Chris Gayle's batting masterclass takes Windies to a 6 wicket victory over England

[#GreenRoars]

England Team
JJ Roy, AD Hales, JE Root, EJG Morgan*, JC Buttler†, BA Stokes, MM Ali, CJ Jordan, AU Rashid, DJ Willey, RJW Topley
West Indies Team
J Charles, CH Gayle, MN Samuels, DJ Bravo, D Ramdin†, AD Russell, DJG Sammy*, CR Brathwaite, S Badree, JE Taylor, SJ Benn

 

[Markhor]

From Cricinfo:

West Indies win the toss and bowl, Darren Sammy says the wicket has a bit of grass and he wants his bowlers to exploit the conditions first up. "We back our batters to chase." Eoin Morgan suggests he would have done the same and also mentions the "dew factor" for later on.

West Indies have gone with two spinners, leaving out Jason Holder, and there's confirmation from England that Willey is playing ahead of Plunkett.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Supporting England. I was the Mamoon of Bangla forum before the mods banned me

 

[MMHS]

Potential QF - loser 'll almost certainly miss the cut.

I think WI is going to win it - PAK made ENG a great T20 side, but they actually are not.

 

[battler]

West Indies vs England | WT20 Super 10's | 16th March, 2016 | Mumbai | Match Thread

WI won the toss and are bowling first

 

[battler]

Eng 19/0 in 2.5 overs

 

[jusarrived]

Watch out for Eng , big title contenders imo . I wont be surprised if its a Eng vs NZ final

 

[battler]

Watch out for Eng , big title contenders imo . I wont be surprised if its a Eng vs NZ final

SA need to get rid of chokers tag, on paper there's know one stopping them.

 

[jusarrived]

SA need to get rid of chokers tag, on paper there's know one stopping them.

SA wont do much , when their best T20 bat is dumminy . That team is just AB , if he turns up in every match then may be . I will be surprised if they make it to semis

 

[battler]

SA wont do much , when their best T20 bat is dumminy . That team is just AB , if he turns up in every match then may be . I will be surprised if they make it to semis

They have qdk and Miller as well who will be lethal if the pitches are flat.
Faf can hit big when he wants to and Tahir is good in limited overs cricket.

 

[HitWicket]

Good start for us. Can't be any more than a few thousand in the ground though?

 

[Markhor]

Are we going to see another Buttler special ?

England well placed to attack in final 7 overs, 8 wickets in hand.

 

[carrom_ball]

They have qdk and Miller as well who will be lethal if the pitches are flat.
Faf can hit big when he wants to and Tahir is good in limited overs cricket.

If Killer Miller from kings xi Punjab decides to show up then it's game over for many teams

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Missed a run out there.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Root gone

 

[H2O1]

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[Madplayer]

If Killer Miller from kings xi Punjab decides to show up then it's game over for many teams

not from SA?

 

[battler]

If Killer Miller from kings xi Punjab decides to show up then it's game over for many teams

Yeah if he is in form then teams better watch out

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

Mediocre approuch by England. They should be smacking at everything with the good position they are ind.

 

[H2O1]

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[H2O1]

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[Indian_Supporter]

C'mmon lads target 170 here.

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[Ashraful_Rox]

Tomorrow is Afghanistan vs Srilanka, I have a feeling Afghans are going to pull a win tomorrow.

 

[Indian_Supporter]

We need to get Gayle out early tonight...and then its our game

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[Ashraful_Rox]

omg what a shot by Butler

 

[Mr Consistent]

Butler Gone

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

:4 need at least 24 more runs

 

[aniket1911]

Morgan

 

[Sherlock]

Should have gotten 190/200 here. Disappointed, but WI need to get huge credit too.

Anything over 170 is good but chaseable on these pitches.

 

[Sherlock]

Morgan

It was Stokes

 

[Lords]

I thought two umpires were batting but upon a close look it was english players.

Copied umpires' kit.

 

[Markhor]

Good captain's knock from Morgan.

 

[supersix]

WI have a poor bowling attack...

 

[aniket1911]

It was Stokes

Ohh my bad.

Btw who cares.
The thread is gonna be deleted anyway due to lack of comments.

 

[Markhor]

Moeen hits a six off his very first ball.

Holder should do better given he's 6ft 7.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Should have gotten 190/200 here. Disappointed, but WI need to get huge credit too.

Anything over 170 is good but chaseable on these pitches.

183 is not easy to chase here. This is beyond WI.

 

[Markhor]

England finish with 182-6. Sets up a good runchase, lots of firepower in this WI batting though not the easiest of surfaces. Not convinced about England's bowling as yet.

