A good start for the West Indies

Last ball of the sixteenth over. The Papua New Guinean camp erupted in cheers after Rutherford's return. Then West Indies needed 40 runs off 24 balls. Rutherford's dismissal for the fifth wicket should have excited the opposition camp. But no, it ends here.

The rest of the story was illustrated by Roston Chase-Andre Russell. He gave the country a good start in the World Cup with a run of 4 overs in 3 overs. In the previous World Cup, Ireland lost against Scotland. This time too, when he was close to victory, he was walking on the same path as if he had lost his wicket. This time luck was with the hosts.

West Indies won the toss and sent Papua New Guinea to bat at Guyana's Providence Stadium on Sunday (June 2). First, the team scored 136 runs for 5 wickets. Playing for the target, the Caribbean reached the port of victory with 6 balls in hand for 5 wickets.

Roston remained unbeaten on 42 off 27 balls and Russell on 15 off 9 balls. 43 runs came from just 18 balls from the duo. Captain Asad Vala took maximum 2 wickets for Papua New Guinea.

West Indies lost the wicket of Johnson Charles early in the run chase. After that, torrential rains hit. But the rain did not last long. After the rain stopped, the Nicholas Old-Brendan King storm started. The two added 52 runs in the power play. However, the power play's run rate has decreased slightly.

Puran, who scored 27 runs off 27 balls, broke the pair of 53 runs. Another opener, Brendan King, returned with a gap of 8 runs. 34 runs off 29 balls from his bat. After the out of the two, the captain Rovman Powell (15) and Rutherford (2) were left with doubts. However, Roston Chase and veteran Andre Russell did not let it happen. The duo gave the team a great start at home with a stormy batting.

Earlier, after losing the toss, Papua New Guinea got into batting. The team's veteran batsman Tony Urake lost in the second over. Lega Saika returned to the crease in the next over. Sissy Bau joined captain Asad Vala in the power play. The two resisted slowly. Vala came back with a storm in the last over of the power play. 21 runs came from his bat.

At the other end, Baugh tries to keep the run cycle going by grabbing the wicket. Picked up the fourth fifty of the career. Sajghar came back on the next ball after reaching his 42-ball fifty. Hirihir (2) and Charles Amini (12) returned to the dressing room. Although Amini's innings was not long, he entered the 1000 run club in T20 as the third batsman of the country.

Andre Russell took the feat of fifty wickets in T20 Internationals after Amini. Kipilin Doriga played a cameo in the last innings to help build a fighting score. He remained unbeaten on 27 runs off 18 balls. Chad Soper scored 10 runs off 9 balls. Alzhari Joseph-Andre Russell took maximum 2 wickets for Windies.