T20 World Cup: West Indies Piled Up 55 Runs, England Won By 6 Wickets

England easily defeated West Indies by 55 runs in the match of Super 12 round of World Cup 2021 and easily won by 6 wickets.

In the match being played in Abu Dhabi, West Indies won the toss and elected to bowl first which proved to be correct.

In the second over of the match, Chris Vokes moved Avon Lewis while in the next over, Moin Ali ended Lendl Simmons' innings.

Chris Gayle and Shamron Hitmeyer added 18 runs to take the score to 27 when Moin ended Hitmeyer's innings.

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The West Indies had not yet recovered from the loss when Time Mills ended Chris Gayle's 13-run innings.

Devin Bravo welcomed Chris Jordan with a four but then lost the wicket on the next ball while Nicholas Puran could also make only one.

Aggressive all-rounder Andre Russell could not help the team in difficult times and became the wicket of Adil Rasheed, while Pollard also made a move in an attempt to hit a six. Obaid McCoy also lost his job.

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It didn't take long for England to take the last wicket of West Indies and the whole team piled up 55 runs.

Adil Rashid took 4 wickets for 2 runs while Moin Ali and Time Mills took 2 wickets each.

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In pursuit of the target, the openers gave England a 21-run lead, after which Jason Roy went on to score 11 runs.

The score had reached 30 when Johnny Bairstow made 9 runs and caught Aqeel Hussain on the same ball.

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Moin Ali was run out for just three runs while Liam Livingston also became Aqeel's second wicket.

Despite losing four wickets for 39 runs, England did not have any difficulty in reaching the target and the team won the toss and elected to bat on the second ball of the ninth over.

Moin Ali was declared the man of the match for his excellent bowling as he bowled two West Indies wickets for 17 runs.

Both teams were composed of these players for the match.

West Indies: Karen Pollard, Lendl Simmons, Avon Lewis, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hitmeyer, Nicholas Puran, Andre Russell, Devin Bravo, Aqeen Hussain, Obaid McCoy, Ravi Rampal.

England: Owen Morgan (captain), Jose Butler, Jason Roy, David Milan, Johnny Bairstow, Liam Livingston, Moin Ali, Chris Vokes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Time Mills