West Indies legends beat England Legends – To clash with Indian Legends in Semifinals: West Indies Legends won a nail-biter contest against England to enter the semi-finals of the Road Safety World Series.
Dwayne Smith and Narsingh Deonarine’s half-centuries powered the West Indies Legends to a 5 wickets triumph over the England Legends. After 16 matches of play, only the last ball of the round-robin stage decided the 4th semi-finalist.
Batting first, Phil Mustard and Owais Shah’s fifties along with little cameos from other players ensured a competitive total on the board.
West Indies legends beat England Legends – To clash with Indian Legends in Semifinals
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwayne Smith | 58 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 187.10 | |
| Ridley Jacobs (WK) | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Narsingh Deonarine | 53 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 143.24 | |
| William Perkins | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Kirk Edwards | 34 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 130.77 | |
| Brian Lara (C) | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 80.00 | |
| Tino Best | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extra | 17 (b 0, w 4, nb 0, lb 13) | |||||
| Total | 187/5 (20) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | MV Nagamootoo, RA Austin, SJ Benn, Dinanath Ramnarine | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monty Panesar | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Ryan Sidebottom | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 7.00 |
| Chris Tremlett | 4 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 9.25 |
| James Tredwell | 3 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 12.00 |
| Darren Maddy | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 7.75 |
| Usman Afzaal | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 15.00 |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Mustard (WK) | 57 | 41 | 5 | 3 | 139.02 | |
| Kevin Pietersen (C) | 38 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 158.33 | |
| Jim Troughton | 22 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 137.50 | |
| Owais Shah | 53 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 176.67 | |
| Chris Tremlett | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extra | 7 (b 0, w 5, nb 0, lb 2) | |||||
| Total | 186/3 (20) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | J Tindall, DL Maddy, U Afzaal, JC Tredwell, MS Panesar, RJ Sidebottom | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Austin | 4 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 11.00 |
| Sulieman Benn | 4 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 8.00 |
| Tino Best | 4 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 9.25 |
| Mahendra Nagamootoo | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8.00 |
| Dwayne Smith | 4 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 7.75 |
| Narsingh Deonarine | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14.00 |
| Dinanath Ramnarine | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10.00 |
West Indies won the toss and opted to field first.
England Legends (Playing XI): Phil Mustard(w), Kevin Pietersen(c), Usman Afzaal, Owais Shah, Darren Maddy, James Tindall, Jim Troughton, Chris Tremlett, James Tredwell, Monty Panesar, Ryan Jay Sidebottom
West Indies Legends (Playing XI): William Perkins, Ridley Jacobs(w), Dwayne Smith, Kirk Edwards, Brian Lara(c), Tino Best, Mahendra Nagamootoo, Sulieman Benn,Narsingh Deonarine, Dinanath Ramnarine, Ryan Austin
full schedule:
| Matches | Date | Time | Day |
| India legends vs Bangladesh legends | 5-Mar | 7:00 PM | Friday |
| Sri Lanka legends vs West Indies legends | 6-Mar | 7:00 PM | Saturday |
| England legends vs Bangladesh legends | 7-Mar | 7:00 PM | Sunday |
| South Africa legends vs Sri Lanka legends | 8-Mar | 7:00 PM | Monday |
| India legends vs England legends | 9-Mar | 7:00 PM | Tuesday |
| Bangladesh legends vs Sri Lanka legends | 10-Mar | 7:00 PM | Wednesday |
| England legends vs South Africa legends | 11-Mar | 7:00 PM | Thursday |
| Bangladesh legends vs West Indies legends | 12-Mar | 7:00 PM | Friday |
| India legends vs South Africa legends | 13-Mar | 7:00 PM | Saturday |
| Sri Lanka legends vs England legends | 14-Mar | 7:00 PM | Sunday |
| South Africa legends vs Bangladesh legends | 15-Mar | 7:00 PM | Monday |
| Englabd legends vs West Indies legends | 16-Mar | 7:00 PM | Tuesday |
| Semi-final 1 | 17-Mar | 7:00 PM | Wednesday |
| Semi-final 2 | 19-Mar | 7:00 PM | Friday |
| Finals | 21-Mar | 7:00 PM | Sunday |
