England spinner Rashid Khan celebrates after taking the wicket of West Indies in Dubai on Saturday.
spinners Moeen Ali And Adil Rashid dismantled West Indies’ batting line-up to shape up England’s easy six-wicket win over defending champions in the Super 12 Group 1 match of the T20 World Cup here on Saturday.
It was expected to be a thrilling battle between the flair of the West Indies and a capable England attack, but was reduced to a no-contest after a formidable batting performance by the defending champions, who went on to score just 55 runs in 15 overs. were out. West Indies batsmen were only looking for big shots and this became their undoing as they forgot that it was important to rotate the strike when the boundary was difficult to cross.
The England bowlers remained consistent with their line and length and were rewarded as West Indies posted their second lowest T20I score after 45 against the same opponents in 2019. This was the third lowest score in the T20 World Cup after 39 and 44. Netherlands).
England scored the required runs in 8.2 overs, but not before they even lost wickets in the cluster.
Jason Roy (1 1), Jonny Bairstow (9), Moeen Ali (3) and Liam Livingstone (1) struggled to adjust to the slow pace of the wicket, which made it very difficult to make strokes. Left-arm spinner Akil Hossein (2/24) made a good impression with his quick deliveries and excellent fielding.
joss butler (24 not out) and captain Eoin Morgan (7) not out looked at England and ensured there were no more plays in the competition.
Such results make a difference if net-run-rate comes into play at a later stage of the tournament. Earlier, Rashid conceded only two runs in 14 balls and wiped out the middle and lower order, giving Moeen a good start after inviting Eoin Morgan to bat.
Moeen ended his spell brilliantly, bowling 18 dot balls in his four overs while conceding just 17 runs. The West Indies batsmen kept looking for the boundaries and one after the other, they went to the side. Chris Gayle (13) was the only batsman to reach double digits.
Moeen was involved in a fierce battle with the West Indies batsmen after opening the attack.
Lendl Simmons (3) and Shimron Hetmyer Opens his arms against him but the off-spinner manages to send him back to the dug out. At the other end, Chris Woakes put a tough spell and got out. Evin Lewis (6) While Tymal Mills saw the back of the dangerous Gayle, who hit three shots on the fence, but could not execute the big shot off the pacer.
But none, including captain Kieron Pollard, showed the patience that was needed to stay on a dry wicket giving the spinners some assistance.
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