Defending champions England make a strong comeback, crush Windies by 8 wickets in Super-8 thanks to Salt's stormy half-century
ENG vs WI: The second match of the T20 World Cup 2024 Super-8 round is being played between West Indies and England in St Lucia today. In this match, the hosts West Indies, batting first, have set a target of 181 runs in front of England, which the English team achieved with 15 balls to spare.
The second match of the T20 World Cup 2024 Super-8 round between the West Indies and England takes place today, June 20, at the Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in St Lucia. In this match, England won the toss and chose to bowl first. Batting first, West Indies scored 180 runs for the loss of four wickets in the allotted 20 overs. In response, England won their first Super-8 match by scoring 181 runs for the cost of two wickets in 17.3 overs.
After losing the toss and batting first, West Indies scored 180 runs for 4 wickets. For West Indies, J Charles scored 38, Nicholas Pooran scored 36 and Rovman Powell scored 36 runs. At the same time, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Moeen Ali, and Livingstone took one wicket each for England.
For England, Philip Salt played an unbeaten innings of 87 runs with the help of 7 fours and 4 sixes in 47 balls, while Jonny Bairstow played an unbeaten innings of 48 runs with the help of 5 fours and 2 sixes in 26 balls. This can be termed as a remarkable comeback in this stage by the defending champions who had reached the Super 8 at the mercy of Australia in the group stage.
