ENG vs WI Post-match presentation ceremony: Man of the Match, reactions as England thrash West Indies in Super 8

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ENG vs WI: England defeated West Indies by eight wickets in their first Super 8 match of the T20 World Cup 2024 against West Indies at Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet in St Lucia on Thursday, June 20.

England chased down the 181-run target in just 17.3 overs on the back of an unbeaten 87-run knock from Phil Salt.The England opener's 47-run knock consisted of seven fours and five sixes. His partnership with opening partner Jos Buttler (25) consisted of 67 runs off 46 balls. Salt collected 30 runs from the 16th over from Romario Shepherd.

Moeen Ali walked in at three but could score just 13 off 10, but Jonny Bairstow gave Salt the perfect company with unbeaten 48 off 26 balls.

Earlier, England managed to restrict West Indies to 180/4 after opting to bat first. West Indies were cruising at 102/1 after 12 overs. However, they were pegged back by a very good bowling display by England in the middle and death overs.

No West Indies batter hit a fifty despite getting starts. Jofra Archer, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali picked a wicket each.

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Phil Salt was adjudged Man of the Match for his unbeaten 87 runs off 47 balls.

ENG vs WI: Who said what?

Phil Salt (Man of the Match): "I like batting here, but I'm more happy to have contributed to a good team win. It was tough against spin in the middle overs, but I knew pace would come at some stage, the wind was blowing at one end, there was one short boundary and I backed myself to take on him (on his 30-run over against Shephard).

"There was a period where I didn't face too many balls, the boundaries had dried up, but Jonny (Bairstow) took the pressure off me with his calculated hitting, his knock was very crucial."

Rovman Powell (West Indies captain): "When you look from the batting perspective, we were 15-20 runs short. We could have given a better display with the ball as a bowling group. We couldnt capitalise in the last five overs but credit to the English bowlers, they executed their plans very well. Just a bit worried, but hopefully he can pull through for the next game. It's always difficult, every time he plays against WI, he hurts us. Our destiny is in our own hands and we need to win well, we need to continue playing good cricket."

Jos Buttler (England captain): "That's a really good performance from us, we executed well with both bat and ball. I thought we bowled really well to restrict such a powerful batting line-up, still we had to chase it down. but smart play from us. The partnership between Salt and Bairstow was great. I brought Jof back there, Pooran and Russell coming in, two of the best batters in the world, so we brought our best bowler back in.

"He's a really important player, he has got so many variations and bowls so well. He batted at No. 4 today, he is a class player and we have decided to keep backing our class players. It was an incredible innings, a mature senior player's innings, he batted with a lot of power. A lot of people say you learn when you lose but I also feel you learn when you win, important to reflect on our performance and look back what worked for us and focus on the next game."

ENG vs WI: Key Stats

• Romario Shepherd bowled the most expensive over by a West Indies bowler in T20 World Cups. He leaked 30 runs in the 16th over. It's the joint fifth most expensive over in T20 World Cup history
• West Indies longest unbeaten streak of 8 T20I matches came to an end after losing against England
• Phil Salt has the now the highest runs (478) in ENG vs WI T20Is