England v West Indies ICC World Cup full Highlights Video, Match Report, Scorecard

ICC World Cup 2011, 36th Match, Group A: England v West Indies Played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore 17th March 2011 full Highlights Video, Match Report and Scorecard.

England kept their World Cup campaign alive with a dramatic 18-run win over the West Indies in Chennai.

England v West Indies Cricket World Cup Match Report
Chasing a modest 244 runs for victory, the Windies got off to a flier thanks to a characteristically blitzkrieg knock from Chris Gayle, who bludgeoned 43 runs from just 21 balls.

The introduction of Man of the Match James Tredwell (four for 48) as early as the seventh over stemmed the tide, with the spinner accounting for the wicket of Gayle, Devon Smith and Darren Bravo in relatively quick succession.

What Gayle had started, the middle-order failed to cash in on and it was left to Darren Sammy to pick up the pieces. Having promoted himself up the order, the Windies captain cranked a brisk 41 despite the regular fall of wickets around him. His departure at 113 for four had the English in with a sniff, though, and a few cheap wickets from part-time seamer Ravi Bopara (two for 22) had his side well and truly back in the hunt.

Bopara’s little skidders got rid of Sammy and Devon Thomas and the men from the Caribbean were soon looking to Ramnaresh Sarwan and Kieron Pollard for a rescue mission.

The duo obliged, to a degree, but with Pollard lacking temperament for the long haul and Sarwan slowly but surely digging himself into a defensive hole, England kept nagging away at their opposition’s waning cause.

Andre Russell’s cameo 49 off 46 balls down the order showed the likes of Bravo and Smith where they had gone wrong, but the return of Tredwell and Graeme Swann’s double strike in his final over of the humdinger left far too much for the tail-enders to complete.

Sulieman Benn promptly ran himself out to hand Strauss and company their World Cup lifeline.

Having tied with India and lost to Bangladesh and Ireland, England are left to hang on in hope that Bangladesh upstage South Africa so as to facilitate the English’s undue graduation to the tournament’s final eight teams.

Earlier a mixed performance with the bat saw England post 243 all out.

England celebrate a narrow win.

Coasting along on 121 for two, England looked set to reach a score closer to 300 before a middle-order wobble saw them lose four wickets for 30 runs, before Luke Wright (44) and Tim Bresnan (20 not out) dug them out of trouble.

It was a strange innings all round, because the West Indies will also know that while they bowled well for the most part, there were some shocking moments that rather let England off the hook.

Russell perhaps epitomised their effort as he took four for 49 in eight overs, mixing up splendid in-swinging deliveries with rank wides down the leg-side.

He was guilty of feeding Jonathan Trott plenty of deliveries on his legs early on, allowing the usually pedestrian batsman to play an unusually brisk innings of 47 from 38 balls.

He was eventually undone by leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo, who took three for 34 on debut as he gave the ball air and extracted turn from a dry, wearing wicket.

That helped the West Indies rein England in from a well-set position after Andrew Strauss (31) and Matt Prior (21) had given England a solid start while the ball came onto the bat.

