will be closed.
The diversion route will be Tollbar Way-Charles Watts Way-Moorhill Road before terminating at Church Hill with access to B3035 (High Street, West End) for West End Village only.
Access will be maintained for residents and businesses throughout the closure except for about 90 minutes after the match finishes (estimated 6pm) to allow fans to leave the Ageas Bowl safely.
Spectators are encouraged to arrive in plenty of time to allow for enhanced security checks that will be carried out.
We are delighted to welcome the players, officials, media and of course the cricket fans from so many different countries to the borough to enjoy our prestigious and world class cricket venue. I hope everyone enjoys the ICC World Cup cricket in our borough.
Council Leader, Cllr Keith House
Good morning!
Good morning cricket fans! England are back in action today against West Indies. Stick with us for update s throughout the day.
