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Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2021 6:59 pm
West Indies NAT Twenty20 World Cup Summaries
West Indies vs Bangladesh
Daren Browne made his captaincy debut for the West Indies today, and he guessed heads correctly to put Bangladesh into bat. It was a flat track and West Indies were chasing in this Twenty20 match...........
Bangladesh started their innings off with the intent to knock West Indies out ball one. A 51-run powerplay, barely losing one wicket, and hitting the most experienced, and probably amongst the best West Indian seamers Wilfred Austin for 30 against his strengths of bowling with the new ball. Aaron Munilall got the second opener out soon after, but Bangladesh did not hit the brakes after the fall of these wickets. Instead, they upped the ante. Captain Ashish Sharma and Enamul Mubalik got into a 92-run partnership, as their constant boundaries seemed to threaten a 200-run possibility at one stage. A few good overs from Aaron Munilall, Wilfred Austin, and Jason Hislop, especially the one where Hislop ran through Sharma's defence were few positives for West Indies. Bangladesh cruised through the innings mostly, reaching 186, barely losing 3 lads.
Chasing a mammoth total, Audrey Anthony edged an away-swinger to the keeper in the second over. Quite like every game, West Indies lost an early wicket, but Winston Nunes and Vivalyn Hector decided to not let that affect the scoring rate. A 70-run stand, including a fifty for Nunes and a 150 strike-rate 45 for Hector put West Indies at 79/2 after 10, needing 108 off the remaining ten. Melford Griffith and Winston Nunes got 57 runs off the next six overs, albeit losing both of their wickets. This left Hemraj Walsh and Floyd Doctrove on the crease, required to chase 51 off the next 4 overs.
The seventeenth over, the first of the remaining four, saw Floyd Doctrove smash two boundaries off the medium-pacer, and the pair ran 8 off the other 4 balls to bring the equation down to 35 off 3 overs. The next over was the wristy Khanolkar's and the Doctrove-Walsh pair could barely get six runs off that over, not getting any boundaries. Fastie Rune Christaens bowled the penultimate over. A two, a two and a maximum, brought the equation to 19 runs off 9 balls, as Doctrove tilted the game back to West Indies' side. Five more of the nineteenth over meant Floyd Doctrove faced Saeed Das, needing 14 runs off six deliveries. An open field with all fielders glued to the boundary line allowed him to sneak 2 twos before hitting a scoop over short fine leg for a boundary. Six off the next three were needed, and the pair ran three doubles to close down a very exciting chase, with Doctrove hitting 39 runs at a strike rate marginally above 200.
Other Results in Group 2
India beat Ireland by 63 runs.
Bermuda beat Netherlands by 2 wickets.
Fixture on June 3: Ireland
West Indies next face the winless Irish side on a dry track, and there is certain humidity expected on the ground. With a mammoth win for India against the Irish, they're probably a win from qualifying, and the Irish are mostly all but out of the race for the semi-finals. The top two, India and Netherlands face each other, whilst Bangladesh and Bermuda are the third encounter in the group, with the loser in that game most likely having to bow out of the tournament. The scenarios will become much clearer after tomorrow's fixtures.
West Indies vs Bangladesh
Daren Browne made his captaincy debut for the West Indies today, and he guessed heads correctly to put Bangladesh into bat. It was a flat track and West Indies were chasing in this Twenty20 match...........
Bangladesh started their innings off with the intent to knock West Indies out ball one. A 51-run powerplay, barely losing one wicket, and hitting the most experienced, and probably amongst the best West Indian seamers Wilfred Austin for 30 against his strengths of bowling with the new ball. Aaron Munilall got the second opener out soon after, but Bangladesh did not hit the brakes after the fall of these wickets. Instead, they upped the ante. Captain Ashish Sharma and Enamul Mubalik got into a 92-run partnership, as their constant boundaries seemed to threaten a 200-run possibility at one stage. A few good overs from Aaron Munilall, Wilfred Austin, and Jason Hislop, especially the one where Hislop ran through Sharma's defence were few positives for West Indies. Bangladesh cruised through the innings mostly, reaching 186, barely losing 3 lads.
Chasing a mammoth total, Audrey Anthony edged an away-swinger to the keeper in the second over. Quite like every game, West Indies lost an early wicket, but Winston Nunes and Vivalyn Hector decided to not let that affect the scoring rate. A 70-run stand, including a fifty for Nunes and a 150 strike-rate 45 for Hector put West Indies at 79/2 after 10, needing 108 off the remaining ten. Melford Griffith and Winston Nunes got 57 runs off the next six overs, albeit losing both of their wickets. This left Hemraj Walsh and Floyd Doctrove on the crease, required to chase 51 off the next 4 overs.
The seventeenth over, the first of the remaining four, saw Floyd Doctrove smash two boundaries off the medium-pacer, and the pair ran 8 off the other 4 balls to bring the equation down to 35 off 3 overs. The next over was the wristy Khanolkar's and the Doctrove-Walsh pair could barely get six runs off that over, not getting any boundaries. Fastie Rune Christaens bowled the penultimate over. A two, a two and a maximum, brought the equation to 19 runs off 9 balls, as Doctrove tilted the game back to West Indies' side. Five more of the nineteenth over meant Floyd Doctrove faced Saeed Das, needing 14 runs off six deliveries. An open field with all fielders glued to the boundary line allowed him to sneak 2 twos before hitting a scoop over short fine leg for a boundary. Six off the next three were needed, and the pair ran three doubles to close down a very exciting chase, with Doctrove hitting 39 runs at a strike rate marginally above 200.
Other Results in Group 2
India beat Ireland by 63 runs.
Bermuda beat Netherlands by 2 wickets.
Fixture on June 3: Ireland
West Indies next face the winless Irish side on a dry track, and there is certain humidity expected on the ground. With a mammoth win for India against the Irish, they're probably a win from qualifying, and the Irish are mostly all but out of the race for the semi-finals. The top two, India and Netherlands face each other, whilst Bangladesh and Bermuda are the third encounter in the group, with the loser in that game most likely having to bow out of the tournament. The scenarios will become much clearer after tomorrow's fixtures.