Gayle's 47-ball ton wipes out England
Chris Gayle's second T20 international hundred paved the way for West Indies to get their campaign off to a winning start in Mumbai
Chris Gayle's second T20 international hundred paved the way for West Indies to get their campaign off to a winning start in Mumbai
Scorer: M Venkat Raghav | Commentator: Andrew McGlashan
West Indies win by six wickets and that was the Chris Gayle show, folks. We've seen it before, but it never ceases to amaze. England have plundered. Another tough experience for a bowling attack that had a day to forget. Dew was a factor, but they still lacked some basic consistency. However, better attacks would have struggled to stop Gayle in this mood. It was a faultless T20 innings in a run chase. Although Gayle's innings was an extreme, it highlighted that none of England's top order went on from decent starts. Still, 182 gave them a chance - or so we thought. Samuels helped lay the platform and none of England's bowlers had an answer to Gayle.
Chris Gayle "The preparation has been really good, it's all about practising then doing it in the middle. The dew played a part as well. After facing the first over I took a while to get back on strike, but Marlon helped ease the pressure. We wanted to stay ahead of the run-rate, pleased to finish the game and not leave it to anyone else. I was pumped today. Before I went out, Sulieman Benn said 'entertain me'. The guys who play the IPL know it's a good wicket so we knew we always had a chance to chase it down. Hopefully we can move onto Sri Lanka now. Bangalore, my home town. Hopefully I can entertain again. The celebration was all about DJ Bravo and his new song."
I'll bring you the captains shortly
Hypocaust: "If you'd said beforehand that Chris Jordan would concede just 24 runs from his four overs, I think most would have assumed a comfortable England victory... 11.22 rpo from the rest of the attack tells a different story."
Sarah: "Fantastic for the Windies and horrendous from Eng. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory." Not quite sure it was jaws of victory, that suggests it was close at one stage
Gaurav Matta: "Just checked result going through commentary...it took some time to load of that fours and sixes one..of west Indies side.."
Siva: "WI Women also won today. Good day for WI!!"
Darren Sammy "It's always fun watching #worldboss. We were quite happy at halfway, at no stage did England get away. To restrict them to nine-an-over we were quite happy. Marlon is a big-match player. I had a feeling it would be his day and the way he took control of the Powerplay. It became quite easy. We aware of all that has been said about our team, but we have belief among ourselves in this format. We will go out and try to entertain."
Eoin Morgan "We never really took the game away from them. Credit to West Indies. In the chase, things were difficult. Gayle is a hard guy to stop. West Indies didn't allow us to get going on what was a really good batting surface."
That just about wraps things up for today. Sammy said at the end that West Indies "are in it, to win it" and they've made a huge statement today. England have some thinking to do ahead of what is now a vital game against South Africa. David Hopps' match report will be here shortly. For now, though, from Gnasher and Alan it's goodbye and thanks for joining us.
Josh: "Gayle definitely had his Weetabix this morning." Judging by his instagram feed, not sure Weetabix is often on the menu
The West Indies dugout, understandably, looks over the moon. They have reinforced what a threat they'll be in this tournament
A chance for Gayle to finish the match
Vee: "Congrats to the big man from the land of Jamaica! We're here following you on Cricinfo all the way from the Caribbean island of Trinidad! Great job Cricinfo, great job Windies!" All the praise can be Gayle's today
Chris Gayle made short work of a 183-run target by dispatching England's bowlers for a 47-ball century in their T20 World Cup opener, played at the Wankhede stadium, Mumbai on Wednesday.
West Indies coach Phil Simmons likened Chris Gayle's destructive batting to that of Viv Richards and said Gayle was "up there with Sir Vivian" in tearing apart bowling attacks
The stats highlights from the game were mainly about Chris Gayle, as England were left powerless in the face of his 47-ball century
Plays of the day from the World T20 match between England and West Indies
Super 10 Group 1 | |||||
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Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
WI | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.359 |
ENG | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.145 |
SA | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.651 |
SL | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -0.461 |
AFG | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -0.715 |
Super 10 Group 2 | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
NZ | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.9 |
IND | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -0.305 |
AUS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.233 |
PAK | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -0.093 |
BAN | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1.805 |
First Round Group A | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
BAN | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1.938 |
NED | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.154 |
OMA | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1.521 |
IRE | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -0.685 |
First Round Group B | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
AFG | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1.54 |
ZIM | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -0.567 |
SCOT | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.132 |
HKG | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1.017 |