West Indies smashed England by eight wickets and won the game through the second round in rain-affected ICC World Twenty20 Group D match in Guyana on Monday.
Brief scores
England 191-5, 20 overs (E Morgan 55)
West Indies 60-2, 5.5 overs
A smashing hit by Eoin Morgan (55) and Luke Wright with 45 not out takes England to an impressive score 191/5 to chase the victory.
After the rain stop, West Indies began with a revised target of 60 in six overs, under the Duckworth/Lewis method
England began with an impressive start as with Michael Lumb and Craig Kieswetter while Lump took 16 off one Ravi Rampaul over.
However, Shivnarine Chanderpaul with his (15 ) and Andre Fletcher (12) not out’s put their score on high mark with a ball to spare as they scored the eight runs which they were looking off at the last over, from fast bowler Stuart Broad.
Though, Morgon played on a remarkable note with just 35 balls and struck three sixes and six fours and the fatest bowler Rampaul’s took a costly 52 runs in total in 3 overs.
Teams
West Indies: Chris Gayle (capt), Andre Fletcher (wkt), Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Narsingh Deonarine, Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Darren Sammy, Nikita Miller, Sulieman Benn, Ravi Rampaul
England: Michael Lumb, Craig Kieswetter (wkt), Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood (capt), Eoin Morgan, Luke Wright, Stuart Broad, Tim Bresnan, Graeme Swann, Michael Yardy, Ryan Sidebottom
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May 4th, 2010
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