As England all-time leading Test cricket run-scorer Alastair Cook stepped down from captaincy after the 2016-17 tour of India, Joe Root was all set to take the charge of the Three Lions. Right from a young age, Root displayed tremendous maturity to acclaim himself to be a leader of the lot. However, along with the authority, came a heap of responsibilities. He remained consistent but started receiving constant criticism for poor conversion rate of century from a fifty. He made his Test debut against India at Nagpur in December 2012, followed by T20I beginning at Mumbai. He played his first ODI match in the same series against Inia at Rajkot in January 2013.
Read MoreThe tourists were given a target of 361 in the first ODI after Gayle ended his six-month exile from the team by hitting 12 sixes in a knock of 135.
England and West Indies will play five ODIs between February 20 and March 2.
Shannon admitted the offence after the end of the match and accepted the sanction proposed by Jeff Crowe of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees and, as such, there was no need for a formal hearing.
Shannon Gabriel had earlier been suspended from the Mirpur Test in November 2018 when he reached the threshold of four demerit points.
Root was en route to his 16th Test century when he was seen answering back to Gabriel who may have said something at the end of the over.
Root was 111 not out, reaching his first half-century and century in eight innings, with the West Indies already having won the series 2-0.
Stokes could feature as a specialist batsman if he cannot play a full part with his bowling.
England was routed for 132 in its second innings and the West Indies knocked off the 14 runs needed for a 10-wicket victory on a dramatic day.
It was Roach who sowed the seeds of England's match-defining 77 all out in Bridgetown and he took 4-30 here.
Part-time spinner Roston Chase claimed a career-best figure of 8/60 in Tests as West Indies demolished England by 381 runs in the 1st Test, taking a 1-0 lead in the series.
"To score a double hundred in front of your home crowd is a very pleasing feeling," Holder said.
It was a third batting collapse in the West Indies for England, which was skittled for 46 in Trinidad in 1994 and 51 in Jamaica a decade ago.
Virat Kohli is currently the No.1 ODI batsman while Kane Williamson is currently 11th in the rankings for batsmen.
England captain Joe Root was named man of the match for his magnificent 124 that helped England to a total of 346 in their second innings.
Joe Root's chanceless knock came as a big relief for England as he had accumulated only 52 runs in three innings in the series.
Dananjaya was reported to the International Cricket Council by the match officials after the first Test, in which he took two wickets in 38.5 overs.
After setting Sri Lanka an improbable winning target of 461 and two days to do it, England bossed the first test.
Foakes batted for more than four hours, faced 184 deliveries, and hit only six boundaries.
The former Sri Lanka skipper is retiring from all forms of cricket in Galle after this first test of three.
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