West Indies vs England, World T20 Highlights: Brathwaite Smashes Four Sixes in Last Over, Seals Second Title
West Indies sealed their second World T20 title as they defeated England by four wickets. Marlon Samuels the star with 85 not out. Relive all the moments of the match here.
Highlights
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West Indies beat England by four wickets for second World T20 title.
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Samuels scored 85*. Brathwaite ended the game with 4 sixes in last over.
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David Willey picked up 3/20
West Indies got off to a poor start as they lost three quick wickets in response to England's 155/9. However, Marlon Samuels held firm and he took the game to England. His unbeaten 85 was amazing for the way he held his nerve but the evening belonged to Carlos Brathwaite as he blasted four consecutive sixes in the last over to complete a memorable four-wicket win. West Indies have sealed their second title while England suffer heartbreak. Relive all the moments of this magnificent match here. (SCORECARD | NEWS | PHOTOS | VIDEOS | WHERE TO WATCH LIVE STREAMING?)
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23:15 hrs IST:That is all we have here. The party will go on for many days in the Caribbean. Darren Sammy and his 15 players have made cricket richer by winning their second World T20.
23:00 hrs IST: Here are the post-match comments:
Eoin Morgan: We felt we were in the game at the halfway stage. We didn't have enough runs on the board. It was a really good batting surface and we should have had 180-190 on the board. Badree got two early wickets, which was unfortunate for us. I am so proud of everybody in the squad.
Darren Sammy: I said before that we have 15 match winners in the side. Every game somebody took responsibility. To see him play like that in his debut world cup was amazing. Hopefully, with the right structure and development, we'll get better in ODIs and Tests as well.
Darren Sammy, Part 2: We started our journey. We all know we had. People were wondering whether we would play this tournament. We had a lot of issues and we felt disrespected by our board. Mark Nicholas described our team as a team of 'no brains.' All these things just before the tournament brought this team together. I want to really thank these 15 men with. The ability to put all those adversity aside and to come out and play this type of cricket in front of such passionate fans... it's just tremendous. I personally also want to thank the coaching staff.
Marlon Samuels (MoM): I have great respect for them, but this win means a lot to us. I just told him (Brathwaite) to swing and swing hard. I would like to say something. Shane Warne has been talking continuosly and I would want to say that this is for Shane Warne
22:43 hrs IST: This is the first time that four sixes have been hit in the final over. West Indies have also achieved the highest chase in a World T20 final.
22:36 hrs IST: Magnificent! Brilliant! Unbelievable! Carlos Brathwaite has made a big name for himself. He blasts four consecutive sixes off Ben Stokes as they seal their second World T20 title by four wickets. This is magical. The West Indies team are pumped up as they complete a hat-trick. They have won the U19 World Cup, today the Women won the World Cup while the Men have completed the hat-trick.
22:30 hrs IST: 19 runs needed off the last over. Samuels and Brathwaite the key.
22:24 hrs IST: Brathwaite unfurls the scoop and he gets it over Buttler. West Indies need 27 off 12 balls.
22:20 hrs IST: England need 38 off 18 balls. Samuels is the key. If the Windies get a big 20-run over, the advantage could be with them.
22:16 hrs IST: Chris Jordan into the attack. Samuels greets him by blasting him down the ground. One feels, if Samuels goes, it is game over for West Indies.
22:13 hrs IST: WICKET! Sammy c Hales b Willey 2 (2) || Overs 15.3.
Full and wide ball outside off, Sammy carves it to deep cover but he finds Hales. England on top.
22:11 hrs IST: WICKET! Andre Russell c Stokes b Willey 1 (3) || Overs 15.1.
Short and slow ball and Russell pulls it hard to deep mid wicket but he holes out to Stokes.
22:09 hrs IST: Brilliant from Samuels. He blasts two sixes off Plunkett as 18 runs are conceded in the over. Game on!
