Gayle force 100 not out sinks England
World T20, 15th Match, Super 10 Group 1: England v West Indies at Mumbai, Mar 16, 2016
England 182/6 (20/20 ov) A D Hales 28 off 26, 4 fours, JE Root 49 off 36,3 fours and 2sixes, JC Butler 30 off 20, 3 sixes, AD Russell 36-2, DJ Bravo 41-2
West Indies 183/4 (18.1/20 ov) CH Gayle 100 not out off 48, 5 fours and 11 sixes,MN Samuels 37 off 27, 8 fours RPJ Topley 22-1, DKJ wiley 33-1.
West Indies won by 6 wickets with 11 balls remaining.
Chris Gayle on warpath as his 47-ball ton ensured, West Indies won by 6 wickets with 11 balls remaining.
Chris Gayle 36 pulverised England at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, by raining 11 sixes into the sky breaking his own record of 10 against South Africa in Johannesburg in 2007. It was his fastest ever at World T20 and the third fastest overall.
Earlier England, set a fighting score of 182 for the Wankhede, England’s best batting came from Joe root, and Jos buttler.Moeen Ali was in the eye of the storm, conceding 33 from 14 balls, including 3 sixes in a row. England bowling in the final stages looked flaky as Ben Stokes struggled to cope with the dew in the first over.