In Pics: ICC World Cup 2019 | England beat West Indies by 8 wickets

The 19th match of ICC World Cup 2019 featured the host England taking on two-times world champs West Indies at The Rose Bowl stadium in Southampton. The English side took a convincing win over the Windies by eight wickets, courtesy Joe Root’s unprecedented performance with the bat and ball. Check out the complete gist of the match.

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The 19th match of ICC World Cup 2019 featured the host England taking on two-times world champs West Indies at The Rose Bowl stadium in Southampton. The English side took a convincing win over the Windies by eight wickets, courtesy Joe Root’s unprecedented performance with the bat and ball. Check out the complete gist of the match.

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Jofra Archer and Mark Wood took three wickets each for the English side and restricted the Windies innings at just 212 runs.

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Nicholas Pooran was the only Windies batsmen who could manage to hit a half-century. Apart from Pooran, Chris Gayle and Shimron Hetmyer score 36 and 39 runs respectively.

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Two-times champion West Indies were bowled out for 212 in just 44.4 overs.

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For England, Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root opened the innings and gave the hosts’ a convincing start against the Windies.

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Joe Root smashed his 16th ODI fifty and second in this World Cup, taking the English innings to the finish line.

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England beat West Indies by eight wickets. Team Windies has not been able to beat England in World Cup since last forty years.

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Joe Root becomes the Man of the Match for his magnificent 100 and two wickets for 27 runs.