King century, Shepherd three-for hand West Indies first Super Six win
West Indies 222 for 3 (King 100, Hope 63*, Kaleemullah 1-49) beat Oman 221 for 9 (Suraj 53, Shoaib 50, Shepherd 3-44) by seven wickets
A disciplined efficiency from the bowlers backed up by a century from Brandon King noticed West Indies full a medical seven-wicket win over Oman in Harare. Kyle Mayers and Romario Shepherd have been the decide of the bowlers earlier than the spinners bogged Oman down, by no means letting them transfer out of third gear. Chasing a below-par 222, the West Indies had little hassle controlling the pacing of the sport as King and Shai Hope – who scored one other half-century – led their aspect to their first win within the Super Six phases of the World Cup Qualifier, and did so with greater than ten overs to spare.
With each groups already eradicated, this sport lacked the depth of most of the others, and that confirmed in entrance of a largely empty Harare crowd. Oman have been punctured early by Shepherd and Mayers as Jatinder Singh and captain Aqib Ilyas fell cheaply. But a streak of self-destruction ran via an Oman innings which noticed three run-outs. Kashyap Prajapati was the primary to go in that trend as Roston Chase pounced on poor judgment.
Akeal Hosein, Roston Chase and Kevin Sinclair then took cost of the center overs, working via them rapidly within the absence of Oman’s intent because the run price started to wane. Occasional outbursts of aggression weren’t adequately adopted up by environment friendly rotation of strike because the litany of dot balls via the center overs would recommend. When three fast wickets fell via the center overs, Oman have been at risk of folding early, however dogged resistance from Shoaib Khan and Suraj Kumar prevented that destiny befalling them.
An 85-run stand ensured they crossed 200 however the dreaded run-out struck quickly after. Shoaib referred to as for a single from the non-striker’s finish, which Suraj wasn’t curious about, and West Indies have been solely too joyful to ship Shoaib on his method. The innings wrapped up tamely after that as Oman stumbled to 221.
There was no stress due to the event scenario, and no scoreboard stress both. Oman did strike an early blow when a beautiful indipper from Kaleemullah uprooted two of Johnson Charles’ stumps, however West Indies eased their method via the remainder of the primary powerplay. Keacy Carty was run out however King had discovered his groove by then, and located runs more and more straightforward to return by. As he joined up with the aspect’s finest batter, Hope, Oman had few solutions as they eased their method via the goal.
There’s little pleasure available for the West Indies on this event, however King managed to get to his second hundred because the end line neared in sight. He would not end issues off, although, as Bilal Khan had him nick off two balls later, however by now, Hope had additionally received to his half-century, and West Indies have been dashing via to the end. An unbeaten 19-ball 24 from Nicholas Pooran received West Indies a win that may matter little or no, however a job that wanted to be carried out was accomplished with aplomb.