WI beat WRL by 72 runs | West Indies vs ICC World XI, Highlights And Cricket Score One-off T20I Match
West Indies and ICC World XI in England, 2018
Date: May 31, 2018 Start Time: 22:30 IST | 17:00 GMT | 18:00 LocalVenue: Lord's, London
World T20 Champions Windies will take on ICC World XI in a fund-raising Twenty20 International at Lord’s on May 31. The match starts at 10:30 pm IST. ICC has granted the match an International status. The proceeds from the Windies vs World XI match will go towards the restoration of the cricket grounds in Dominica (Windsor Park Stadium) and Anguilla (James Ronald Webster Park) after they were damaged following the passage of Hurricanes Irma and Maria last year. Other venues that will benefit from the T20I match are Sir Viv Richards Stadium in Antigua, the A.O. Shirley Recreation Ground in the British Virgin Islands and the Carib Lumber Ball Park in St. Maarten.
Windies will be lead by all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite. The squad boasts of players like Chris Gayle, Marlon Samuels, Andre Russell, Even Lewis and Denesh Ramdin. England captain Eoin Morgan, on the other hand, will lead the World XI team.
The World XI team features Dinesh Karthik and all-rounder Hardik Pandya as the sole Indians. Former Pakistan captain and all-rounder Shahid Afridi will come out of retirement to take part in this match as he has been named in the World XI squad. Apart from him, Pakistan’s Shoaib Malik, Sri Lanka’s Thisara Perera, Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan and Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal are part of the World XI team as well.
Windies Squad: Chris Gayle, Marlon Samuels, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Rayad Emrit, Andre Fletcher, Samuel Badree, Andre Russell, Ashley Nurse, Carlos Brathwaite (c), Evin Lewis, Keemo Paul, Kesrick Williams, Rovman Powell.
World XI Squad: Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Eoin Morgan (c), Luke Ronchi (wk), Thisara Perera, Mitchell McClenaghan, Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan.













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West Indies vs ICC World XI Highlights And Cricket Score One-off Match - T20I Summary
That is it from this game! The Windies just showed why they are the World Champions in this format with an impressive performance. However, cricket is the real winner in the end. The sport though continues as England will face Pakistan in the second Test on the 1st of June. Not to forget they are 1-0 down in the series. So that promises to be another exciting clash. We would love your company. Do join us for that. Till then, take care and goodbye.
Evin Lewis has been named the Man of the Match for his blazing 58 which laid the foundation for the Windies to post a big first innings total.
So a convincing win for the Windies. It was all set up by their batsmen in the first half and their bowlers too did a very good job. Chasing 200, the World XI's innings never took off. They lost four wickets in the Powerplay with Badree and Russell taking two each. Thisara Perera was the lone fighter as he notched up a half ton. He was well supported by Afridi but that was never going to be enough. Kesrick Williams was impressive at the death as he finished with a three fer.
Kesrick Williams to Mitchell McClenaghan. OUT! In the air... and that is another exceptional catch! Nurse is the man this time. Fuller ball on off, McClenaghan swings but only manages to hit it high up in the air. There were quite a few fielders converging towards the ball but Nurse who runs in from sweeper cover, calls for it and takes it diving forward. They go upstairs to check for the no ball but the bowler has not overstepped. Smiles in the Windies camp as THEY HAVE WON BY 72 RUNS!
Kesrick Williams to Sandeep Lamichhane. Played to mid-wicket region by the batsman. The batsmen have run through for a single.
Kesrick Williams to Mitchell McClenaghan. A huge appeal but not given! McClenaghan goes for a reverse sweep but misses to get hit on the pads. The bowler appeals but the umpire shakes his head. Pitching outside leg. The umpire has not signaled it as a leg bye so there might be an inside edge.
Kesrick Williams to Sandeep Lamichhane. A yorker on middle, Sandeep jams it out to long on for a run.
Ashley Nurse to Mitchell McClenaghan. SIX! He has picked the bones out of that one. Goes down on one knee and nails the slog sweep. It sails over the mid-wicket fence. End of a big over. 76 needed from 24.
Ashley Nurse to Mitchell McClenaghan. FOUR BYES! Turn again! A similar delivery to the last one. This time it turns even more. The keeper fails to collect as Mitchell misses his shot and the ball rolls into the third man fence.
Ashley Nurse to Mitchell McClenaghan. Turn! This is floated up on off, Mitchell swings, he is beaten by the turn.
Ashley Nurse to Sandeep Lamichhane. A yorker on off, Sandeep swings but it goes off the bottom edge towards short third man for a run.
Ashley Nurse to Sandeep Lamichhane. Fires it outside off, Lamichhane tries to cut but misses.
Ashley Nurse to Mitchell McClenaghan. A full toss on the pads, Mitchell tries to flick but gets an inside edge onto his pads. The ball rolls towards the leg side. They first think of a single but then hesitate but eventually go for it and complete it. The umpire signals it as a leg bye, so there was no inside edge there.
Kesrick Williams to Mitchell McClenaghan. Slower delivery to end the over from Williams. The batsman looks to play it fine, gets an under edge and runs gets a single.
Kesrick Williams to Mitchell McClenaghan. Full and slow and Mitchell manages to punch it down the wicket. They take two off the second last delivery of the over.
Kesrick Williams to Sandeep Lamichhane. The batsman has driven it through mid-on from the inside half of his bat. One run added to the total.