England v West Indies Cricket World Cup Scores

England 243 (48.4 overs) beat West Indies 225 (44.4 overs) by 18 runs

	England innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AJ Strauss*	c Gayle b Russell	31	50	39	3	1	79.48
	11.5 131.9 kph, gone! Russell strikes again, the short ball gets Strauss. He went for the pull but got a top edge and Gayle make excellent ground running back from midwicket, taking the catch over his shoulder then holding on as he hit the deck 79/2
	MJ Prior†	b Russell	21	36	21	3	0	100.00
	9.1 139.5 kph, Russell strikes! Emphatically! Full and sliding into Prior is exactly the place to bowl to him. He was hanging on the back foot and the ball had burst through and splattered middle stump before he'd even thought about defence 48/1
	IJL Trott	c Gayle b Bishoo	47	55	38	7	0	123.68
	21.6 76.0 kph, Bishoo strikes! His first wicket in ODI cricket. What a soft end to a fantastic innings. Started with a bang and ended in a whimper, chipping the ball gently to midwicket. Good reward for Bishoo, his spell changed the run of play 121/3
	IR Bell	b Roach	27	58	48	1	0	56.25
	26.1 140.1 kph, haha, maybe not that much pace! Off stump is on its way to England! Fullish ball angling in, Bell was hanging back and the off stump was sent flying! England's campaign is tottering now, starts for all the England players but they're four down for not enough now. Ravi Bopara has a huge job to do. Can he prove his talent under pressure? 134/4
	EJG Morgan	c †Thomas b Bishoo	7	22	13	0	0	53.84
	27.2 84.6 kph, oh no, that could be it! Bishoo has the key wicket! Tame end too, Morgan aiming a delicate reverse sweep, misses and brushes a glove through to Thomas who makes no mistake 134/5
	RS Bopara	b Russell	4	27	16	0	0	25.00
	32.2 134.3 kph, gone! And another. England falling in a heap. Bopara gets an inside into the stumps as he plays with an angled bat. Stumps are shattered for third time today 151/6
	LJ Wright	c Russell b Bishoo	44	72	57	5	0	77.19
	43.4 73.1 kph, ah that ends a sparky innings from Wright. Not a great shot, slogging to the deep midwicket fielder but without his contribution England would be nowhere in this game 216/8
	JC Tredwell	run out (†Thomas/Pollard)	9	32	20	0	0	45.00
	39.2 Sammy to Wright, gone! Well that was a shambles. Wright cut hard to backward point where Pollard made a fine stop. Both batsmen were caught ball-watching in mid-pitch, Wright continued to run to the non-striker's end which left Tredwell stranded 192/7
	TT Bresnan	not out	20	39	27	2	0	74.07
	GP Swann	b Russell	8	14	8	1	0	100.00
	47.1 127.0 kph, have to give credit to captain and bowler, backed the wicket-taker and he's struck emphatically. Swann's stumps are a mess, full and straight, Swann jumped leg side to swish a drive but it was through him 238/9
	CT Tremlett	c †Thomas b Roach	3	6	7	0	0	42.85
	48.4 130.9 kph, that'll be all. Good finish from Roach, banging in a short ball that gets Tremlett into a tangle, fends off with a glove that loops behind to Thomas to take 243/10
	Extras	(b 1, lb 4, w 15, nb 2)	22
	Total	(all out; 48.4 overs; 210 mins)	243	(4.99 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-48 (Prior, 9.1 ov), 2-79 (Strauss, 11.5 ov), 3-121 (Trott, 21.6 ov), 4-134 (Bell, 26.1 ov), 5-134 (Morgan, 27.2 ov), 6-151 (Bopara, 32.2 ov), 7-192 (Tredwell, 39.2 ov), 8-216 (Wright, 43.4 ov), 9-238 (Swann, 47.1 ov), 10-243 (Tremlett, 48.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	KAJ Roach	9.4	2	34	2	3.51	(2nb, 1w)
	26.1 to Bell, 140.1 kph, haha, maybe not that much pace! Off stump is on its way to England! Fullish ball angling in, Bell was hanging back and the off stump was sent flying! England's campaign is tottering now, starts for all the England players but they're four down for not enough now. Ravi Bopara has a huge job to do. Can he prove his talent under pressure? 134/4 48.4 to Tremlett, 130.9 kph, that'll be all. Good finish from Roach, banging in a short ball that gets Tremlett into a tangle, fends off with a glove that loops behind to Thomas to take 243/10
	SJ Benn	10	0	56	0	5.60	(2w)
	AD Russell	8	0	49	4	6.12	(3w)
	9.1 to Prior, 139.5 kph, Russell strikes! Emphatically! Full and sliding into Prior is exactly the place to bowl to him. He was hanging on the back foot and the ball had burst through and splattered middle stump before he'd even thought about defence 48/1 11.5 to Strauss, 131.9 kph, gone! Russell strikes again, the short ball gets Strauss. He went for the pull but got a top edge and Gayle make excellent ground running back from midwicket, taking the catch over his shoulder then holding on as he hit the deck 79/2 32.2 to Bopara, 134.3 kph, gone! And another. England falling in a heap. Bopara gets an inside into the stumps as he plays with an angled bat. Stumps are shattered for third time today 151/6 47.1 to Swann, 127.0 kph, have to give credit to captain and bowler, backed the wicket-taker and he's struck emphatically. Swann's stumps are a mess, full and straight, Swann jumped leg side to swish a drive but it was through him 238/9
	DJG Sammy	3	0	28	0	9.33
	D Bishoo	10	0	34	3	3.40
	21.6 to Trott, 76.0 kph, Bishoo strikes! His first wicket in ODI cricket. What a soft end to a fantastic innings. Started with a bang and ended in a whimper, chipping the ball gently to midwicket. Good reward for Bishoo, his spell changed the run of play 121/3 27.2 to Morgan, 84.6 kph, oh no, that could be it! Bishoo has the key wicket! Tame end too, Morgan aiming a delicate reverse sweep, misses and brushes a glove through to Thomas who makes no mistake 134/5 43.4 to Wright, 73.1 kph, ah that ends a sparky innings from Wright. Not a great shot, slogging to the deep midwicket fielder but without his contribution England would be nowhere in this game 216/8
	KA Pollard	8	0	37	0	4.62	(1w)