22:04 hrs IST: WICKET! Dwayne Bravo c Root b Rashid 25 (27) || Overs 13.5.
Bravo looks to slog a legbreak and he ends up top-edging it to point where Root takes the catch.
22:02 hrs IST: Samuels scores his ninth fifty. He is keeping West Indies in the game.
22:00 hrs IST: Bravo deposits Rashid into the stands at deep mid wicket. West Indies need more such hits.
21:55 hrs IST: DROPPED! That could be costly. Bravo top-edges the pull to deep backward square leg and Sam Billings the substitute, runs to his right but slips as he fails to latch onto it. That could prove to be costly. Alex Hales is off the field.
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21:53 hrs IST: West Indies are struggling to raise the temp. However, in the death overs, they can open up and with Samuels and Bravo, they have got their eye in.
21:47 hrs IST: Eight runs from Stokes' first over. The asking rate is mounting with every over. Both Samuels and Bravo need to lift their tempo now.
21:43 hrs IST: Ben Stokes is into the attack and Samuels gets going with a boundary to deep backward point. There is a bit of history between Stokes and Samuels.
21:42 hrs IST: Adil Rashid is employing his variations well. After 10 overs, West Indies need 102 off 60 balls to win.
21:38 hrs IST: West Indies bring up the team fifty in the ninth over. Samuels the key for West Indies.
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21:32 hrs IST: Good over from Plunkett. Two runs in the seventh over and Adil Rashid is into the attack. He beats Bravo with a ripping legbreak.
21:28 hrs IST: Drama at Eden! Short ball from Plunkett and Samuels goes for the cut, he gets a bottom edge that dies on Buttler, he takes the catch but the umpires asks him to wait, replays show that the ball had bounced just in front. Samuels is called back.
21:20 hrs IST: Samuels is going after Jordan. Three fours in four balls and the bowler is under pressure. 16 runs in Jordan's over and Samuels is playing well.
21:17 hrs IST: Dwayne Bravo and Marlon Samuels have a huge task in hand. England are not applying the pressure here.
21:09 hrs IST: WICKET! Simmons lbw Willey 0 (1) || Overs 2.3.
England on top. Willey swings this delivery back in and Simmons is rooted to the crease, he plays all around that delivery and is trapped plumb in front.
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21:04 hrs IST: WICKET! Gayle c Stokes b Root 4 (2) || Overs 1.3.
This is briliant. England are on a victory lap. Root tosses up a full ball outside off and Gayle mistimes the lofted shot, he holes out to Stokes at long off.
21:00 hrs IST: WICKET! Charles c Stokes b Root 1 (7) || Overs 1.1.
Root strikes first ball in this tournament. Tossed up on middle and leg, Charles looks to heave it to deep mid wicket but mistimes it, Stokes takes it at wide long on.
20:56 hrs IST: Great start for Willey as he concedes just one run in the first over. He got swing and the lines were good.
20:50 hrs IST: Chris Gayle and Johnson Charles come out to open the batting. Samuel Badree has an ice pack on his shoulder and it will be interesting to see whether he will come out to bat. David Willey to open the bowling.
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20:45 hrs IST: This will be a record chase in the final of the World T20. In the 2007 final, India notched up 157/5 but Pakistan lost the match by five runs in Johannesburg.
20:32 hrs IST: Rashid helps England past 150 and they end up on 155/9. Decent total on a sluggish pitch. Can the West Indies chase this total down?
20:26 hrs IST: WICKET! Plunkett c Badree b Bravo 4 (4) || Overs 18.3.
Brilliant from Badree. Plunkett aims to carve a full, slow ball past cover but gets the outside edge, Badree runs to his right and dives to take a splendid catch. However, he has hurt his shoulder and he is off the field. He had injured his shoulder even in the 2014 Big Bash League
20:23 hrs IST: WICKET! Willey c Charles b Brathwaite 21 (14) || Overs 17.3.
