Highlights, England vs West Indies, T20 World Cup 2021, Full cricket score: All-round bowlers seal England's six-wicket win

After 8.2 overs,England 56/4 ( Jos Buttler (W) 24 , Eoin Morgan (C) 7)

GAME OVER! Jos Buttler seals the match with a boundary, beating the long leg fielder with a big pull shot. England begin their T20 World Cup campaign with a win, to avenge their defeat of the 2016 final.

After 8 overs,England 50/4 ( Jos Buttler (W) 18 , Eoin Morgan (C) 7)

Oben McCoy continues. Morgan beats the fielder at deep midwicket to find a boundary. Hayden Walsh there tried everything to stop the ball but eventually failed. England need just a six to win the match now.

After 7 overs,England 43/4 ( Jos Buttler (W) 16 , Eoin Morgan (C) 2)

A divng effort from Akea Hosein completes the dismissal of Liam Livingstone. It’s a caught and bowled dismissal but there’s a review to see if the ball had been grounded before completing the wicket. But replay shows it’s a clean dismissal. Skipper Eoin Morgan is the new batter. England need 13 more runs to win.

After 6 overs,England 39/3 ( Jos Buttler (W) 14 , Liam Livingstone 1)

Obed McCoy is introduced. There’s a mix-up between Moeen and Buttler, and Moeen rushing back to the non-strikers’ end, misses out on safety by a couple of yards as McCoy breaks the stumps, seeing Moeen off. Liam Livingstone is the new batter, and England need 17 more runs to win.

After 5 overs,England 34/2 ( Jos Buttler (W) 11 , Moeen Ali 3)

Akeal Hosein begins his third over with a wicket, that of Jonny Bairstow. Moeen Ali, not Dawid Malan, is at number four. A wicket and four runs off the over, with Buttler keeping strie with a single. England need just 22 runs off 90 balls.

After 4 overs,England 30/1 ( Jos Buttler (W) 10 , Jonny Bairstow 9)

Rampaul continues. Right away, he claims the wicket of Jason Roy who chips this one towards Gayle at short midwicket. Jonny Bairstow is the new batter and introduces himself with two consecutive fours. A wicket and nine runs off the over.

After 2 overs,England 10/0 ( Jason Roy 2 , Jos Buttler (W) 8)

Ravi Rampaul returns to bowling for the first time for West Indies after six long years. Buttler collects his second boundary, taking advantage of Rampaul’s extra width in his ball to hit on the up and find the gap square past backward point. Another five runs from the over.

England 5/0 after 1 over (Roy 1, Buttler 4)

Akeal Hosein with the ball first up for West Indies as Jason Roy faces the first ball in the chase. Jos Buttler is the other batter. Roy is off the mark with a single towards long-on. Buttler is also off the mark, finding a boundary by slotting the ball between extra-cover and long off. Five off the first over.

After 15 overs,West Indies 55/10 ( Akeal Hosein 6 , )

AND THAT’S THAT! There’s nothing much to tell regarding Windies’ batting lineup. Rashid finishes Windies innings for just 55 after cleaning up Ravi Rampaul. Adil Rashid registers career-best figures of 4/2 (2.2 overs). England need just 56 runs to win the contest. Do join us in a fe minutes for the chase.

After 13 overs,West Indies 50/9 ( Akeal Hosein 3 , Ravi Rampaul 1)

Two wickets in two balls for Adil Rashid as Pollard and McCoy depart. The Windies are reeling at 50/9 from 13 overs. The last batting pair of Ravi Rampal and Akeal Hosein will hope to salvage some pride.

After 11 overs,West Indies 45/7 ( Kieron Pollard (C) 4 , Akeal Hosein 1)

This game is firmly in control of England. Andre Russell is the latest to make the long way back to the pavilion as Windies continue to collapse like nine pins. Russell was looking to defend off Rashid’s ball, but instead left a gap between bat and pad to let the ball through to the wickets. Akeal Hosein is the new batter.

After 10 overs,West Indies 44/6 ( Kieron Pollard (C) 4 , Andre Russell 0)

It’s halfway mark of the innings, which means it’s time for a drinks break. Windies are clearly struggling on the field, and possibilty of a challenging  total looks distant as of now. Andre Russell (0*) and Kieron Pollard (4*) will have to look in building a sustainable partnership without losing further wickets.

After 8 overs,West Indies 38/5 ( Nicholas Pooran (W) 1 , Kieron Pollard (C) 1)

Nothing has gone West Indies way so far. Wickets are collapsing, and there’s hardly any momentum going their way. Pollard and Nicholas Pooran have their task cut out against a mighty bowling lineup.

After 5 overs,West Indies 27/3 ( Chris Gayle 9 , Dwayne Bravo 0)

England maintain their strong start in the match, as Moeen gets rid  nof Hetmyer, as Windies lose their third wicket. Windies are in a spot of bother now, and Dwayne Bravo joins  Universe Boss Gayle with a task in hand.

After 3 overs,West Indies 9/2 ( Chris Gayle 0 , Shimron Hetmyer 0)

Moeen is back, and sends the second opener back home packing. It’s a wicket maiden , as he gets rid of Lendl Simmons, who slogs towards Livingtsone at deep midwicket. Two new batters in Gayle and Hetmyer at the crease now.

After 2 overs,West Indies 9/1 ( Lendl Simmons 3 , Chris Gayle 0)

Chris Woakes is brought into attack, and gives England the breakthrough. Slow ball from Woakes, Lewis look to slam down the ground, but takes the bottom of the bat and Moeen Ali makes no mkistake with the catch. Chris Gayle is the new batter.

After 1 overs,West Indies 7/0 ( Lendl Simmons 1 , Evin Lewis 6)

Moeen Ali first up for England, with Lendl Simmons on strike. Simmons is off the mark with a single towards the mid-wicket gap. Three balls later, Lewis brings up the first six of the match as he lofts an overpitched ball from Moeen to guide the ball over the bowlers’ head. Seven off the first over.

“Go out there and entertain me” were Sulieman Benn’s words to Chris Gayle on 16 March, 2016. And someone needed to go hammer and tongs against England for it was a stiff 183 run target at the Wankhede Stadium.

Gayle’s drinking partner was done with his job: three overs bowled, a wicket of Alex Hales and 23 runs conceded. A team effort with the bat spearheaded by Joe Root’s 48 had put England in driving seat at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

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Two-time champions but currently out of sorts, the West Indies will hope to raise their game by a few notches when they open their campaign against favourites England in a Super 12 match of the ICC men’s T20 World Cup here on Saturday.

A team packed with some of the most destructive T20 players, the West Indies cut a sorry figure in the two warm-up games against Pakistan and Afghanistan and would need to quickly shrug off the disappointment ahead of the tournament proper.

It was poor batting which cost them both the practice matches. While against Pakistan, the Caribbean team failed to put up a fighting total, scoring a modest 130 for 7, Kieron Pollard’s men managed 133-5 in their chase of 189 against Afghanistan.

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