MUMBAI: Sherfane Rutherford struck a belligerent half-century and Gudakesh Motie produced a superb show of spin bowling as West Indies thumped England by 30 runs in Twenty20 World Cup Group C on Wednesday.
Rutherford smacked seven sixes in his unbeaten 76 off 42 deliveries to supply the bedrock of his workforce’s imposing whole of 196-6.
Twice champions West Indies returned to choke their opponents with spin and bundled out England for 166 in 19 overs to prime the group with their second successive victory.
England slipped to 3rd place, behind Scotland, after their first defeat within the event.
“Disappointing. It is by no means good to lose a recreation, however West Indies performed excellent,” England captain Harry Brook stated.
“We thought it was a chaseable whole for positive however it did not dew up as a lot as we anticipated and did not skid onto the bat.”
Put into bat, West Indies misplaced each openers within the first seven deliveries of their innings.
Shimron Hetmyer (23) and Roston Chase (34) steadied the ship earlier than Rutherford walked in to gentle up the Wankhede Stadium.
He shared a 61-run stand with Jason Holder, who struck 4 sixes in his 33 off 17 balls, to take West Indies near 200.
Leg-spinner Adil Rashid excelled for England, conceding solely 16 runs in his 4 overs and claiming the wickets of Chase and Rovman Powell.
England made a flying begin earlier than dropping Phil Salt (30) within the fourth over.
Chase eliminated Jos Buttler for 21 and left-arm spinner Motie produced a double strike to show the warmth on England, who slumped to 93-4 on the midway stage of their innings.
The state of affairs demanded warning and Brook duly curbed his regular aggression however the West Indian spinners wouldn’t be denied.
Motie (3-33) caught Brook off his personal bowling and Chase trapped Will Jacks lbw to additional flip the screw.
Sam Curran made a valiant 43 not out down the order however lacked help.
“I’ve put in numerous work coming into the World Cup,” Rutherford stated.
“I belief my course of and I can rating runs ultimately after I play with a transparent thoughts. We had been perhaps 10 runs behind what we needed given England’s highly effective batting however the guys bowled nicely.”
