Published: Feb 09, 2015, 01:57 PM (IST)
Edited: Feb 09, 2015, 03:26 PM (IST)
England have beaten West Indies by nine wickets after they chased down a small total of 123 in 22.5 overs. West Indies did not have much to cheer about as they didn’t manage to penetrate through the England batting. Moeen Ali was the only batsman to be dismissed for England as he fell four runs short of a well deserved half-century. Catch the Live Blog of the match here
Ian Bell (35*) and James Taylor (29*) guided the them home after the dismissal of Moeen. West Indies did not look threatening with the ball, like England did while they were bowling. Lendl Simmons top scored for West Indies with 45, but did not get any support from anyone else at the other end. Catch the Live cricket Streaming of the match here
Earlier England bowlers Chris Woakes and Steven Finn had troubled the West Indies batsmen early on, with Woakes getting a five-wicket haul. Woakes dismissed Chris Gayle and Darren Bravo in the very first over and West Indies never really recovered from that early loss. England kept picking up wickets at regular intervals, which didn’t let West Indies run away with the game. ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: POINTS TABLE
West Indies will now look to get their act together n their next warm-up match and rectify the errors that they have committed in this game ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, which starts from February 14. ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: SCHEDULE & MATCH
Earlier West Indies had won the toss and elected to bat first. Jason Holder will hope that he and his team can get some momentum going into the World Cup. England, on the other hand come off the back of a decent performance in the tri-series and will be quietly confident of putting up a good show at the World Cup, but they too cannot afford to take the warm-up matches lightly. ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: Complete coverage
Brief scores:
West Indies 122 in 29.3 Overs (Dwayne Smith 21, Lendl Simmons 45; Chris Woakes 5 for 19) lost to England 125 over 1 in 22.5 Overs (Ian Bell 35*, Moeen Ali 46; Kemar Roach 1 for 31) by 9 wickets
