The Super 12 round of the T20 World Cup 2021 has started with Australia and South Africa’s game. Now, England and West Indies are facing each other in the repeat of T20 WC 2016’s final which West Indies won.
Eoin Morgan won the toss and elected to bowl first. David Willy, Tom Curran, Sam Billings and Mark Wood are sitting out for England. West Indies left out Hayden Walsh, Oshane Thomas, Roston Chase and Andre Fletcher.
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Lendl Simmons and Evin Lewis walked out to start the proceeding for West Indies. England didn’t take long to separate the two openers as Chris Woakes removed Lewis. Moeen Ali removed Simmons in the next over as West Indies were jolted early.
Chris Gayle came out to bat at number three. He was expected to do the repair job as the wickets were falling out. However, he opted to go areal against Tymal Mills on the last ball of the powerplay and edged the ball high in the sky. Dawid Malan completed a tough catch while running back to dismiss Gayle for 13 runs.
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Wickets kept on falling for West Indies. Adil Rashid wreaked havoc when he came to bowl. He picked four wickets in his 2.2-over spell where he conceded just two runs. West Indies collapsed for 55 runs.
England (Playing XI): Jos Buttler (wk), Jason Roy, Dawid Malan, Eoin Morgan (c), Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Tymal Mills.
West Indies (Playing XI): Evin Lewis, Lendl Simmons, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Kieron Pollard (c), Andre Russell, Dwayne Bravo, Akeal Hosein, Obed McCoy, Ravi Rampaul.
