England vs West Indies Highlights, T20 World Cup 2024: Salt, Bairstow take ENG to comfortable 8-wicket win

Alzarri into the attack. Salt gets a couple to midwicket. Top edge as Salt moves legside and pulls, falls well in front of the fielder. Just a single. Scores level. Another short ball, pulled to deep mid wicket and England romps home by eight wickets.

Motie back. Bairstow gets a single to extra cover. Four!! Slightly short, cut past the fielder at point for a boundary. Six runs from the over. 

Shepherd into the attack. Four!! A boundary to the offside brings up the fifty for Phil Salt. Six!! Full on the stumps, Salt lofts it down the ground for six! Four!! Slower short ball, lofted over the keeper’s head for a boundary. Six!! In the slot, lofted over wide long off for the second six of the over. Six!! Slower ball in to the deck, lofted over deep square for six more. Four!! Low full toss, carved over extra cover to make it 30 runs from the over.

Hosein back for one last over. Salt gets a single to point. Appeals for lbw after Bairstow misses his reverse sweep, may have missed leg stump. Replays suggest it may have been glove. Four!! Bairstow moves across and sweeps it past short fine to the boundary. Six!! Top edge on the sweep from Bairstow, the fielders are interested but the wind takes it over the fence. Four!! Full on the stumps, Bairstow’s inside edge runs past fine leg for a boundary. 

Alzarri into the attack. Six!! Short of a length, Bairstow moves legside and plays a short arm jab over the midwicket fence for six. Four!! Short again, lofted over the keeper for another boundary. Short again, pulled to deep square for two more. 14 runs from the over. 

Motie with his third over. A favourable matchup with two right-handed batters at the crease. Pooran’s chirping not allowing Salt to focus while taking strike. Almost provides a return catch back to Motie next ball. Slightly wide, driven to the left of long off where Alzarri does well to keep it to two. Four!! Bairstow brings out the reverse sweep and it runs past short third to the fence. 

Chase starts his third over with a wide down leg. Bairstow goes for the slog sweep, takes the inside half of the bat and goes straight to deep square for a single. Four!! Bairstow chips a low full toss down the ground, the timing on its takes it to the boundary. 100 up for England in the chase.

Andre Russell back into the attack. WICKET!! Short of a length, Moeen looks to pull it over the fence on the legside, gives a simple catch to deep square. 

Moeen Ali c Charles b Russell 13(10)

Bairstow in at 4. Short of a length slower ball, the inside edge trickles off Salt’s pads and the batters get a single. Bairstow whips a full one to deep midwicket for two. 7 runs from the over. 

Chase continues. He extracts two dot balls out of Salt to continue his strong start. A leg side wide comes before Salt gets off the strike with a single to long on. DROPPED!! It is Pooran again. Ali goes for a cut. Thick edge and Pooran spills it. 

New batter Moeen Ali gets off the mark with a full-blooded sweep shot. FOUR!! Moeen gets another four off Motie to get the chase back on track. 

Spin from both ends now. Roston Chase with his off spin. Buttler jumps out of the crease as Chase fires one into his pads. Hits Buttler full on the front pad. Umpire gives it out. Buttler reviews. The third concurs with his onfield colleague. 

Jos Buttler lbw b Chase 25 (22b 2x4 0x6)

ENG 67/1 in 8 overs

Gudakesh Motie into the attack. Sharp running between the wickets. Buttler and Salt scamper to convert two singles into doubles. England’s chase motors on. West Indies in dire need of wickets. Motie nearly delivers one by sliding one past Buttler’s outside edge. 

Salt takes on new bowler Alzarri Joseph. Flicks one away for a four before pulling one away. Good outfielding to prevent a boundary. Short from Alzarri. Salt brings out a swivel pull shot. SIX!!!

Too short from Hosein. Salt is quick off his back foot. Slices it through the cover field for a four. England up and running in this chase. Quicker and straighter from Hosein as he closes off the over with no further harm. 

Andre Russell gets the ball. Keeps it straight. Two singles off the first two balls. Buttler times the next one to the leg side to get a double. Russell keeps it outside the off stump. Salt now shuffles out of the crease to launch one straight over the bowler for a massive six. 

