Electing to bat first, running on the attack of openers Chris Gayle and James Charles West Indies set a record chase of 180 runs for the defending champions. 173 is the highest chase by England against West Indies. England lost two wickets in first over without scoring a run. After that they did well to lose only by 15 runs.
T20 World Cup 2012: Schedule and Results
Match Facts
- 84 runs by James Charles equals the highest Individual score against England by batsman from any team. Gambhir has also scored 84 runs.
103-run 1st wicket partnership between Gayle and Charles is only the 2nd century partnership against England. It is the 4th century partnership for West Indies.
107-run 4th wicket partnership between Hales and Morgan is the 8th century partnership from England. It is the 9th century partnership against West Indies, and the first such partnership for 4th wicket against them.
James Charles was declared the Player of the Match.
West Indies leads England 6-3 in T20 matches.
West Indies innings (20 overs maximum)
- James Charles c Bairstow b Dernbach 84 runs 56 balls 10 4s 3 6s
Gayle c Finn b Swann 58 runs 35 balls 6 4s 4 6s
Samuels c Morgan b Broad 2 runs 8 balls
Pollard c Wright b Finn 1 run 5 balls
Dwayn Bravo not out 11 runs 8 balls 2 4s
Sammy b Broad 4 runs 3 balls
Russell not out 10 runs 5 balls 2 4s
Extras (b 1, lb 7, w 1) 9
Total (20 overs) 179/5
Fall of wickets
- 1-103 (Gayle, 10.6 ov), 2-118 (Samuels, 13.4 ov), 3-128 (Pollard, 15.1 ov), 4-154 (Charles, 17.5 ov), 5-158 (Sammy, 18.3 ov)
Bowling
- Finn 4 ov 26/1
Dernbach 4 ov 38/1
Broad 4 ov 1 maiden 26/2
Swann 3 ov 32/1
Samit Patel 4 ov 38/0
Wright 1 ov 11/0
England innings (target: 180 runs from 20 overs)
- Kieswetter c Pollard b Rampaul 0
Hales st Ramdin b Samuels 68 runs 51 balls 5 4s 2 6s
Wright c Gayle b Rampaul 0
Bairstow c Pollard b Gayle 18 32 29 2 0 62.06
Morgan not out 71 runs 36 balls 4 4s 5 6s
Buttler not out 1 run 1 ball
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 4) 6
Total (20 overs) 164/4
Fall of wickets
- 1-0 (Kieswetter, 0.2 ov), 2-0 (Wright, 0.3 ov), 3-55 (Bairstow, 9.6 ov), 4-162 (Hales, 19.4 ov)
Bowling
- Rampaul 4 ov 1 maiden 37/2
Badree 4 ov 20/0
Narine 4 ov 33/0
Sammy 1 ov 13/0 13.00
Gayle 4 ov 27/1
Samuels 3 ov 32/1
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