England beat West Indies by 8 wickets to help the hosts win an important match on Friday at Southampton. The England cricket team put in an all round performance to put West Indies on the mat in match 19 of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. England captain Eoin Morgan won the toss and decided to field first. The England pacers, especially Mark Wood and Jofra Archer, proved Morgan right as they ran through the West Indies batting line-up, picking three wickets each. England vs West Indies, Highlights of ICC World Cup 2019 Match: England Wins by 8 Wickets.
The West Indies team lost wickets in quick succession in the middle order. Except Nicholas Pooran (63) and Shimron Hetmyer (39), none of the batsmen managed to forge a partnership as West Indies collapsed for 212. West Indies vs England Highlights And Cricket Score - 19th ODI match - Full Scorecard.
Coming out to chase 213, and despite the injury to Jason Roy and Eoin Morgan, England breezed past the target thanks to knocks by Johnny Bairstow, Mark Wood and the hundred by Joe Root. ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Points Table Updated: England Moves to Second Spot After Beating Against West Indies in CWC 2019 Round-Robin Match.
Twitter is mighty impressed by the England team's domination of the West Indies side. From tweets praising the England team to Joe Root, Twitter is abuzz with other ideas about the West Indies team.
Read the Tweets Below
An eight-wicket win for @englandcricket, largely driven by @root66's century. #ENGvWI https://t.co/Kq20WeNegJ
— Twitter Moments India (@MomentsIndia) June 14, 2019
England Are Winning It Big
England may have lost one game but their wins are HUGE wins. SA, Bangladesh and West Indies. Add to that the fact that none of their games are washed out. NRR taken care of. #EngvWI #CWC19
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) June 14, 2019
Jokes on Rain Abound
WTF Rain has been interrupted by a cricket match. #ENGvWI #CWC19
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) June 14, 2019
The Blackmagic Angle Came In As Well
ENGLAND'S game hasn't been affected by the rain, maybe they are best at BLACKMAGIC.😂😂 #ENGvWI
— JOY PAHAN (@joy2ku) June 14, 2019
Joe Root Rocking It At the Top
#ENGvWI pic.twitter.com/dH6do6iTO7
— Saurabh Pathak (@CrushhBoy) June 14, 2019
West Indies team's Performance Was Criticised
The windies have ended up to entertain crowds with theatrics than ckt. Real poor advt for the game.. you get a game and it ends in a one sided afair ... booooooo #MenInMaroon @windiescricket #ENGvWI
— Subramaniam Krishnan (@SubramaniamKr16) June 14, 2019
Root's Century Loved by One and All
Great day to watch England v West Indies! A Rooooooooooot century!!! Chris Gayle cameo with the ball was epically comical and of course an easy England victory! Also The Rose Bowl ticked off ✅! #CWC19 #ENGvWI… https://t.co/dFkqNrfnUg
— Kit Man Wong (@KitManWong8) June 14, 2019
Another One on Rain
Finally rain lost the match 🤓#ENGvWI
— Raj Tiwari (@rajtiwari09) June 14, 2019
Fans Were Happy to Have a Full Match
Superb game at @TheAgeasBowl today - wonderful venue for cricket #ENGvWI pic.twitter.com/ZXPL6dhCm8
— Will Thomas (@willt486) June 14, 2019
England have now won three out of the four matches it has played. On the other hand, this was West Indies' second loss in the tournament after their match against South Africa was abandoned due to rain. The sunshine in the later stages of the match was a welcome sight after the match between India and New Zealand was washed away due to the rain and wet outfield. Fans are praying that rain keeps away from the further matches in ICC CWC 2019, especially during the India vs Pakistan match to be played on Sunday, June 16 at Manchester.
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