England vs West Indies Live Score: World T20 final, Kolkata

England vs West Indies: West Indies win second World T20 title

 

Marlon Samuels scored 85 runs against England. (Source: Reuters)

West Indies clinched their second World T20 title after beating England in the final by 4 wickets. Needing 19 off the last over, Carlos Brathwaite hit four consecutive sixes to guide his team to victory.

Scorecard: England vs West Indies Cricket

England vs West Indies As it happened

2231 hrs IST: West Indies chase down 156-run target after Brathwaite hits four consecutive sixes
2230 hrs IST: Six, six, six. Brathwaite has 18 off 3 balls. West Indies need 1 off 3
2227 hrs IST: Jordan gives only 8 off the 19th over. WI need 19 off 6 balls
2222 hrs IST: Brathwaite gets four behind keeper off the last ball. WI need 27 off 12
2219 hrs IST: Willey has given 5 runs off the first three balls
2217 hrs IST: 0 4 1 1 0 1 – Jordan gives 7 runs in the 17th over. #WI need 38 off 18
2212 hrs IST: West Indies need 45 off 24 balls
2208 hrs IST: WICKET! Darren Sammy has hit one straight to sweeper cover. West Indies are 107/7
2204 hrs IST: WICKET! Andre Russell hits one good but straight to deep mid-wicket as West Indies lose their fifth wicket
2204 hrs IST: Two sixes off the last two balls in the 15th over from Samuels. West Indies need 52 off 30
2200 hrs IST: Samuels is shifting gears. He is looking for boundaries now
2159 hrs IST: WICKET! Dwayne Bravo gets leading edge and it goes high in the air. Rashid has a wicket
2158 hrs IST: FIFTY! Marlon Samuels has scored a 47-ball fifty
2157 hrs IST: Dwayne Bravo launches Adil Rashid for a big six over mid-wicket
2155 hrs IST: West Indies have reached 76/3 after the 13th over
2153 hrs IST: DROPPED! Dwayne Bravo mistimes a pull but Sam Billings over runs to drop it
2145 hrs IST: 11 overs gone and West Indies need 94 off 54 balls
2140 hrs IST: Halfway mark and West Indies are 54/5. They need 102 off 60 balls
2133 hrs IST: West Indies are 50/3 after nine overs
2128 hrs IST: Plunkett gives only two runs and West Indies are 39/3 after seven overs
2125 hrs IST: Wait… Umpires are checking if it is a clean catch. Replays show the ball has bounced in front off Buttler. Samuels survives. No wicket
2123 hrs IST: WICKET! Marlon Samuels has edged one to the keeper and Liam Plunkett gets a wicket
2122 hrs IST: West Indies are 37/3 after the powerplay after Marlon Samuels takes 15 off the over
2116 hrs IST: Five overs gone and West Indies are 21/3 chasing 156
2115 hrs IST: West Indies bat deep but the pressure of chasing in a final will be big
2112 hrs IST: West Indies slow in their chase. The early wickets have hurt them badly
2105 hrs IST: WICKET! David Willey has got Lendl Simmons LBW. What a start from England
2103 hrs IST: Johnson Charles c Ben Stokes b Joe Root 1 (7); Chris Gayle c Ben Stokes b Joe Root 4 (2)
2102 hrs IST: Nine runs off the second over but two wickets as well. West Indies 10/2
2058 hrs IST: WICKET! What can Joe Root do wrong. Chris Gayle has also skied one to Stokes. West Indies 5/2
2056 hrs IST: WICKET! Joe Root is the bowler. Charles skies it to Stokes and he is a goner
2055 hrs IST: Excellent from Willey. Only one run off it
2050 hrs IST: West Indies openers Chris Gayle and Johnson Charles out in the middle
2032 hrs IST: England have posted 155/9 against West Indies. If this is chased down, it will be record in World T20 final
2027 hrs IST: 19 overs done and England have reached 145/9
2025 hrs IST: WICKET! Liam Plunkett slashes at  one but it takes the edge and flies to short third-man. Samuel Badree dives full length to take the catch. Badree looks in some pain
2019 hrs IST: WICKET! David Willey is gone! He hoicks one to deep square-leg and Charles runs it to take a good catch
2016 hrs IST: David Willey hits 2 sixes and two another singles help England take 14 off the 17 over. England 131/7
2012 hrs IST: 16 overs gone and England have reached 117/7
2007 hrs IST: England have slowed down. Jordan and Willey at the crease
2002 hrs IST: WICKET! Disastrous for England. Joe Root tries the scoop over short fine-leg but it barely travels. Caught at short fine-leg
1958 hrs IST: WICKET! Bravo has another. Moeen Ali has gloved one down the leg-side. England 110/6 after 14 overs
1957 hrs IST: WICKET! Dwayne Bravo has got Ben Stokes with a bouncer. Batsman decides to play it, then decides to leave. Keeps his bat face open and the ball lobs to point fielder
1954 hrs IST: England reach 103/4 after 13 overs
1952 hrs IST: FIFTY! Joe Root has been excellent for England today and he reaches his fifty off 33 balls
1946 hrs IST: Ben Stokes is the new man in for England
1945 hrs IST: WICKET! Buttler is gone! Hits it straight to Bravo at deep mid-wicket. Brathwaite with an important breakthrough
1940 hrs IST: England reach 67/3 at the halfway stage mark. They have done well to reach here
1935 hrs IST: England reach 57/3 after nine overs
1933 hrs IST: Jos Buttler goes inside-out over covers for a six. England reach 50 in the 9th over
1927 hrs IST: Samuel Badree finishes with 4-1-16-2. Breakdown – 0 W 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 1
1923 hrs IST: Powerplay done! England are 33/3 with Root on 20 and Buttler on 7
1919 hrs IST: A wicket maiden for Samuel Badree! England are 23/3 after 5 overs

