World Twenty20 England v West Indies, Mumbai

[Titanic]

England open their campaign in the T20 World Cup Group 1...

England 1 Jason Roy, 2 Alex Hales, 3 Jos Buttler, 4 Joe Root, 5 Eoin Morgan (capt), 6 Ben Stokes, 7 Moeen Ali, 8 Adil Rashid, 9 David Willey, 10 Chris Jordan, 11 Reece Topley

West Indies 1 Chris Gayle, 2 Johnson Charles, 3 Marlon Samuels, 4 Dwayne Bravo, 5 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 6 Andre Russell, 7 Darren Sammy (capt), 8 Carlos Brathwaite, 9 Samuel Badree, 10 Sulieman Benn, 11 Jerome Taylor.

West Indies won the toss and inserted.

 

[Titanic]

England 1-0 (1 over)

Blimey - that's not how it's meant to be

 

[Everest]

One off the first over for England - and that would have been a run out if it hit.

Wheel loose

 

[Titanic]

5-0 (2 overs)

SLOW going from England.

 

[Saturn]

Come on boys, let's do this. I approve of our line-up aside from Jordan who I'm not convinced by (yet).

Curious decision by the Windies to leave out Holder.

 

[Titanic]

18 from the 3rd over, including 2 wides (and one of those went for 4!) and a driven four through midwicket, that's more like it

23-0 (3 overs)

 

[Titanic]

SMASH

Hales biffs Badree full bunger for FOUR and then the next one though backward square for FOUR and the third short and cut through point FOUR

36-0 (4 overs)

 

[Mr Smggles]

Much better after the first two overs.

 

[Titanic]

Roy gone, 15 from 15. Pulling a short one from Russell to midwicket.

37-1 (4.3 overs)

 

[Saturn]

49/1 after 6. Good start.

 

[LlcoolJ]

Russell all over Root here. Good bowling.

 

[LlcoolJ]

Ha ha, 6 just as I posted that.

 

[Saturn]

Ha ha, 6 just as I posted that.

Top jinxing.

 

[Titanic]

Root SMEARS one over COW for four... not pretty but effective

Hales clips a full bunger from Braithwaite to fine leg for four more

74-1 (9 overs)

~170 would seem a decent target.

 

[Saturn]

Slightly off topic but did anyone catch Afridi bludgeoning Bangladesh to death earlier? 49 runs with a SR of over 250.

 

[Titanic]

No big shots, but good running from Hales and Root in that Badree over...

1, 1lb, 2, 1, 1, 1

81-1 at the halfway point... plenty of batters in the hutch.

 

[Titanic]

BIG SIX from Root over midwicket

88-1 (10.2)

 

[LlcoolJ]

Superb fielding from Russell, he's everywhere.






Hopefully I've jinxed him again.

 

[Titanic]

92-1 (11 overs)... plenty in the tank to kick on from here... perhaps 180 is possible?

 

[Titanic]

Oops!

Hales bowled by big Benn, 28 from 26

92-2 (11.1)