Brook's England ODI reign begins with crushing win over West Indies by 238 runs

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Harry Brook's reign as England's new white-ball captain began by thumping the West Indies by 238 runs in a one-day international at Edgbaston on Thursday.

For the first time in an ODI, the first seven batters scored 35 or more as England racked up 400-8. Brook was among four players to contribute half-centuries.

The West Indies needed to pull off a record run chase but was out for 162 in the 27th.

Medium-pacer Saqib Mahmood knocked over the top order and fast bowler Jamie Overton got hold of the tail.

“That was a pretty phenomenal performance,” Brook said. “I'm not concerned (no one convrtd fifties into hundrds). We got 400 runs. If one of us kicks on, that's a complete performance.”

England can clinch its first ODI bilateral series win since September 2023 on Sunday in Cardiff. The third and last match is on Tuesday at the Oval.

About all that England lost at Edgbaston was the toss.

West Indies thought it could exploit humid conditions but the initial bowling was mediocre and Ben Duckett and Jamie Smith, who was opening for the first time and dropped on 1, smashed 64 runs within seven overs. By the end of the powerplay, England was 90 for the loss of only Smith.

Duckett made 60 off 48 balls, and Joe Root 57. Brook added 58 as the scoring rate was pegged back in the middle overs.

But as 400 looked to fall out of reach, Barbados-born Jacob Bethell, brought back from the Indian Premier League to play his first international at his home ground, launched into the West Indies with 82 off 53 until falling in the last over.

Bethell and Will Jacks added 98 from 44 balls.

England reached 400 for the sixth time ever, and has never lost from that vantage point.

The total might have been much higher if ordinary West Indies bowling hadn't been compensated by outstanding catches.

Roston Chase's leaping one-handed take at backward point to dismiss Duckett was the pick, just ahead of Brandon King's reflexes to snatch Smith's rocket at short midwicket and Keacy Carty's diving catch at deep cover to end Brook's threatening innings.

The batting performance wasn't in the same class.

Mahmood nagged out Justin Greaves in the third over and Carty in the 10th, while Brydon Carse was too quick for King. Carse's stunning boundary catch ended captain Shai Hope in the 12th over at 66-4 and it was all downhill for the visitors.

Mahmood and Overton led with three wickets each.

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England's Jamie Overton, right, celebrates after taking the wicket of West Indies' Matthew Forde during the first One Day International match between England and West Indies at Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, Thursday May 29, 2025. (Nick Potts/PA via AP)

England's Joe Root bats during the First Men's One Day International match between England and West Indies at Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, Thursday May 29, 2025. (Nick Potts/PA via AP)

England's Ben Duckett, left, bats during the First Men's One Day International match between England and West Indies at Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, Thursday May 29, 2025. (Nick Potts/PA via AP)

England's Jacob Bethell, left, celebrates a half century during the first One Day International match between England and West Indies at Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, Thursday May 29, 2025. (Nick Potts/PA via AP)

England's Harry Brook, left, bats during the First Men's One Day International match between England and West Indies at Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, Thursday May 29, 2025. (Nick Potts/PA via AP)

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.

A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.

Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The attack came the day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.

For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.

The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”

Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners Saturday, he said.

Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.

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This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)