That's all she wrote! Russell takes West Indies over the line as he digs out a yorker towards long on. West Indies start their 2024 T20 World Cup campaign with victory by five wickets! But my days did they have to work for it! Outstanding fight from PNG, who, truth be told, were ahead of the game on a couple of occasions during this chase but just couldn't stay the course. Plenty of "if only" moments but they've shown the rest of Group C that they're not just here for the ride...
West Indies vs P.N.G., 2nd Match, Group C at Providence, T20 World Cup, Jun 02 2024 - Match Result
RESULT
2nd Match, Group C, Providence, June 02, 2024, ICC Men's T20 World Cup
136/8
(19/20 ov, T:137) 137/5
West Indies won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
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Scores: K Vairavan | Comms: Vithushan EhantharajahScorecard summary
Papua New Guinea • 136/8(20 overs)
50 (43)
2/19 (3)
27* (18)
2/34 (4)
West Indies • 137/5(19 overs)
42* (27)
2/28 (4)
34 (29)
1/17 (4)
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2.15pm: A word from both captains, starting with West Indies' Rovman Powell: " Credit has to be given to PNG. I think there plans were simple and they played good cricket. I think (PNG's score of 136 for 8) it's a little, 10 or 15, too much. And as a bowling group that's something we need to work on. They played smartly.
On Roston Chase' performance: "That was very good. Started from a bowling effort, I think he bowled pretty well. And coming at the end, when we were under pressure coming there with composure, and to come out with a winning innings was great for us. I think we can be better in all three departments."
PNG's Assad Vala is proud of his team's efforts but has a few regrets: "It was a competitive score but we believe we missed a trick towards the end. Another 10 to 15 runs would have been nice. We're really happy with the way we fought. We got wickets in key moments, but we couldn't nail it at the end. I'm really pleased with the effort from the boys
"It's an opporunity and a challenge we look forward to. We try and play our best cricket against the best players. It was an opportunity to go out there and play the way we wanted to play."
2.08pm: Roston Chase is player of the match for his unbeaten 42 from 27 deliveries: "I'm very pleased. To start the tournament with a win is always good. I had to take it home for the team, and I did it.
"I knew from our first innings bowling, it was always hard for batsmen coming in to start. I gave myself time, backed myself. I've been putting in a lot of hard work so I just backed my preparation."
On Papua New Guinea's efforts: "They're not an A-List team but we don't want to take any team lightly in the World Cup. We came out with the mentality that we were playing Australia or India. We started slowly but we had a chat at the halway stage and the guys just wanted to rally and put the best foot forward. "
1:59pm: dave davud: "Despite the win, West Indies should be embarrassed by that performance. It shocks me that the game was even a contest"
ShahSafeer: "First big team has survived a big heartbreak. This should just be the beginning of that, this format allows smaller team to topple big boys. That's exactly why we needed more teams for the T20I WC!"
Vettelfan17: "If is a big old word but if PNG had ran as well as they did in the last 5 overs throughout the innings, there were 10-15 runs out there. What could have been"
end of over 1913 runs
WI: 137/5CRR: 7.21
Andre Russell15 (9b 1x6)
Roston Chase42 (27b 4x4 2x6)
Kabua Morea 3-0-30-0
Assad Vala 4-1-28-2
18.6
1
Morea to Russell, 1 run
18.5
1
Morea to Chase, 1 run
Wide yorker, ramped out to third to tie the scores...
