21/04Result
48th Match, Super Eights, ICC World Cup at Bridgetown, Apr 21 2007
England won by 1 wicket (with 1 ball remaining)
Player of the Match
Kevin PietersenEngland
21/04Result
48th Match, Super Eights, ICC World Cup at Bridgetown, Apr 21 2007
England won by 1 wicket (with 1 ball remaining)
Player of the Match
Kevin PietersenEngland

  • West Indies Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    M
    B
    4s
    6s
    SR
    CH Gayle
    79
    105
    58
    10
    3
    136.20
    23.5 gone! Very well caught Stuart Broad who was brought in a few yards at third man a few moments ago. It was slashed uppishly to him but he had to dive to make the final few metres...to take a very good catch 131/1
    DS Smith
    61
    135
    106
    6
    0
    57.54
    29.3 what a catch - a remarkable, gravity-defying catch! Smith slashed seemingly over Paul Collingwood at backward point who sprung up, swivelling as he did so, taking the ball high in the air. A quite brilliant example of athleticism and hand-eye co-ordination 168/2
    BC Lara (c)
    18
    39
    17
    3
    0
    105.88
    30.5 what a desperate way to bring down the curtain on Lara's career. Samuels pushed the ball to mid-on, called for the run, Lara answered and almost immediately Samuels changed his mind, leaving Lara stranded. 173/3
    MN Samuels
    51
    59
    39
    6
    1
    130.76
    42.5 oh, a tame dismissal from Samuels really. A leg-side drifter but Samuels couldn't lift it over Collingwood at short midwicket who held on to a stinger 258/5
    RR Sarwan
    3
    11
    8
    0
    0
    37.50
    33.2 short outside off stump, a little extra bounce, Sarwan got a thin top edge to his cut and Nixon held a routine catch 181/4
    S Chanderpaul
    34
    52
    39
    5
    0
    87.17
    45.3 sloppy, lazy shot from Chanderpaul, trying to loft it over the bowler's head for six. Very well bowled from Collingwood though, a little off-cutter which Chanderpaul spooned to long-on who only had to run in a metre or so, taking the ball in his lap 276/6
    DJ Bravo
    13
    16
    11
    1
    0
    118.18
    46.1 Vaughan gets another: Bravo came down the pitch, trying to slog him over midwicket but he couldn't get on top of it, mistiming it and skying it to Dalrymple at deep midwicket who took a simple catch 277/7
    D Ramdin †
    not out
    10
    20
    11
    1
    0
    90.90
    JE Taylor
    12
    9
    10
    1
    0
    120.00
    48.5 gone this time though. Again he comes down the pitch and tries to slog it over midwicket, but he doesn't get all of it and skies it to Dalyrmple who steadies himself and takes an easy catch at deep midwicket 296/8
    DBL Powell
    0
    4
    1
    0
    0
    0.00
    49.2 goddim! A good yorker which was dug out, deadening the ball...Powell wants a single but Ramdin most certainly does not...and Preston's finest kicks the ball onto the stumps 298/9
    CD Collymore
    1
    3
    2
    0
    0
    50.00
    49.5 ah nicely bowled, an excellent yorker which bobbles off his pads. Collymore's going for a run regardless, but Flintoff scoops up the ball and throws down the stumps with casual disdain. Slick piece of work to end the innings 300/10
    Extras
    18 (lb 1, nb 3, w 14)
    TOTAL
    300 all out (49.5 Overs, RR: 6.02)
    Fall of wickets: 1-131 (CH Gayle, 23.5 ov), 2-168 (DS Smith, 29.3 ov), 3-173 (BC Lara, 30.5 ov), 4-181 (RR Sarwan, 33.2 ov), 5-258 (MN Samuels, 42.5 ov), 6-276 (S Chanderpaul, 45.3 ov), 7-277 (DJ Bravo, 46.1 ov), 8-296 (JE Taylor, 48.5 ov), 9-298 (DBL Powell, 49.2 ov), 10-300 (CD Collymore, 49.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    JM Anderson603906.50184060
    LE Plunkett7071110.14227452
    SCJ Broad613205.33214010
    A Flintoff9.505926.00298001
    JWM Dalrymple301906.33103010
    PD Collingwood804015.00234010
    MP Vaughan1003933.90323000

