487-5: McKinney hits England Lions’ fastest ton in record List A total
England Lions hammered 487-5 as they beat West Indies A by 276 runs in the second One-Day match at Warner Park, Basseterre.
England Lions hammered 487‑5 as they beat West Indies A by 276 runs in the second One-Day match at Warner Park, Basseterre.
Ben McKinney, James Rew smash rapid hundreds for England Lions
The 22-year-old McKinney recorded the second-fastest List A century for an England player, reaching the mark in just 43 balls on his way to a blistering 145 off 65. His knock included 10 sixes and 15 fours as he ended with a strike rate of 223.
After losing opening partner Thomas Rew early, McKinney added a 158-run stand for the second wicket with Rehan Ahmed, who made only 26 of these runs. McKinney’s hundred, his second in List A cricket, is second on the fastest List A hundreds by an England player, only behind Somerset’s Graham Rose who reached the mark in 36 balls against Devon in 1990.
James Rew hit a hundred in 55 balls en route to finishing on an unbeaten 107 off 56 balls after walking in to bat in the 31st over. He struck 15 fours and two sixes, and added 166 runs for the sixth wicket with Ben Mayes to power the team to 487‑5 in 50 overs.
For James, it was his fifth List A hundred and the second on the trot, having scored 101 off 79 in the first match of this tour. On the back of these centuries, England Lions registered the fifth-highest total in List A cricket. They also went past India A’s 433‑3 against South Africa A in 2013, previously the record total in a List A match between two “A” teams.
