By: Shree1news, 23 OCT 2021
A dominant England side started their ICC T20 world Cup 2021 campaign in an appropriate way on Saturday as they overwhelmed the defending champions West Indies to top group 1 in the super 12 stage.
The match become expected to be an exciting battle between the West Indies’ flair and a succesful England attack however it become reduced to a no-contest following a horrendous batting display from each teams.
England finished the 6-wicket triumph over of the Windies after bowling them out for 55, the third-lowest overall in T20 world Cup history and second lowest in the format for WI, with Jos Buttler leading the way with the bat to bring an early quit to the proceedings in Abu Dhabi.
ENG vs WI, T20 world Cup: Highlights
West Indies tried their great to delay the inevitable by grabbing four English wickets in quick succession as batsmen from each aspects continued to struggle on a sluggish and turning pitch on the Dubai international Cricket Stadium.
Obed McCoy bowled his heart out for the title holders, picking 2 wickets for 24 runs from his 4 overs in the powerplay but the overall changed into simply too low for West Indies to protect and pose any sort of hazard to the three Lions.
Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali flopped with the bat however England nevertheless managed to reach the paltry target inside the xxth over to sign up their first-ever T20 world Cup win over the West Indies thanks to an incredible overall performance from their bowlers, who justified captain Eoin Morgan’s choice to field first on the toss.
Leg-spinner Adil Rashid was the standout bowler for England however it turned into Chris Woakes and Moeen Ali who commenced the damage with the wickets of Evin Lewis and Lendl Simmons respectively.
the 2-time champions ought to in no way absolutely get over 9 for 2 and kept losing wickets at everyday intervals.
West Indies have been finally bowled out for 55 in 14.2 overs with Adil Rashid completing with his profession-best T20I figures of four wickets for 2 runs from his 2.2 overs. Chris Gayle (13) become the only batter who were given to the double digits.
Moeen Ali and Tymal mills each grabbed more than one wickets each while Woakes and Chris Jordan took one apeace to round off the appropriate bowling performance from the 2010 champions