McKinney tears into West Indies A
Sixty-five balls. That is all Ben McKinney needed for 145. The Durham opener hit 15 fours and 10 sixes in Basseterre, and England Lions finished on 487-5 from their 50 overs against West Indies A in the second unofficial ODI.
It is the highest List A score the Lions have ever made. The old mark stood for a decade: 425-1 against Sri Lanka A at Canterbury, the day Ben Duckett made 220 not out and Daniel Bell-Drummond added 171.
McKinney was not alone. James Rew, who made his England Test debut against New Zealand at The Kia Oval in June, finished unbeaten on 107 from 56 balls with 15 fours and two sixes. Captain Dan Lawrence chipped in 76 off 56 and Hampshire’s Ben Mayes made an unbeaten 58 from 46.
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The bowlers finish the job
The hosts never got close. West Indies A were bowled out for 211, beaten by 276 runs. Hampshire seamer Eddie Jack took five wickets, and Glamorgan leg-spinner Mason Crane picked up three.
The attack McKinney and Rew flogged included Oshane Thomas, a full West Indies international with 46 white-ball caps. That gives the result some weight beyond the raw number.
McKinney’s name was linked with a Test call-up earlier this year when England moved on from Zak Crawley, but the place alongside Duckett went to his Durham team-mate Emilio Gay.
Five from five for the Lions
The Lions have now won all five matches on the tour. They swept the T20 series 3-0 and lead the five-match ODI leg 2-0. The next three 50-over games are all in St Kitts, on Wednesday, Saturday and next Monday.
Jack is also in England’s T20 squad for the five-match series against Australia starting on November 21 in Melbourne. Rew’s younger brother Thomas, who made 22 in the run-fest, and James Coles are the other uncapped names in that group.
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