Length from Hosein. Salt tries to time it to the leg side. Leading edge and it somehow evades Hosein and the fielder at mid on. FOUR!! Hosein with one that spins away. Under edge and it pops up off Pooran’s gloves and drops to the ground. DROPPED!!

Shepherd errs with his length. Outside leg stump and clicked away for a four by Buttler. Straighter from Shepherd. Dabbed away for a single by Buttler. Again leg-sideish from Shepherd. Flicked away for a four again by Buttler. 

As expected Akeal Hosein with the new ball. Salt with a push to leg side for a single to begin the chase. Hosein keeps it sharp with his left-arm spin. Just five runs from the over. 

ENG 5/0 in 1 over

Archer to bowl the last over. Full on the pads, Shepherd gets across for a leg bye. Six!! Wide but in the slot, carved over point for six! Low full toss, lofted to wide long off for a couple. Low full toss again, just a single to long on this time. Short ball, Shepherd misses and Rutherford scampers across for a bye. Archer misses his shy at the non strikers to help the batters get one more. A dot to finish an excellent spell of death bowling from England. 

Sam Curran back. Yorker on the stumps, jammed to long on for a single by Rutherford. Slower ball short of a length, Rutherford swings hard but fails to make contact. Full toss on the stumps, doesn’t get enough on it, falls in the gap at midwicket for two. Full and wide, drilled to extra cover for a couple more. Six from the over. 

Wood returns. Six!! Short of a length, Rutherford hooks it over the leg side and it has enough to go over the boundary. Four!! Mid on was inside the circle, Rutherford pulls one to his left and it runs away for four. Controls the runs in the next two balls but gives away two wides down leg. Four!! On the hips, turned behind for a boundary past deep fine leg. 

Rashid to bowl out. Sherfane Rutherford joins Russell in the middle. A slight misunderstanding but eventually the batters complete the single. WICKET!! Russell looks to slog one over midwicket, only finds the fielder in the deep. England with the momentum now.

Russell c Philip Salt b Adil Rashid 1(2)

Romario Shepherd in at 7. Two runs from the Rashid over. 

Andre Russell in at 5. Archer returns. Two yorkers outside off stump, Pooran can’t get bat on it. Four!! Misses his length slightly, carved over wide third for a boundary. Another yorker to follow. Another yorker, another dot. Excellent control from Archer. WICKET!! Another attempt at the same delivery, this time Pooran gets a faint nick back to the keeper. 

Pooran c Buttler b Jofra Archer 36(32)

Livingstone into the attack. Slightly short, Powell pulls it to midwicket and comes back for a couple. Six!! A couple of steps down and lofted over the bowler’s head for six. Six!! Another attempt to loft it down the ground, gets enough of it to clear the fence. Six!! Brute power in full show. Powell gets his third six in the same region. WICKET!! Outside edge as Powell looked for a fourth six, short third does well to dive forward and pouch it. 

Powell c Mark Wood b Livingstone 36(17)

Sam Curran back into the attack. Six!! Curran goes short, Powell pulls it over square leg and into the stands for six. Four!! Square leg was brought in, Pooran moves across and sweeps it in that area for a boundary. 11 from the over. 

Rashid with his third. A google to test Powell, who prods forward and defends. Appeals for lbw as Powell misses his paddle sweep behind. Not given on field and England review. The extra bounce means the ball goes over the stumps, England loses a review. Tight over from the leggie. Just four from it. 

Moeen continues. WICKET!! Tossed up wide, Charles lofts it down the ground but can’t clear long on. 

Charles c Harry Brook b Moeen Ali 38(34)

Rovman Powell in at 4. Moeen persists with the wide line, Powell unable to get it away. Six!! Wide again, but the length allowed Powell to get under it and loft it straight back for six. 100 up for the West Indies.

Rashid continues. Full and wide, Charles looks to go downtown but gets an inside edge. Six!! Tossed up closer to the stumps, Charles connects well to send it over long on for six. Aggressive running from the two, a double taken to deep point by Pooran. 12 runs off the over.

Moeen Ali from the other end. Couple of singles to get the over underway. West Indies needs to step up a gear. The home side has a lot of batting left in its tank. Smart running from the Windies pair to steal a double

Spin introduced finally. Leg spin from Adil Rashid. Steady start. Just a single from the first three balls. Full from Rashid. Pooran drives it off his front foot for a single. Now Rashid beats Charles with one that spun quite a bit. 

