England beat West Indies with Joe Root’s ton by eight wickets in their clash at the ongoing ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup at Rose Bowl Cricket Ground in Southampton on Friday.
Root has become the first player to hit 2 hundreds in ICC Cricket World Cup 2019
Chasing a modest total of 213 runs, England got off to a brilliant start as both the openers, Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root, struck regular boundaries.
Both kept the scoreboard running and stitched a 95-run partnership before Shannon Gabriel provided West Indies with their first breakthrough in the name of Bairstow (45) in the 15th over.
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Windies inning collapsed after Pooran’s wicket as tailenders were not able to add many runs to the scoreboard. In the 45th over, England bowlers bowled West Indies all out when they had just 212 runs on the board.
England will now face Afghanistan on June 18 while West Indies will compete with Bangladesh on June 17.
Brief scores: England 213/2 (Joe Root 100*, Jonny Bairstow 45, Shannon Gabriel 2-49) defeated West Indies 212/10 (Nicolas Pooran 63, Shimron Hetmyer 39, Mark Wood 3-18) by eight wickets.
(With ANI inputs)