ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024, Group C, Guyana
Papua New Guinea 136-8 (20 overs): Bau 50 (43),
Russell 2-19
West Indies 137-5 (19 overs): Chase 42* (27),
Vala 2-28
West Indies win by five wickets
Scorecard
Co-hosts
West Indies survived a scare to start their Men's T20 World Cup campaign with a
five-wicket victory over Papua New Guinea in Guyana.
They
needed 37 to win off the final 19 balls, but the two-time champions won with
six balls to spare.
Ruston
Chase top-scored, hitting an unbeaten 42, as his 40-run partnership with Andre
Russell got them over the line.
PNG fell
to 7-2 in the third over of their innings when opener Tony Ura and Lega Siaka's
expressive batting failed to pay off.
Opener
and captain Assad Vala added 21, with Sese Bau then adding 50 off 43 balls
before being bowled by Alzarri Joseph to leave PNG 98-6.
Wicketkeeper
Kiplin Doriga added 27 not out to haul them up to 136-8.
Russell
and Joseph claimed two wickets apiece, with Akeal Hosein, Romario Shepherd and
Gudakesh Motie all taking one.
In
response, West Indies opener Johnson Charles was trapped lbw by Alei Nao for a
golden duck. Nao also could have dismissed Windies wicketkeeper Nicholas Pooran
for a duck in the second over, with the technology showing it would have been
out if reviewed.
After
surviving that early scare, Pooran put on a 53-run partnership with Brandon
King before holing out on 27.
Vala
then dismissed King (34) and Sherfane Rutherford (2), with Windies falling from
61-1 to 97-5.
The
experienced partnership of Chase and Russell got them over the line, though, to
avoid an upset.
Russell
ended the 17th over by pouncing on a long hop to find six before Chase hit a
four off the next ball, gifted by a misfield as they scored the runs required
in just 13 balls.
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