Player of the Match
Player of the Match

2.20pm: Thanks for your eyeballs for game two of this T20 World Cup. Good fun, wasn't it? That's all from us here. Join us in a few hours for Namibia vs Oman in Bridgetown!

2.15pm: A word from both captains, starting with West Indies' Rovman Powell: " Credit has to be given to PNG. I think there plans were simple and they played good cricket. I think (PNG's score of 136 for 8) it's a little, 10 or 15, too much. And as a bowling group that's something we need to work on. They played smartly.

On Roston Chase' performance: "That was very good. Started from a bowling effort, I think he bowled pretty well. And coming at the end, when we were under pressure coming there with composure, and to come out with a winning innings was great for us. I think we can be better in all three departments."

PNG's Assad Vala is proud of his team's efforts but has a few regrets: "It was a competitive score but we believe we missed a trick towards the end. Another 10 to 15 runs would have been nice. We're really happy with the way we fought. We got wickets in key moments, but we couldn't nail it at the end. I'm really pleased with the effort from the boys

"It's an opporunity and a challenge we look forward to. We try and play our best cricket against the best players. It was an opportunity to go out there and play the way we wanted to play."

2.08pm: Roston Chase is player of the match for his unbeaten 42 from 27 deliveries: "I'm very pleased. To start the tournament with a win is always good. I had to take it home for the team, and I did it.

"I knew from our first innings bowling, it was always hard for batsmen coming in to start. I gave myself time, backed myself. I've been putting in a lot of hard work so I just backed my preparation."

On Papua New Guinea's efforts: "They're not an A-List team but we don't want to take any team lightly in the World Cup. We came out with the mentality that we were playing Australia or India. We started slowly but we had a chat at the halway stage and the guys just wanted to rally and put the best foot forward. "

1:59pm: dave davud: "Despite the win, West Indies should be embarrassed by that performance. It shocks me that the game was even a contest"

ShahSafeer: "First big team has survived a big heartbreak. This should just be the beginning of that, this format allows smaller team to topple big boys. That's exactly why we needed more teams for the T20I WC!"

Vettelfan17: "If is a big old word but if PNG had ran as well as they did in the last 5 overs throughout the innings, there were 10-15 runs out there. What could have been"

END OF OVER:
20 | 14 Runs 1 Wkt | PNG: 136/8 | RR: 6.80

  • Kiplin Doriga27 (18b)
  • Kabua Morea2 (2b)
  • Alzarri Joseph4-0-34-2
  • Andre Russell3-0-19-2

12 noon: Well, West Indies the happier but PNG were far from embarrassed despite a slow start. Sese Bau's half-century kept them afloat and then some scruffy cricket at the end - in which PNG added 37 from the last three overs - took the gloss off slightly for Rovman Powell's side, who had been excellent for the most part. It ought to be comfortable chase for the hosts, but then World Cups don't always work like that. Over to Vish for the chase shortly

19.6
2
Joseph to Doriga, 2 runs, another full toss, curling in and clubbed to long-on. They hustle back for two to finish off. Spirited effort from PNG, especially Kiplin Doriga at the end
19.6
2nb
Joseph to Morea, (no ball) 1 run, low full toss, swatted to mid-off - and that's job done for WI oh dear, Joseph has overstepped. Still a ball to come

West Indies 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st8J CharlesBA King
2nd53N PooranBA King
3rd2RL ChaseBA King
4th22RL ChaseR Powell
5th12RL ChaseSE Rutherford
6th40AD RussellRL Chase

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Super Eights, Group 1
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND33062.017
AFG3214-0.305
AUS3122-0.331
BAN3030-1.709
Super Eights, Group 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
SA33060.599
ENG32141.992
WI31220.963
USA3030-3.906
Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND43071.137
USA42150.127
PAK42240.294
CAN4123-0.493
IRE4031-1.293
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
AUS44082.791
ENG42153.611
SCOT42151.255
NAM4132-2.585
OMA4040-3.062
Group C
TeamMWLPTNRR
WI44083.257
AFG43161.835
NZ42240.415
UGA4132-4.51
PNG4040-1.268
Group D
TeamMWLPTNRR
SA44080.47
BAN43160.616
SL41230.863
NED4132-1.358
NEP4031-0.542