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.
Shimron Hetmyer played a few shots but Moeen Ali outfoxed him as well. Chris Gayle also failed to hang around for long and perished against Tymal Mills as West Indies were 31/4 in 50 overs. England bowlers kept chipping up wickets at regular intervals as West Indies crumbled to 55 in 14.2 overs. Gayle (13) was the top scorer while Adil Rashid grabbed four wickets for two runs in 2.2 overs.
Moeen Ali and Tymal Mills registered identical bowling figures with both picking up two wickets for 17 runs. However, Moeen bowled a maiden over as well in his spell. Chris Jordan and Woakes grabbed one wicket apiece.
In response, England openers Jason Roy and Jos Buttler started the chase in fine fashion with boundaries coming in each over. Roy got out for 11 runs to Ravi Rampaul while Jonny Bairstow got out to Akeal Hosein after scoring just 9 runs as England were 30/2 in 4.1 overs. Moeen Ali got run out after a mix-up.
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Akeal Hosein, then, grabbed a super one-handed flying catch to dismiss Liam Livingstone on his own bowling. Things looked messy for England as they were 39/4 in 6.1 overs. Eoin Morgan joined Jos Buttler in the middle and ensured there is no further hiccups as England won the game with six wickets in hand and 70 balls to spare.
See how Twitter reacted to this game;
I bet nobody saw that coming. Like a house of cards, the West Indies just came apart. I guess you see it all in this game
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) October 23, 2021
Eoin Morgan today:
Brings on Woakes, gets Lewis.
Persists with Moeen, gets Simmons, Hetmyer.
Brings on Mills, gets Gayle, Pooran
Brings on Jordan, gets Bravo
Brings on Rashid, gets Russell, Pollard, McCoy#T20WorldCup #ENGvWI pic.twitter.com/RCWlPWpw9i— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) October 23, 2021
Moeen Ali
1st over – 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 6
2nd over – 0, W, 0, 0, 0, 0
3rd over – 4, 4, 0, W, 0, 0
4th over – 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 04-1-17-2 #T20WorldCup #ENGvWI pic.twitter.com/n303N8cjVR
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) October 23, 2021
Not looking good at all
— Daren Sammy (@darensammy88) October 23, 2021
How amazing is the Tymal Mills story.
He spent 12 weeks in a back brace, now he’s back in the team.
Oh, and he has two wickets including Chris Gayle 👏#T20WorldCup #ENGvWI
— England's Barmy Army (@TheBarmyArmy) October 23, 2021
Mills' T20 career was propelled by castling Gayle at Hove half a decade ago. He's been on a helluva journey since then but it's fitting that he gets Gayle in his first over back. #T20WorldCup
— Freddie Wilde (@fwildecricket) October 23, 2021
England executed the plans perfectly and it was anything but WI throwing away wkts.
✅ Moeen vs left-handers
✅ Making Simmons hit to the longer side
✅ Hard lengths vs Gayle
✅ Pushing Pooran on the backfoot and nabbing him with a fuller one
✅ Wrist spinner early on vs Russell— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) October 23, 2021
West Indies totals in their last three T20Is vs England
45 (11.5 overs)
71 (13 overs)
55 (14.2 overs)#T20WorldCup2021— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) October 23, 2021
England making heavy weather of overhauling 55. But Great catch by Hossein to dismiss Livingstone. We’ve seen two outstanding catches today, the first by Markram in SA v Aus. Hossein’s effort as good if not better.
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) October 23, 2021
First time Andre Russell has batted at No. 8 or lower in a T20I since 2014. Third time ever
— Matt Roller (@mroller98) October 23, 2021
ridiculous to think England had a full five-match T20i series in India earlier this year and he didn’t play a single game…
— Ali Martin (@Cricket_Ali) October 23, 2021
For all the superstars in the side, #WI’s inevitable comeback in this tournament will be led by the younger likes of Obed McCoy and Akeal Hosein with the ball, like we’ve seen tonight. You just know there will be bigger totals for them to defend later in this #T20WorldCup
— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07) October 23, 2021
If #WestIndies had scored 20 more runs… #England would have made it a cracker of a game! #T20WorldCup #ENGvWI
— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) October 23, 2021