18.4
4
Morea to Chase, FOUR runs
One bouncer four over cover! Start the car. Morea serves up a full toss outside off stump and Chase gets it out of the middle with a lovely lofted cover drive
18.3
4
Morea to Chase, FOUR runs
Flicked over the shoulder for four! Chase steps across and intercepts a full ball on the sweep, lapping it fine on the leg side
18.2
1
Morea to Russell, 1 run
Russell steps across to expose his stumps, Morea goes for the toes - on about off stump - and is picked away for a single through midwicket
18.1
2
Morea to Russell, 2 runs
Wide yorker, dug out with a horizontal bat down to third. No real pace on the delivery allows deep cover to run around to third and field
Left-arm seamer Morea returns
end of over 1818 runs
WI: 124/5CRR: 6.88 • RRR: 6.50 • Need 13 from 12b
Roston Chase33 (24b 2x4 2x6)
Andre Russell11 (6b 1x6)
Assad Vala 4-1-28-2
John Kariko 4-0-17-1
17.6
4
Vala to Chase, FOUR runs
Flatter, back of a length - powered down the ground for another boundary! The 18th over goes for 18, as Chase stands tall into that lofted drive. Quality
17.5
6
Vala to Chase, SIX runs
Bang! The ideal release shot for Chase, who presses forward and drives gloriously up and over long off, from low to high
17.4
1
Vala to Russell, 1 run
Driven out to that deep fielder on the off side
17.3
2
Vala to Russell, 2 runs
Length played off the back foot, punched into deep cover. Great running from Russell puts pressure on the fielder who throws down the middle of the pitch
17.2
1
Vala to Chase, 1 run
Worked out to deep midwicket
17.1
4
Vala to Chase, FOUR runs
Back to back boundaries! And how necessary they were... Vala drags another down but doesn't get away with it as Chase flicks it around the corner. In fact, Vala should have got away with it, because the fielder running around from backward square leg got to the ball but didn't get low enough to gather and ends up getting nutmegged
end of over 179 runs
WI: 106/5CRR: 6.23 • RRR: 10.33 • Need 31 from 18b
Andre Russell8 (4b 1x6)
Roston Chase18 (20b 1x6)
John Kariko 4-0-17-1
Assad Vala 3-1-10-2
16.6
6
Kariko to Russell, SIX runs
That's one of them! Enough sighters for Russell - winds up and hooooons a full delivery on the strikes high and handsome over square leg
16.5
2
Kariko to Russell, 2 runs
Driven on the up to midwicket, two made with ease as Siaka has to run about 30 yards to his right from long on to gather
16.4
•
Kariko to Russell, no run
Fired into leg stump, Russell gets in a tangle as he tries to sweep around his front pad but can't reach
16.3
•
Kariko to Russell, no run
Darted outside off, Russell defends with an open face into backward point
16.2
1
Kariko to Chase, 1 run
Shorter, this time Chase waits a little and punches beyond that cover fielder
16.1
•
Kariko to Chase, no run
Darted in, just off a length, well-timed drive but straight to cover
Aladdin Saine: "oooh - the pigeons have a cat now..." Dre Russ, your time is now...
end of over 163 runs • 1 wicket
WI: 97/5CRR: 6.06 • RRR: 10.00 • Need 40 from 24b
Roston Chase17 (18b 1x6)
Assad Vala 3-1-10-2
Charles Amini 2-0-14-0
15.6
W
Vala to Rutherford, OUT
GOT HIM! The good news for Rutherford is this time he doesn't cut into the ground. The bad news is he's cut straight into right thigh of the keeper Doriga, who ends up keeping the ball in the air and completing the catch. PNG - are you really about to do this?!
Sherfane Rutherford c †Doriga b Vala 2 (7b 0x4 0x6 6m) SR: 28.57
15.5
•
Vala to Rutherford, no run
Darted into a length, Rutherford duffs a cut into the ground once more
Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
PNG
50 runs (43)
6 fours1 six
Productive shot
flick
9 runs
0 four1 six
Control
75%
WI
42 runs (27)
4 fours2 sixes
Productive shot
off drive
11 runs
0 four1 six
Control
81%
Best performances - bowlers
O
3
M
0
R
19
W
2
ECO
6.33
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W | ||||
LEGOFF
LHB
1W | ||||
PNG
O
4
M
1
R
28
W
2
ECO
7
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W | ||||
LEGOFF
LHB
1W | ||||
Match details
| Providence Stadium, Guyana | |
| Toss | West Indies, elected to field first |
| Series | |
| Season | 2024 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Match number | T20I no. 2633 |
| Match days | 2 June 2024 - day (20-over match) |
| Umpires | |
| TV Umpire | |
| Reserve Umpire | |
| Match Referee | |
| Points | West Indies 2, Papua New Guinea 0 |
Language
English
Win Probability
WI 100%
PNGWI100%50%100%
Over 19 • WI 137/5
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