Wood makes the mistake of zoning in on Pooran’s pad. Too easy for him to dispatch it for a massive six. Wood corrects his line and gains a couple of dot balls from the next two balls. 

Reece Topley back for his third. Starts with a huge off side wide. Couple of singles follow. Too short from Topley. Pooran gets on top of it with ease before cracking it for a four to the deep mid wicket fence. 

Too wide from Archer. Charles clears his front leg before smashing it over covers for a four. He clears his front foot again and now carves a fuller straighter one behind point for another four. 

Sam Curran gets his first over of the day. King tries to take him on early by stepping down the track. Curran goes wide. Thick outside edge and it flies past short third for a four. 

King drives the next one to mid off. But he seems to have hurt himself while attempting to set off for a single. The physios are out there now. King can’t continue and Pooran replaces him. 

Brandon King retired hurt 23 (13b 3x4 1x6)

Joffra Archer time. Over the wicket to King. Pushed to the off side for a single. Straighter now. Charles cross bats it to deep fine for a single. Width from Archer and King guides it for a four after a fumble by Salt at deep third. Length again. King powers it just enough to beat mid on. FOUR MORE!!

Topley continues to put the pressure on the Windies openers. The left-arm pacer is not giving the batters any room to work with. But now he goes way too full. Not too much swing there. King swipes it off his pads. The wind is in his favour. SIX!! OUT OF THE GROUND!! Topley squeezes Charles with a booming in ducker. Lucky inside edge and it runs away for a four. 

Wood from the other end. Bamboozles King with an outswinger. Hits him on the back pad. England appeals hard, but doesn’t take the review. A huge leg side wide follows. Slower one now. Chipped by Charles over the bowler. Two runs stolen there. Length ball now. Charles expertly guides it past point for the first four of the day. 

Topley with the first over of the day. Brandon King gets things underway with a single to mid on. The left-arm pacer cramps Charles with some serious in-swing. A leg slip in place too. Topley goes wide and driven away for a couple of runs. 

WI 5/0 in 1 over

Matches played: 29

West Indies won: 17

England won: 12

Last result: West Indies won by four wickets (Tarouba, 2023)

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USA vs SA, T20 World Cup 2024: Gous’ innings in vain as South Africa beats United States by 18 runs

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Good surface says Ian Bishop. Very hard, not too much live grass. Will get some extra bounce in comparison to other Caribbean pitches he reckons. 

West Indies: Brandon King, Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran(wk), Roston Chase, Rovman Powell(C), Sherfane Rutherford, Andre Russell, Romario Shepherd, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Gudakesh Motie

England: Jos Buttler (c/wk), Phil Salt, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Jofra Archer, Reece Topley.

England wins the toss, opts to bowl first. One change for England, Mark Wood replaces Chris Jordan. Liam Livingstone fit enough to play.

Roston Chase and Romario Shepherd replaces Shai Hope and Obed McCoy for WI. 

Jos Buttler (c/wk), Phil Salt, Will Jacks, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Jofra Archer, Reece Topley.

Brandon King, Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran(wk), Roston Chase, Rovman Powell(C), Sherfane Rutherford, Andre Russell, Romario Shepherd, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Gudakesh Motie

England is set to clash with co-host West Indies in the second Super Eights match of the men’s T20 World Cup at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground in Gros Islet, St. Lucia, on Wednesday (Thursday morning IST). 

England arrives with confidence, having convincingly defeated Associate sides Oman and Namibia. Meanwhile, West Indies will draw strength from its unbeaten streak in the recently concluded group stage.

Adverse weather and one-sided contests have limited England to just 33.1 overs of play so far. The defending champion will be eager for more game time in St. Lucia, which has proved to be a high-scoring venue. While there were passing tropical showers on match eve, the weather is likely to hold up for Wednesday’s match.

England is currently sweating on the fitness of all-rounder Liam Livingstone, who injured his side while batting against Namibia and did not field. In that match, England dropped batter Will Jacks for all-rounder Sam Curran. It allowed Jonny Bairstow and Harry Brook to bat at No. 3 and 4, respectively, where both excelled. 

- Ayan Acharya

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