http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Twenty20 - England's performance - An Overview - Part IV
Continued from Part III.....
Requiring 180 to win in 20 overs, England had the worst possible start to their mammoth run chase as they lost two wickets on the second and third deliveries of the opening over. With nothing on the board, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 were put under pressure right from the start.
AD Hales and JM Bairstow then forged a big partnership to humble their opponents as the two batsmen took the score to 55.
With the match finally going in England’s way, they were rudely interrupted when JM Bairstow was dismissed by Gayle after hammering a knock of 18.
The English were then blessed by the arrival of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/EJG-Morgan-c1419, who forged an intimidating partnership alongside Hales.
This was the match defining partnership as the two batsmen steered the side to a staggering total of 162. For England to win the match, it was imperative for these two batsmen to stay on the wicket till victory.
However, West Indies bowlers were not going to wait around and see themselves losing the match after belting such a big total.
Samuels hit jackpot when he broke this potentially challenging partnership, as he dismissed Hales, who fell after hammering 68 runs.
With http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Morgan-c77707 unbeaten on 71, England lost the match by 15 runs. This defeat was yet another insight to the wrongs in the planning of the defending champions.
“We had to regroup, obviously losing two wickets in that first over hurt us but we showed how good the wicket was. We were quite happy with our effort with the ball and I think we're disappointed not to win tonight. Eoin has been fantastic in this form of
the game and he showed it again,” remarked the losing captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465.
“The surface played pretty well, I think it was a batter's paradise. The bowlers kept them to a below par score so we're disappointed not to have chased that. We've got to stop losing early wickets because it's hurting us," he continued.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 skipper was on the other hand, overjoyed by this important victory.
Sammy in his post-match interview said that his side backed themselves to set a tough target as he commended Chris and Charles for going well. The Windies skipper had great words for the way http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Johnson-Charles-c69060 played in this nerve racking contest.
With two defeats, England were now feeling the heat before going into their next match against New Zealand.
England v New Zealand (England won by 6 wickets):
With the crowd all set to witness a fabulous contest at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, New Zealand after winning the toss chose to bat first, aiming to post an unbeatable total.
The pressure was certainly on England, while New Zealand looked a better side on paper.
Stuart Broad’s men needed to launch an aggressive bowling onslaught from the first over in order to pose a serious challenge.
The start was good as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Guptill-c1980 in front of stumps for five at a time when New Zealand had posted only seven on the board.
Then with New Zealand on 20, Finn struck gold by nabbing the wicket of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BB-McCullum-c1129, who perished after scoring only ten runs.
To be continued ........
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