Mumbai : West Indies defeated England by 30 runs at Mumbai in ICC T20 WC 2026 Group C encounter with help of Sherfane Rutherford’s match winning half century.
West Indies openers Shai Hope and Brandon King were back inside the first two overs, the West Indies batting line-up shared the load to take the team to 196/6 in 20 overs.
Shimron Hetmyer (23) and Roston Chase (34) gave the team some momentum with a 47-run stand in 28 balls, taking them to 55/3 in powerplay.
Though England kept taking wickets at regular intervals, West Indies fought back with some power hitting. After playing himself in, Sherfane Rutherford let loose, slamming five sixes and two fours for a timely half-century. He struck seven sixes and two fours during an unbeaten 76, and knit important parterships with Powell (51 for the fifth wicket) and Jason Holder (61 for the sixth wicket).
Holder then helped West Indies shift gears, hitting three towering sixes off Sam Curran in the 17th over. His 33 off just 17 balls helped West Indies grab 54 runs in the last four overs.
While Jofra Archer and Curran helped England make early inroads, Adil Rashid was the pick of the bowlers, returning with figures of 2/1. in his four overs. Jamie Overton also claimed two wickets for 33 runs.
England coming in to chase, Phil Salt got off to a blazing start and hit 24 runs off Holder’s second over.
Previous game’s hat-trick hero made an instant impact by dismissing Salt, Rutherford pouching a regulation catch. Jacob Bethell joined Jos Buttler on crease and continued his fine form with a flurry of boundaries. England registerd the second-highest powerplay score of his edition, 67 runs at the loss of one wicket.
Roston Chase and Gudakesh Motie provided the dream start in the middle overs by dismissing Jos Buttler and Tom Banton respectively in consecutive overs.
Skipper Harry Brook came into the middle to support Bethell but Motie’s brilliant spin erased any hopes of the pair striking another big partnership. Motie bowled out with the figures of 3/33.
Spin counterpart Chase joined along to pick his second by trapping Will Jacks plumb to leave England reeling at 134/6.
Despite Sam Curran’s attempt to get closer to the target, English Batting bundled out on 166 runs in 19 overs, with Shamar Joseph picking last wicket of Adil Rashid, to give West Indies 30 runs win.
