ascendency

The hosts will have sensed their moment to push further into the ascendency in this series when winning the toss and choosing to 'have a chase'.

Unlike the afternoon session when 2019 winner Trump did well to emerge at 8-8 after watching Belgium's Brecel produce an array of stunning pots, once play resumed the Englishman was in the ascendency.

As 1994 reached the height of summer, the band's star was in the ascendency with each new single charting higher than the last.

The tourists had danced to 207-2 in response to 445 and had a scorching Saturday in which to bat themselves into the ascendency.

With the required rate rising, Powell smacked Liam Livingstone for back-to-back sixes to put the home side back in the ascendency and, with Russell soon joining the fun, West Indies ruthlessly finished the job.