West Indies

Match 8 Group D West Indies vs England Preview

ICC World Twenty20, 8th Match, Group D: West Indies v England
Time – 17:30 GMT
May 3, 2010
Venue: Providence Stadium, Guyana

Home side West Indies will take on England today in the second match of the day and 8th match of the World Cup T20 Cricket at Providence Stadium. West Indies had won the first match against Ireland with ease and would wish to continue the wining streak in this match. Gayle is expected to return back and this will add to the firepower of the batting line up.

On the other hand England would be playing the first match of World cup today and would wish to start it on a winning note. England would be relying on K Pietersen and would be hoping that he plays well and help them win this match. In terms of bowling, England bowlers would have to bowl a good line to curtail the likes of Pollard, Gayle and Taylor.

West Indies squad
C Gayle (capt), S Benn, D Bravo, S Chanderpaul, N Deonarine, A Fletcher, WW Hinds, N Miller, K Pollard, D Ramdin (wk), R Rampaul, K Roach, D Sammy, R Sarwan, J Taylor

England squad
P Collingwood (capt), J Anderson, R Bopara, T Bresnan, S Broad, C Kieswetter (wk), M Lumb, J Morgan, K Pietersen, A Shahzad, R Sidebottom, G Swann, J Tredwell, L Wright, M Yardy

Match 2 West Indies Thrash Ireland By 70 Runs

Match Details
Match – 2 ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2010, 1st Match Group D
Date – April 30 2010
Time – 21:00 GMT, 02:30 IST
Venue – Providence Stadium, Guyana
Toss – West Indies won the toss and elected to bat first
Result – West Indies won by 70 runs.

In the second match of T20 World Cup 2010, West Indies played against minnows Ireland. West Indies who were playing without Gayle, won the toss and elected to bat first. The pitch was very sluggish and batsmen were having some problem to score freely but every batsmen contributed a small total and West Indies were able to post 138 runs in 20 overs.

Ireland got off to a disastrous start and lost the first wicket on the second ball of the innings. This triggered the fall of wickets and within the first 2 overs, Ireland lost 3 top order batsmen. The problem did not ended here as they kept losing wickets at regular interval of time and were 39/5 in the 9th over. West Indies bowled never gave them any opportunity to score runs and finally Ireland was bundled out for a paltry 68. Thus West Indies opened the account with a huge win of 70 runs.

Match Highlights

* West Indies: 50 runs in 7.3 overs, Extras 1
* West Indies: 100 runs in 16.4 overs, Extras 3
* Innings Break: West Indies – 138/9 in 20.0 overs

* Ireland: 50 runs in 10.6 overs, Extras 12

Match 2 ICC T20 World Cup – West Indies Vs Ireland Scorecard

Match 2 ICC T20 World Cup West Indies vs Ireland

Match Details
Match – 2 ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2010, 1st Match Group D
Date – April 30 2010
Time – 21:00 GMT, 02:30 IST
Venue – Providence Stadium, Guyana

Today in the second match of T20 World Cup, West Indies will take on Ireland at Providence stadium in Guyana. West Indies who are playing at home would like to start the tournament on a winning note where as Ireland who are considered as an underdog would like to upset the home side with a win. West Indies have some serious injury problem with Jerome Taylor struggling with shoulder and ankle trouble, Sulieman Benn stuggling with a shoulder injury and Kieron Pollard down with a flu. They will be hoping that Pollard and Sulieman are declared match fit before the match.

Team Compostions
West Indies
Chris Gayle (capt), Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Dwayne Bravo, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Narsingh Deonarine, 6 Kieron Pollard, Darren Sammy, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Sulieman Benn, Ravi Rampaul, Nikita Miller.

Ireland
William Porterfield (capt), Paul Stirling, Niall O’Brien (wk), Alex Cusack, Kevin O’Brien, Gary Wilson, John Mooney, Trent Johnston, Andre Botha, Peter Connell, George Dockrell.

Final eleven will be announced before match.

West Indies Twenty20 World Cup 2010 Squad

West Indies Squad 2010 World Cup

The home team will field the following team in Twenty20 World Cup