Chase seals West Indies' jittery victory against spirited PNG
At one point, WI were five down needing 40 off 24 balls in a chase of 137
At one point, WI were five down needing 40 off 24 balls in a chase of 137
Scorer: K Vairavan | Commentator: Vithushan Ehantharajah
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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"
The captain's two wickets threatened a huge result but West Indies' depth saw them home
At one point, WI were five down needing 40 off 24 balls in a chase of 137
Tension was mounting for the co-hosts before an Andre Russell six ignited their push to the winning line
PNG have a lot of experience in their ranks, but might find the in-form West Indians tough to conquer
"When I took over as captain, that was one of my first mandates - to try our best to start winning series"
Super Eights, Group 1 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
IND | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.017 |
AFG | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -0.305 |
AUS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.331 |
BAN | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1.709 |
Super Eights, Group 2 | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
SA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.599 |
ENG | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.992 |
WI | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.963 |
USA | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3.906 |
Group A | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
IND | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1.137 |
USA | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0.127 |
PAK | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.294 |
CAN | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -0.493 |
IRE | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1.293 |
Group B | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
AUS | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2.791 |
ENG | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3.611 |
SCOT | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1.255 |
NAM | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -2.585 |
OMA | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -3.062 |
Group C | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
WI | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3.257 |
AFG | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1.835 |
NZ | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.415 |
UGA | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -4.51 |
PNG | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1.268 |
Group D | |||||
Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
SA | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0.47 |
BAN | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.616 |
SL | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.863 |
NED | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.358 |
NEP | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -0.542 |