 

[Bakasura]

30 runs short

 

[Sherlock]

Ohh my bad.

Btw who cares.
The thread is gonna be deleted anyway due to lack of comments.

True

 

[mhraja]

Btw why isn't Holder not playing. Would have done better than Jerome Taylor

 

[Sherlock]

183 is not easy to chase here. This is beyond WI.

The issue is the Dew factor...we'll see.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

The issue is the Dew factor...we'll see.

England have four seamers. If dew is a factor - Morgan can simply cut down on the spinners' quotas I guess.

 

[jusarrived]

They have qdk and Miller as well who will be lethal if the pitches are flat.
Faf can hit big when he wants to and Tahir is good in limited overs cricket.

qdk dont rate him as a T20 bat , miller wont do much against good attacks . Form me they are a very one dimensional team , they always struggle to adapt especially in a multi team tournament where you need a Plan A , B and C

 

[Madplayer]

I want WI to win..gayle should thrash topley and co

 

[HitWicket]

I want WI to win..gayle should thrash topley and co

Will all depend if Willey and Topley can get some slight movement I think.

 

[mhraja]

Some movement

 

[MABA]

quite a bit of swing, and good catch by moeem

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Alhamdulilah Brother Moeen takes the catch

 

[mhraja]

Charles Zero

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Willey was swinging the ball in the UAE as well.

 

[JaDed]

The ball is moving a lot WTH!

 

[JaDed]

England will easily defend this with that much swing.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

The ball is moving a lot WTH!

He always swings the ball.

 

[JaDed]

He always swings the ball.

Topley also swinging it.

 

[HitWicket]

The ball is moving a lot WTH!

Willey and Topley are both generally pretty big movers of the ball. It helps them make up for their slight lack of pace.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Nick knight is good but hes very biased

 

[Thivagar]

WI should have selected Kraig Brathwaite instead of Johnathan Charles. What did Kraig do to not deserve a spot ?

 

[JaDed]

Willey and Topley are both generally pretty big movers of the ball. It helps them make up for their slight lack of pace.

Its kinda rare in India that too Mumbai but ok..

 

[mhraja]

warming up

 

[JaDed]

Gayle

 

[HitWicket]

Nick knight is good but hes very biased

Ironically a large amount of people I know over here in England find Nick Knight to be one of the worst sky commentators. Has a tendency to state the obvious a bit too often as well.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Topley also swinging it.

They both swung the ball in the UAE against Pakistan. Neither are very quick though so once you adjust to the movement, good batsmen can attack them. Not sure WI can though.

 

[mhraja]

 

[JaDed]

They both swung the ball in the UAE against Pakistan. Neither are very quick though so once you adjust to the movement, good batsmen can attack them. Not sure WI can though.

Bhuvi's avtaars?

 

[Mr Consistent]

good bowling by Willey

 

[JaDed]

Samuels look lost here.

 

[HitWicket]

Bhuvi's avtaars?

Their extra height on Bhuvi probably assists them.

 

[Mr Consistent]

wow willy

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Bhuvi's avtaars?

Willey yes. Toppley is tall but pacewise he's slower than Bhuvi and I saw him bowl primarliy 125-132 kph.

 

[JaDed]

Their extra height on Bhuvi probably assists them.

Willey yes. Toppley is tall but pacewise he's slower than Bhuvi and I saw him bowl primarliy 125-132 kph.

Thanks

 

[JaDed]

Jordan must feel like how Ish Sodhi felt bowling to Indians

 

[mhraja]

They are not bothered about running between the wickets.

 

[JaDed]

They are not bothered about running between the wickets.

Exactly will struggle in big grounds -last two in Nagpur vs Saffer and Afghans,will probably destroy Lanka in Bangalore almost second home for Gayle.

 

[LastManstanding]

My money is on windies.

 

[JaDed]

Jordan helping his Hood!

 

[HitWicket]

That lbw decision proving costly so far. A misfield from Jordan? What is the world coming to .

 

[street cricketer]

That lbw decision proving costly so far. A misfield from Jordan? What is the world coming to .

Which one - I told ya they don't give balls clipping the bails as out

 

[HitWicket]

Which one - I told ya they don't give balls clipping the bails as out

The lbw that was hitting the stumps therefore should have been out, I'm not going through this again .

 

[street cricketer]

The lbw that was hitting the stumps therefore should have been out, I'm not going through this again .

Ball was flicking the bails for Pandya last night as well and the commies were saying that he was unlucky to be given out!

I'm right again