	West Indies innings (target: 244 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	DS Smith	st †Prior b Tredwell	10	37	27	0	0	37.03
	8.6 83.3 kph, Is this another? Yes it is, Smith has been smartly stumped. Fired it quite full, it got in a tangle of bat and boot, the ball dribbles back to Prior who takes the bails off. The replay is good, but more drama. The third umpire presses the wrong button first! It's quickly changed and he's given out. 67/2
	CH Gayle	lbw b Tredwell	43	27	21	8	1	204.76
	6.5 86.5 kph, gone! Has Tredwell done it? Gayle given lbw but he's reviewed it. No bat, this looks good. And the decision stays. Massive breakthrough for England. Gayle played forward and was struck below the knee roll. Replays said it was clipping the top of the stumps 58/1
	DJG Sammy*	b Bopara	41	45	29	2	3	141.37
	17.1 120.3 kph, another one falls, this game is brewing into another classic! Sammy's slogging finally gets the better of him but what a little cameo that's been! It was outside off, just kept a little low, found the inside edge and dragged onto the stumps 113/4
	DM Bravo	c Strauss b Tredwell	5	15	15	1	0	33.33
	12.6 87.6 kph, Tredwell has three, England are scrapping. Tredwell could be an England matchwinner!? Fancy that! Bravo leant forward to defend, enough turn kissed the outside edge and crept through to Strauss who stayed low to scoop it inches off the turf 91/3
	DC Thomas†	b Bopara	9	30	20	1	0	45.00
	19.4 126.7 kph, Bopara has done it again! It's that inside edge again! Poor shot really but the pressure paid. Just aimed to glide it down to third man but the inside edge shoved it onto the stumps. Don't take your eyes off England! Here comes Pollard, and it's still a Powerplay! 118/5
	RR Sarwan	c Bell b Swann	31	114	68	3	0	45.58
	43.1 85.6 kph, gone! Would you believe it. Swann has struck. Extra bounce, Sarwan went to turn it on the leg side and gets an inside onto the thigh pad which loops gently to Ian Bell at short leg. You couldn't write these scripts 223/8
	KA Pollard	lbw b Swann	24	33	27	1	2	88.88
	27.4 92.6 kph, gone! Swann has done it. Pollard goes lbw. He played back and was beaten by the turn. He was given out on the field but reviewed it. Replays showed it was clipping leg comfortably 150/6
	AD Russell	lbw b Tredwell	49	59	46	2	3	106.52
	41.2 92.0 kph, gone! Tredwell strikes and there are no reviews left. Tredwell was round the wicket, Russell played played back and was given lbw, he doesn't look pleased but he can only walk off for 49 222/7
	SJ Benn	run out (Trott/†Prior)	2	19	12	0	0	16.66
	44.4 from Bopara, gone! England have done it. A run out to win the match. It was a wide ball, Benn got a bottom edge down which scoot down to fine leg...Trott was quickly in and picked it, then hurled it back to Prior with a brilliant throw. That allowed Prior to demolish the stumps and England are still alive at this World Cup. Breathless. Bonkers. But brilliant fun to watch. 225/10
	KAJ Roach	c Tremlett b Swann	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
	43.3 87.9 kph, gone! And another! He tries to go down the ground, but doesn't connect and lofts it towards mid-off where Tremlett makes good ground to his right and takes a smart, low catch 223/9
