West Indies Legends defeated England Legends by 5 wickets in an exhilarating contest on the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium to enter the semi-finals of the Road Safety World Series on Tuesday.
Chasing 187 runs to win, West Indies rode on half-centuries by Dwayne Smith and Narsingh Deonarine to defeat Kevin Pietersen’s males within the match which went down the wire as Windies misplaced the wicket of skipper Brian Lara once they wanted 1 off 2 balls. However, with 1 required on the final ball, Tino Best calmly performed the ball on the onside for a fast single that noticed West Indies cross the ending line on the final ball of the match.
Earlier, Phil Mustard and Owais Shah’s fifties alongside with little cameos from different gamers helped England Legends set a difficult goal after they had been put to bat first. Mustard hit 57 runs off 41 balls with three sixes and 5 fours whereas the No.4 batsman Shah hit an unbeaten 30-ball 53 which included three maximums and 5 boundaries.
However, the goal didn’t show to be sufficient for Brian Lara’s facet.
Meanwhile, the victory helped West Indies Legends end fourth within the factors desk, edging out England on higher Net Run Rate and enter the semis the place they are going to meet Sachin Tendulkar-led India Legends, who completed second in group stage. The match will happen on Wednesday (March 17) night.
Brief scores: England Legends 186/3 in 20 overs (Phil Mustard 57, Owais Shah 53*, Kevin Pietersen 38, Jim Troughton 22; Dwayne Smith 2/31) misplaced to West Indies Legends 187/5 in 20 overs (Dwayne Smith 58, Narsing Deonarine 53*; Kirk Edwards 34; Chris Tremlett 2/37, James Tredwell 2/35) by 5 wickets.
