In a thrilling match, King century and Shepherd’s impressive three-for led West Indies to their first Super Six win in the West Indies cricket team’s quest for victory. Discover the highlights and excitement of this historic moment in West Indies cricket history.
West Indies 222 for 3 (Lord 100, Trust 63*, Kaleemullah 1-49) beat Oman 221 for 9 (Suraj 53, Shoaib 50, Shepherd 3-44) by seven wickets.
A disciplined execution from the bowlers sponsored by a century from Brandon King saw West Indies total a clinical seven-wicket win over Oman in Harare. Kyle Mayers and Romario Shepherd were the choice of the bowlers some time recently the spinners bogged Oman down, never letting them move out of third gear. Chasing a below-par 222, the West Indies had little trouble controlling the pacing of the game as King and Shai Trust – who scored another half-century – driven their side to their first win within the Super Six stages of the World Cup Qualifier, and did so with more than ten overs to spare.
With both teams as of now eliminated, this game needed the intensity of many of the others, which showed before a generally purge Harare swarm. Oman were punctured early by Shepherd and Mayers as Jatinder Singh and captain Aqib Ilyas fell cheaply. But a streak of self-destruction ran through an Oman innings which saw three run-outs. Kashyap Prajapati was the first to go in that fashion as Roston Chase pounced on poor judgment.
Akeal Hosein, Roston Chase and Kevin Sinclair then took charge of the middle overs, running through them rapidly within the nonattendance of Oman’s aim as the run rate started to wane. Occasional outbursts of hostility weren’t enough taken after up
by efficient rotation of strike as the reiteration of speck balls through the center overs would suggest. When three fast wickets fell through the center overs, Oman were in threat of folding early, but dogged resistance from Shoaib Khan and Suraj Kumar prevented that fate befalling them.
An 85-run stand ensured they crossed 200 but the feared run-out struck before long after. Shoaib called for a single from the non-striker’s conclusion, which Suraj wasn’t interested in, and West Indies were only as well upbeat to send Shoaib on his way. The innings wrapped up tamely after that as Oman stumbled to 221.
There was no pressure since of the tournament circumstance, and no scoreboard weight either. Oman did strike an early blow when a lovely indipper from Kaleemullah evacuated two of Johnson Charles’ stumps, but West Indies eased their way through the rest of the first powerplay. Keacy Carty was run out but King had found his groove by that point, and found runs increasingly simple to come by. As he joined up with the side’s best player, Hope, Oman had few answers as they eased their way through the target.
There’s little delight to be had for the West Indies in this competition, but Ruler oversaw his second hundred as the wrap up line neared. He wouldn’t finish things off, though, as Bilal Khan had him nick off two balls later, but by now, Trust had also got to his half-century, and West Indies were speeding through to the finish. An
unbeaten 19-ball 24 from Nicholas Pooran got West Indies a win that would matter very small, but a work that needed to be done was completed with aplomb.