  • England Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    M
    B
    4s
    6s
    SR
    AJ Strauss
    7
    10
    12
    1
    0
    58.33
    2.3 straight, Strauss looks to turn it to leg but all he does is scoop the ball into the hands of Devon Smith at square leg. A soft dismissal 11/1
    MP Vaughan (c)
    79
    116
    68
    6
    2
    116.17
    26.3 cut to backward point, Vaughan was off for the single but Bravo picked up and scored a direct hit at the striker's end. The third umpire was called for but Vaughan, who wasn't even in the frame, wasn't hanging around and was back in the hutch by the time the decision came 154/3
    RS Bopara
    26
    60
    43
    3
    0
    60.46
    15.3 that's a fine shot, cracking it square off the back foot, but it's brilliantly saved by Bravo at backward point. Oh and Bopara's going for a run but Bravo throws down the stumps - and hits, leaving Bopara comfortably short. Electric fielding from West Indies' best 101/2
    KP Pietersen
    100
    144
    91
    10
    1
    109.89
    46.2 another big heave, but Taylor fire in a full delivery on and it crashes into the leg stump 269/7
    PD Collingwood
    6
    11
    11
    1
    0
    54.54
    29.2 outside off, Collingwood attempts to cut the ball but bottom-edges into his stumps. Bravo wheels away airplane-like while Collingwood looks accusingly at the pitch. Nothing wrong with the surface ... 162/4
    A Flintoff
    15
    23
    20
    2
    0
    75.00
    34.2 oh dear. The kiss of death from Will as Flintoff flicks it - nothing more than a casual pluck to Powell at mid-on 185/5
    JWM Dalrymple
    1
    6
    6
    0
    0
    16.66
    35.5 firmly on-driven to Devon Smith - straight to him, in fact - who threw down the stumps. A terrible, clueless run from Dalrymple and Smith, well, he had three stumps to aim at and hit middle. Easy. 189/6
    PA Nixon †
    38
    83
    39
    4
    0
    97.43
    49.2 anyone with a weak heart, turn off now. Slower ball fools Nixon who was on the walk as Bravo let go, he misses and it clips the top of his off stump 298/9
    LE Plunkett
    2
    4
    3
    0
    0
    66.66
    46.5 slower ball - 71mph - Plunkett underclubs and Bravo, five yards in from the long-on boundary, waits and takes a good catch above his head 271/8
    SCJ Broad
    not out
    5
    24
    5
    0
    0
    100.00
    JM Anderson
    not out
    0
    7
    1
    0
    0
    0.00
    Extras
    22 (b 6, lb 11, w 5)
    TOTAL
    301/9 (49.5 Overs, RR: 6.04)
    Fall of wickets: 1-11 (AJ Strauss, 2.3 ov), 2-101 (RS Bopara, 15.3 ov), 3-154 (MP Vaughan, 26.3 ov), 4-162 (PD Collingwood, 29.2 ov), 5-185 (A Flintoff, 34.2 ov), 6-189 (JWM Dalrymple, 35.5 ov), 7-269 (KP Pietersen, 46.2 ov), 8-271 (LE Plunkett, 46.5 ov), 9-298 (PA Nixon, 49.2 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    CD Collymore1006116.10317020
    DBL Powell1005805.80328020
    JE Taylor1016526.50255200
    CH Gayle503206.4061100
    DJ Bravo9.504724.77325010
    RR Sarwan512114.20151000

Match Notes

England 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st11MP VaughanAJ Strauss
2nd90MP VaughanRS Bopara
3rd53MP VaughanKP Pietersen
4th8PD CollingwoodKP Pietersen
5th23A FlintoffKP Pietersen
6th4KP PietersenJWM Dalrymple
7th80PA NixonKP Pietersen
8th2PA NixonLE Plunkett
9th27PA NixonSCJ Broad
10th3JM AndersonSCJ Broad

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