	D Bishoo	not out	0	6	1	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(lb 8, w 3)	11
	Total	(all out; 44.4 overs; 197 mins)	225	(5.03 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-58 (Gayle, 6.5 ov), 2-67 (Smith, 8.6 ov), 3-91 (Bravo, 12.6 ov), 4-113 (Sammy, 17.1 ov), 5-118 (Thomas, 19.4 ov), 6-150 (Pollard, 27.4 ov), 7-222 (Russell, 41.2 ov), 8-223 (Sarwan, 43.1 ov), 9-223 (Roach, 43.3 ov), 10-225 (Benn, 44.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	TT Bresnan	7	1	46	0	6.57
	GP Swann	10	1	36	3	3.60	(1w)
	27.4 to Pollard, 92.6 kph, gone! Swann has done it. Pollard goes lbw. He played back and was beaten by the turn. He was given out on the field but reviewed it. Replays showed it was clipping leg comfortably 150/6 43.1 to Sarwan, 85.6 kph, gone! Would you believe it. Swann has struck. Extra bounce, Sarwan went to turn it on the leg side and gets an inside onto the thigh pad which loops gently to Ian Bell at short leg. You couldn't write these scripts 223/8 43.3 to Roach, 87.9 kph, gone! And another! He tries to go down the ground, but doesn't connect and lofts it towards mid-off where Tremlett makes good ground to his right and takes a smart, low catch 223/9
	CT Tremlett	5	0	47	0	9.40	(1w)
	JC Tredwell	10	2	48	4	4.80	(1w)
	6.5 to Gayle, 86.5 kph, gone! Has Tredwell done it? Gayle given lbw but he's reviewed it. No bat, this looks good. And the decision stays. Massive breakthrough for England. Gayle played forward and was struck below the knee roll. Replays said it was clipping the top of the stumps 58/1 8.6 to Smith, 83.3 kph, Is this another? Yes it is, Smith has been smartly stumped. Fired it quite full, it got in a tangle of bat and boot, the ball dribbles back to Prior who takes the bails off. The replay is good, but more drama. The third umpire presses the wrong button first! It's quickly changed and he's given out. 67/2 12.6 to Bravo, 87.6 kph, Tredwell has three, England are scrapping. Tredwell could be an England matchwinner!? Fancy that! Bravo leant forward to defend, enough turn kissed the outside edge and crept through to Strauss who stayed low to scoop it inches off the turf 91/3 41.2 to Russell, 92.0 kph, gone! Tredwell strikes and there are no reviews left. Tredwell was round the wicket, Russell played played back and was given lbw, he doesn't look pleased but he can only walk off for 49 222/7
	RS Bopara	8.4	2	22	2	2.53
	17.1 to Sammy, 120.3 kph, another one falls, this game is brewing into another classic! Sammy's slogging finally gets the better of him but what a little cameo that's been! It was outside off, just kept a little low, found the inside edge and dragged onto the stumps 113/4 19.4 to Thomas, 126.7 kph, Bopara has done it again! It's that inside edge again! Poor shot really but the pressure paid. Just aimed to glide it down to third man but the inside edge shoved it onto the stumps. Don't take your eyes off England! Here comes Pollard, and it's still a Powerplay! 118/5
	LJ Wright	4	0	18	0	4.50

Toss England, who chose to bat
Points England 2, West Indies 0
ODI debut D Bishoo (West Indies)
Player of the match JC Tredwell (England)

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