T20 World Cup | England bundle West Indies out for their lowest WC total

England started off their World T20 campaign on a dominating note and bowled the defending champions West Indies for their lowest total in the T20 World Cup. No West Indies batsman, barring Chris Gayle could manage to get to a double-digit score and Adil Rashid was the pick of the bowlers grabbing four wickets. Moeen Ali and Tymal Mills picked up two wickets each in the early phase of the game and the Windies could never get on their feet.

Windies batting unit never looked comfortable and the English bowling attack was disciplined enough to ask a lot of questions of them. 

Chris Woakes was the first one to strike when he sent Evin Lewis back to the pavilion after flummoxing him on a slower ball. Moeen Ali, who opened the bowling, soon joined the party as Eoin Morgan’s match up game turned out to be a masterstroke. He first got the better of Lendl Simmons and made him hit to the fielder station perfectly at deep midwicket and got Shimron Hetmyer on a relatively easier ball.

There was no end to Windies’ misery as Tymal Mills celebrated his long-awaited return to international cricket with the big wicket of Chris Gayle. He followed with another big wicket of Nicholas Pooran off a full delivery that took the edge of his bat and Jos Buttler was delighted to pouch that.

At the end of the 10 over-mark, West Indies were reeling at 44/6 and had only the duo of Kieron Pollard and Andre Russell remaining at the crease among batsmen with quality. 

Only unused bowler till that point, Adil Rashid came into the attack and castled Russell’s defence to leave Windies on the brink.