1st T20I : England vs West Indies (Winner: ENG)
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England won by 10 wickets with 28 balls remaining (Dominance : England 94% | West Indies 3% | Equal 3%) |
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| Man of the Match: R Bopara | Kennington Oval, London (23 September 2011) |
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WI got off to a decent start thanks to Charles and Smith as they reached 44/0 after 5 with 50% COW before 2 quick wickets saw them slump to 62/2 after 9 with 45% COW. Charles and Hyatt took WI to 97 when Charles fell to Patel and after that it was Bopara show as he took 4/10 as WI capitulated to 125 all out in 19.4 overs with 31% COW. Hales and Kieswetter opened for England and they both negotiated the bowling with ease as they pursued as not so big target. They both scored fifties as England ran out comfortable winners by 10 wickets in just 15.2 overs. |
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5 overs: WI 44/0 | WI 50% | Charles and Smith got West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indies off to a good start with runs coming easily without much problems. They scored 44 runs off the first five overs as West Indies’ COW went up 1% to 50%. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 overs: WI 66/2 | WI 44% | England struck back removing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Smith and Samuels in quick succession as West Indies’ innings got derailed in this session. Just 22 runs were scored in this period bringing the COW down by 6% to 44%. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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15 overs: WI 103/3 | WI 43% | Charles and Hyatt started a fight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| back but Patel picked up Charles’ wicket for 36 to hold West Indies back again. 37 runs came in this session as West Indies’ COW went down by 1% to 43%. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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19.4 overs: WI 125/10 | WI 31% | Ravi Bopara bowled the spell of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| a lifetime as he took 4/10 as West Indies crumbled from 103/3 to 125 all out in 28 balls. 22 runs and 7 wickets saw West Indies’ COW crash by 12% to 31%. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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