Slow and short delivery on off stump, Willey drags the pull shot to deep mid wicket, Charles misjudges it initially but dives forward to take the catch.
20:21 hrs IST: Willey breaks the shackles by smashing two sixes off Dwayne Bravo. Can England go past 150?
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20:15 hrs IST: England are really struggling against Bravo and Brathwaite at the death. Can England get past 140? Willey breaks the shackles with a six over deep mid wicket.
20:10 hrs IST: WICKET! Joe Root c Benn b Brathwaite 54 (36) || Overs 14.1.
England in deep trouble. Brathwaite bowls the short cutter on leg stump, Root attempts the paddle scoop but the ball hits the glove, Benn at short fine leg dives forward and takes a good catch, Root is furious as he walks off.
20:06 hrs IST: WICKET! Moeen Ali c Ramdin b Bravo 0 (2) )|| Overs 14.
Short ball and down the leg side, Moeen Ali aims to nudge it to fine leg but ends up gloving it to the keeper.
20:02 hrs IST: WICKET! Stokes c Simmons b Bravo 13 (8) || Overs 13.4.
That is brilliant work from Bravo. Short, slow bouncer and it leaps up from the surface, Stokes is unsure whether to play it or leave it, in the end, he does neither and the ball goes off the bottom edge to backward point.
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19:56 hrs IST: Brilliant from Joe Root. He notches up his fourth fifty off 33 balls. He is a magnificent run-machine.
19:52 hrs IST: Darren Sammy into the attack. He is into the attack to make up for the one over which Benn will not bowl.
19:50 hrs IST: WICKET! Buttler c Bravo b Brathwaite 36 (22) || Overs 11.2.
The 61-run stand is broken. Brathwaite heaves a shortish delivery on the pads to widish long on and Dwayne Bravo takes the catch. He dances the champion jig.
19:44 hrs IST! BANG! BANG! Buttler brings up the fifty-run partnership with some big hits. He once again targets Suleiman Benn as he launches two consecutive sixes. The first one goes over long on for a six while the second one is inside out over wide long off. 16 runs in Benn's third over and he has figures of 3-0-40-0.
19:39 hrs IST: Benn has figures of 2-0-24-0. Can Carlos Brathwaite or Andre Russell break this stand? Root is batting like a dream as he uses the pace to pull it to fine leg.
19:34 hrs IST: Benn continues to leak runs. Buttler pounces on a length delivery and launches it inside out over wide long off for a six. England 57/3 after nine overs.
19:29 hrs IST: Root is looking in magnificent touch. Badree finishes his bowling spell. 4-0-16-2. Fabulous effort.
19:24 hrs IST: Dwayne Bravo is into the attack and he concedes 10 runs in his first over. Disastrous powerplay for England. After six overs, they are 33/3.
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19:20 hrs IST: WICKET! Eoin Morgan c Gayle b Badree 5 (12) || Overs 4.4.
Badree is on a roll. Flighted delivery outside off stump, Morgan looks to turn it to the leg side but gets the outside edge that is taken by Gayle at slip.
19:16 hrs IST: Root ends the over with a flicked four wide of mid on for a boundary. 14 runs in the fourth over.
19:14 hrs IST: Suleiman Benn into the attack. Root punches another four off the back foot. He is looking in great touch. Morgan also gets off the mark with an inside-out lofted drive over cover.
19:12 hrs IST: Only one run in the next over bowled by Badree. West Indies have made a great start.
19:10 hrs IST: WICKET! Alex Hales c Badree b Russell 1 (3) || Overs 1.5.
Full ball on leg stump, Hales heaves it to short fine leg and he thinks he has a boundary. However, he finds Badree and Hales is gutted as he walks off.
19:06 hrs IST: Joe Root gets going with a boundary. England need him to fire today in the big final.
19:04 hrs IST: WICKET! Jason Roy b Badree 0 (2) || Overs 0.2.
