England are 5-6 with Coral.co.uk to qualify past the Super Eights stage ahead of their opening match on Thursday against West Indies.
Having been hammered by India in their final group match, Stuart Broad’s side will be looking at silencing their critics when they face Darren Sammy’s men. It’s 10-11 for England to come away from Pallekele International Cricket Stadium victorious, and 13-5 that they go on and qualify through to the semi-finals as winners of Group 1.
“The defeat to India could just be the wake-up call that England needed. Stuart Broad’s side are currently 6-1 to go on and defend their title and if they can overcome a very dangerous West Indies side, they will be in a great position to qualify through to the semi-finals,” Coral’s Tim Reynolds told betrescue.com
The last time these two sides met in the shortest format of the game, England ran out winners by seven-wickets at Trent Bridge. Alex Hales was the star man for England that day, scoring 99 runs from just 68 balls. It’s 10-3 for the England opener to once again be England’s top runs scorer, with Luke Wright, who is England’s leading batsman so far in the tournament, also 10-3.
**Group 1 – Winner
2 Sri Lanka, 12-5 West Indies, 13-5 England, 7-2 New Zealand
**Group 1 – Qualify
4-6 Sri Lanka, 8-11 West Indies, 5-6 England, 11-8 New Zealand
**England Stage of Elimination
4-5 Super Eights, 5-2 Semi-Final, 11-2 Runner Up
**England Specials
4 Any England player to hit the most WC sixes, 6 Any England player to be the Player of the Tournament, 4 Any England player to be the tournament top batsman, 7-2 Any England player to be the top tournament bowler
**Twenty20 World Cup Winner
9-2 India, 9-2 South Africa, 5 Sri Lanka, 11-2 Australia, 11-2 Pakistan, 6 England, 6 West Indies, 12 New Zealand
**Team To Hit The Most Sixes
6-4 West Indies, 7-2 Australia, 4 New Zealand, 4 Pakistan, 5 England, 8 South Africa, 25 India, 50 Sri Lanka
**Any Asian team to win the World Cup
Evens Any Asian team to win the World Cup
**Name The Finalists
10 India/South Africa, 10 India/Sri Lanka, 14 England/Sri Lanka, 14 India/Australia, 14 India/Pakistan, 14 South Africa/Australia, 14 South Africa/Sri Lanka, 14 South Africa/West Indies, 16 England/India, 16 England/South Africa, 16 South Africa/Pakistan, 16 Sri Lanka/Australia, 16 Sri Lanka/Pakistan, 16 Sri Lanka/West Indies, 18 Australia/Pakistan, 20 Australia/West Indies, 20 England/Australia, 20 England/Pakistan, 20 England/West Indies, 20 Sri Lanka/New Zealand, 22 India/West Indies, 25 India/New Zealand, 25 South Africa/New Zealand, 25 West Indies/Pakistan, 28 Australia/New Zealand, 28 England/New Zealand, 28 West Indies/New Zealand, 33 Pakistan/New Zealand
England v West Indies
**Match Result
10-11 England, 10-11 West Indies
**Top England Batman
10-3 Alex Hales, 10-3 Craig Kieswetter, 10-3 Luke Wright, 4 Eoin Morgan, 5 Michael Lumb, 5 Ravi Bopara, 6 Jonny Bairstow, 6 Jos Buttler, 12 Samit Patel, 33 Tim Bresnan, 40 Graeme Swann, 40 Jade Dernbach, 40 Stuart Broad, 66 Danny Briggs, 66 Steven Finn
**Top West Indies Batsman
7-4 Chris Gayle, 4 Dwayne Smith, 4 Johnson Charles, 9-2 Darren Bravo, 9-2 Lendl Simmons, 9-2 Marlon Samuels, 6 Dwayne Bravo, 8 Kieron Pollard, 20 Andre Russell, 22 Denesh Ramdin, 25 Darren Sammy, 66 Fidel Edwards, 66 Ravi Rampaul, 66 Samuel Badree, 66 Sunil Narine
**Highest Opening Stand
10-11 England, 10-11 West Indies
**Half Century Scored in the match
2-7 Yes, 5-2 No
**Century scored in the match
11-2 Yes, 1-10 No
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