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Sensational Brathwaite hits 4 consecutive sixes as WI stun England
KOLKATA, April 3, (AFP): Carlos Brathwaite hit four consecutive sixes in the last over as the West Indies stunned England to lift the World Twenty20 title in Kolkata on Sunday.
The Windies went into the last over needing 19 to win and with expert death bowler Ben Stokes handed the ball, it looked like England would see out the win.
But Brathwaite held his nerve to fire the Windies to an unlikely four-wicket win with two balls to spare, leaving Stokes devastated on the field.
Marlon Samuels anchored the West Indies’ run chase of 156 with an unbeaten 85, including nine boundaries and two sixes, after England had posted 155-9 in their 20 overs.
After being reduced to 11 for three, Samuels single-handedly kept the Caribbean team in the hunt with his 66-ball blitz.
Brathwaite finished on 34 not out off just 10 balls as the 2012 champions completed a hat-trick of titles after the women’s clinched their maiden trophy earlier on Sunday.
The Under-19 team had already lifted the youth World Cup in February.
KUWAIT CITY, April 3: Board Chairperson of Al-Qadsiya Football Club Sheikh Khalid Al-Fahad Al-Sabah urged fans of the ‘Yellow Team’ to continue supporting the club as it needs unflinching support to win the remaining three matches to enable them to realize the dream of beating the FIFA record for the current league season.
Sheikh Khalid Al-Fahad pointed out that winning the current league
The Windies also became the first team to lift the World T20 twice.
England’s batting hero Joe Root had hit Windies hard with a double strike when he shared the new ball with David Willey to get the West Indies’ openers trudging back to the dug out.
Root struck on his first ball as Johnson Charles skied a catch to mid-wicket but the really big wicket came on the third delivery when Chris Gayle departed.
Gayle tried an ambitious slog after hitting a first-ball boundary but could only find the fielder at long-on to trigger wild celebrations in the English camp.
Willey then got semifinal star Lendl
is not just about clinching the trophy for the record 17th time, as the club will also break the record of the highest number of laurels in all competitions among their peers in the country. He praised the administrative, technical and medical crews, as well as the players of the club for proving that they are strong men with great aspirations.
He said they have never been discouraged from achieving more
Simmons out leg before wicket for nought to leave the Windies tottering at 11 for three.
Samuels counter-attacked by hitting Chris Jordan for three boundaries in the sixth and last over of the powerplay that cost England 16 runs.
Samuels, who was given an early life after wicketkeeper Jos Buttler grassed a caught behind, stitched a 75-run partnership with Dwayne Bravo (25) to help the Windies rebuild.
West Indies’ players celebrate the dismissal of England’s Joe Root out during the final of the ICC World Twenty20 2016 cricket tournament at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, India on April 3. (AP) in the competitions despite the obstacles they are facing. He stated they tried their best last season, considering the sports analysts and commentators regarded them as the best club but they could not make it.
He also expressed gratitude and appreciation to companies, establishments, personalities and loyal fans who have always been standing firm on the club’s side.
Willey turned up for his second spell with a double strike to hurt Windies’ hopes of reviving their chase as the asking-rate kept growing, but new man Brathwaite had other ideas.
Brathwaite managed an unbeaten 54run stand with man-of-the-match Samuels to stun England.
“I can’t really express how much of a top knock (by Samuels) that was. We couldn’t turn back, it was a question of when not if,” said Brathwaite.
Bowling coach Curtly Ambrose was overjoyed.
“We believe we can chase any target because we’ve got some real firepower,” said the fast bowling legend.
Earlier West Indies’ bowlers justified captain Darren Sammy’s decision to field first as Samuel Badree and Andre Russell put England on the backfoot at only 23 for three in 4.4 overs.
Opening the attack for the Windies, leg-spinner Badree got Jason Roy clean out for a second ball duck and also accounted for struggling English skipper Eoin Morgan (5) in his third over.
Root (54), who struck his third halfcentury of the tournament, and Buttler (36) then came up with a fine re-building act to manage a 61-run fourth wicket partnership.
Medium-pacer Brathwaite got Buttler against the run of play when Bravo took a good catch at deep mid-wicket before celebrating with his customary ‘Champions’ dance.
Sammy soon cashed in on Bravo’s catch to bring him on to bowl and the medium-pacer obliged with two wickets in his second over.
England’s batting soon crumbled after Brathwaite got dangerman Root trudging back as a scoop shot turned out to be the in-form batsman’s undoing.
Braithwaite and Bravo shared three wickets apiece to hit England hard.
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