The “turn” for Badree is always away from the left hander…… Are they singing “Badree da champion”….

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) 3 April 2016

1917 hrs IST: WICKET! Badree again! Eoin Morgan has edged one to slips and England are 23/3
1915 hrs IST: Three boundaries in the fourth over have lifted England a bit
1912 hrs IST: Joe Root unleashing some strokes here
1907 hrs IST: WICKET! Alex Hales hits a beautiful flick off Andre Russell but it’s straight to Samuel Badree at short fine-leg
1904 hrs IST: Joe Root hits a four thorugh covers and England reach 7/1 after the first over
1901 hrs IST: WICKET! Samuel Badree gets one through Jason Roy’s defence and it up roots the leg-stump
1858 hrs IST: High scoring pitches

Brand new pitch for the finals. Forget about low scores on this one. Short boundary on one side.All points to a high scoring game.#WT20Final

— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) 3 April 2016

1856 hrs IST: Dwayne Bravo giving the team talk in the West Indies team hurdle
1855 hrs IST: Done with the National Anthems
1845 hrs IST: 15 minutes to the live action. The players have lined-up at the boundary for the National Anthems of the two countries
1839 hrs IST: Here are the two playing XIs for the final

WI XI: J Charles, C Gayle, M Samuels, L Simmons, D Ramdin, DJ Bravo, A Russell, D Sammy, C Brathwaite, S Badree, S Benn

— ICC Live Scores (@ICCLive) 3 April 2016

ENG XI: J Roy, A Hales, J Root, E Morgan, B Stokes, J Buttler, M Ali, C Jordan, A Rashid, D Willey, L Plunkett

— ICC Live Scores (@ICCLive) 3 April 2016

1835 hrs IST: Both teams unchanged for the final
1834 hrs IST: Toss – West Indies captain Darren Sammy wins his 10th consecutive toss and he has elected to bowl against England
1832 hrs ISt: All set for the toss. Experts says win toss and bowl first on this pitch
1830 hrs IST: England and West Indies captains walking out for the toss
1800 hrs IST: Toss time in just 30 minutes. The pitch looks a good one for batting
1735 hrs IST: England are in a new look for this World T20. Can they stop the rampaging West Indies?
1731 hrs IST: The West Indies women have just won the World T20 title. Can the men repeat it?

Build Up
 

Sammy and Morgan on the eve of the World T20 final in Kolkata on Saturday. (Source: AP)

IMAGINE IF a pale-faced Englishman was to play a reverse-sweep at the Eden Gardens to win a World Cup final on Sunday. Mike Gatting certainly would see the irony in it. Maybe he can finally have his long-awaited closure then.

Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid: Keeping the faith
Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid. (Source: Express photo by Subham Dutta)

This isn’t just a story about religion but without it, England’s spin twins wouldn’t be here in Kolkata for Sunday’s final. The heart-warming tale of Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid is about how sport often paves the road for multiculturalism in countries and also about dreams coming true.

England have wings to fly, hope to soar once again
Eoin Morgan has lead England to the final of the World T20. (Source: PTI)

On March 9, last year, England lost to Bangladesh by 15 runs at Adelaide Oval to crash out of the World Cup. “We thought 275 was chaseable. We’ll have to look at the data,” then England coach Peter Moores had added to the shock and disbelief.