England won its Group b match against the West Indies in an excellent contest fought hard by both the teams.

When the English were batting the openers gave them a good start and it seemed they had done their job in providing England a strong foundation. But it was not to be. Number three and four managed to get agood start but failed to convert it to big scores. After their top four back in the pavilion it was an uphill task for England to post a huge target for the West Indies. Except Luke Wright no one really scored anything substantial and they managed only a 243 which, according to the commentators, looked like a competitive score

The West Indian batsmen, silent and determined, made their way to the field. Chris Gayle was at his explosive best scoring 43 runs off just 21 balls with eight boundaries and a six, then came the captain Darren Sammy who carried on the assault scoring 41 off just 29 deliveries. Their explosion at the top of the order made sure that the run rate equation was ruled out. All that was left was to complete the chase and bring in two points. The West Indian Batsmen made a complete mess of things throwing their bat at everything. The result was they ended up with 150/6. Hope was still there, it seemed they lacked sense. The number eight batsmen continued with explosive batting, and eventually paid the price by getting out and handing over the victory to their opposition team. England won the match by 18 runs.