Sports Reporter :
England defeated West Indies by eight wickets in their match of the ICC World Cup Cricket at Southampton in England on Friday.
Sent into bat first, West Indies scored 212 off 44’4 overs.
England defeated West Indies by eight wickets in their match of the ICC World Cup Cricket at Southampton in England on Friday.
Sent into bat first, West Indies scored 212 off 44’4 overs.
In reply, England romped home in overs making for the loss of two wicket.
Joe Root remained unbeaten with .
Opener Jonny Bairstow hit 45.
Earlier, Nicholas Pooran, SO Hetmyer and Chris Gayle were the three West Indies batsmen who could make a respectable score. Pooran, Hetmyer, Gayle added 63, 39 and 36 runs to the Caribbeans’ total.
Mark Wood, Jofra Archer grabbed three wickets each at the cost of 18 and 30 runs respectively, while Joe Root bagged a pair of wickets for 27 runs.
