Page 2 - ICC T20 World Cup 2016: West Indies vs England

England

David Willey – 9/10

Willey was primarily in the team because of his potential with the new-ball. But, he shone with the bat as he added some vital runs at the end overs, courtesy some lusty blows. The seam bowler bowled beautifully at the start and trapped the in-form Simmons with late swing.

The left-arm pacer proceeded to remove the hard-hitting duo of Russell and Sammy with his impeccable control. When he was finished with his spell, Willey had placed England in the ascendancy.

Joe Root – 9/10

Widely acclaimed to be amongst the most versatile batsmen in the modern game, Joe Root had been the back bone of England’s campaign throughout the tournament. The star batsman showed his tremendous resolve as he gave his bowlers something to defend.

Root tried to build partnerships with his peers by running vigorously between the wickets. He kept the scoreboard ticking and also put the bad balls away to the boundary. It took an awkward scoop shot to bring an end to a conventional knock. Surprisingly, his golden touch was transferred to the ball as well with a couple of huge wickets.

Adil Rashid – 8/10

Rashid extracted some turn to plant a few questions on the back of the batsmen’s minds. He flighted the ball and used the googly to great effect as the West Indies batsmen were not able to put him away. The leg-spinner soon got his reward when he forced Bravo into playing an ugly hoick.

Chris Jordan – 7/10

Chris Jordan’s role in the England setup is to land the yorkers in the block-hole repeatedly and prevent the opposition batsmen from finding their range. He did exactly that as he came back from an indifferent start to concede only 15 runs from the 17th and 19th over combined.

Jos Buttler – 6/10

A dynamic batsman who is a clean hitter of the cricket ball, Buttler showed a sense of responsibility after arriving onto a rather treacherous situation. He dispatched a half-tracker from Bravo to the point boundary and looked ominous.

When Benn came on for his second spell, the wicket-keeper batsman made his intentions pretty clear. Buttler plundered three sixes off Benn and attempted to provide an impetus to the England innings. But, his stay was cut short after he failed to latch on to a good length delivery.

Liam Plunkett – 5/10

Plunkett adds an extra yard of pace to the England attack. Judging the way in which he began, things appeared to be promising for the pacer. However, his inaccurate final over kick started the West Indies’ surge in the business stage of the match.

Eoin Morgan – 2/10

There was a plenty of talk surrounding the England’s captain’s poor run with the bat and how the Windies wanted to exploit it to their advantage. And, what happened was fairly predictable too.

Badree was extremely difficult to get away during the opening stages of the match as Morgan walked into the firing line with England hobbling at 8/2. The 29-year old seemed out of depth against the turning ball and his uncomfortable stay ended when he edged the wrist-spinner to slip.

Moeen Ali – 1/10

Moeen has a reputation of being a batting all-rounder. However off-late, he has been unable to justify his position with the willow. Ali floundered again by tickling a short ball to the wicket-keeper.

Alex Hales – 1/10

The lanky batsman was hailed as one of England’s finest limited-overs cricketers currently going around. Coming into the match on the back of dismal form, his fortunes did not turn around in the final.

Having seen his opening partner perish in the first over, Hales should have worked the ball around and looked to establish a partnership with Joe Root. However, his eyes lit up on seeing a juicy half-volley around his pads and he duly found the fielder at short fine leg.

Jason Roy – 1/10

A lot was expected of young Jason Roy as England wanted to begin the match on a positive note. He had set the ball rolling during the epic run-chase against South Africa and also smashed the Kiwis en route to the summit clash.

But, he appeared to be absolutely clueless against the canny leg-spin of Badree. After surviving a close LBW shout, Roy was caught stuck in the crease as a flatter and quicker delivery crashed on to the stumps.

Ben Stokes – 1/10

Stokes has often admitted that he revels in crunch moments. England badly needed him to rise to the occasion once again and resurrect their ship. But, the all-rounder could not do much with the bat and was deceived by a slower bouncer.

With 19 runs to defend off the last over, Stokes conceded four sixes in as many balls to leave England crestfallen. The way in which he sunk to his knees at the end of that ill-fated over showed that the moment was going to haunt him for some time.