West Indies strike immediately. Straight delivery that skids on, Roy plays down the wrong line and the leg stump is uprooted.
19:00 hrs IST: Alex Hales and Jason Roy come out to the middle. Samuel Badree will open the bowling.
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18:58 hrs IST: Earlier in the day, the West Indies women notched up a brilliant win over Australia to register their maiden title triumph in the World T20.
18:50 hrs IST: The Eden Gardens is starting to fill up. Both the teams are coming out for the anthems, or in this case, the team songs.
18:37 hrs IST: Here are the playing XIs for both teams
England (Playing XI): Jason Roy, Alex Hales, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan(c), Jos Buttler(w), Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Chris Jordan, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Liam Plunkett
West Indies (Playing XI): Johnson Charles, Chris Gayle, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, Andre Russell, Denesh Ramdin(w), Dwayne Bravo, Darren Sammy(c), Carlos Brathwaite, Samuel Badree, Sulieman Benn
18:30 hrs IST: Darren Sammy has won 10 tosses in a row. West Indies opt to bowl versus England. That is some feat.
18:28 hrs IST: The leg side is bigger than the off side. There is some patches of green grass and some brown grass. There are some footmarks from the earlier Women's game. The ball will slide on as the game progresses. There might not be much spin on offer.
18:19 hrs IST: In other news, Shahid Afridi has stepped down as captain of the Pakistan team after their disastrous performance in the Asia Cup and World T20. However, he has not retired.
18:17 hrs IST: West Indies are determined, motivated and focused. All because of one factor. Mark Nicholas, a Channel Nine commentator and former England player, said that West Indies are short of brains but have IPL history in their ranks in a column.
18:09 hrs IST: It is the clash between the 'Gayle' storm and the 'Hales' storm. West Indies also hold the advantage over England in World T20s.
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18:00 hrs IST: However, here is the first news of the day. West Indies women have created history by winning the final against Australia by eight wickets to clinch their maiden title. With the West Indies winning the U-19 World Cup earlier in 2016, the West Indies senior team have a chance to create a hat-trick.
17:55 hrs IST: After a month of Twenty20 International, it has boiled down to this. West Indies, the 2012 champions, meet England, the 2010 champions at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
Both England and West Indies have endured a roller-coaster ride in the World T20. England started off with a loss to the West Indies, chased down a record score against South Africa and held their nerve against Afghanistan and Sri Lanka to qualify for the semi-finals. In the semi-final, they put on a clinical display to hammer New Zealand by seven wickets.
For the West Indies, they have been magnificent in this World T20. Their flair and aggression have made them the toast of the World Cup. Barring their slip-up against Afghanistan, they put on a magnificent performance against India to get to the final.
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Darren Sammy's Open Challenge
The West Indies skipper is on a mission. The West Indies have been playing focused cricket since the start of the tournament. "People just paint us as money-grabbing cricketers because of our success in T20 cricket but yet they still don't respect us in that format and we get that sometimes from our own board. A lot happened before the tournament started and I think in life I always believe everything happens for a reason. I think the pre-tournament shenanigans brought us really closer together as a team."
The West Indies have used all the distractions to galvanise themselves and they stand on the cusp of their second title. However, they will not be taking England, the 2010 champions, lightly.
England Continue to Surprise
From the depths of despair in the 2015 World Cup, Eoin Morgan's men have engineered a remarkable turnaround in the limited-overs format. They have defied expectations and are in the final of the 2016 World Cup.
The skipper has credited Paul Collingwood, the skipper who led England to their only ICC title triumph, for their turnaround.
"The key component in that has been the mindset of the players and back-room staff, and it's rubbed off on everyone." Jason Roy, who was the Man of the Match during the semi-final against New Zealand has said Morgan leads from the front.
"He's a great captain. He's got a great work ethic. And working under someone like that gives a huge amount of confidence," Roy stated.