ICC World Cup 2019: Twitter Reacts as England Keeps West Indies at Bay

West Indies scored 212 after England captain Eoin Morgan won the toss and decided to bowl first in the 19th match of the ICC World Cup 2019. However, the Windies could not get off to a good start as they lost the wicket of Evin Lewis early. Chris Woakes was right on the money with his yorker and the southpaw batsman could not get his bat to ball.

Chris Gayle threatened to get going as he scored five fours and one six. However, the left-hander’s innings was put paid by Liam Plunkett. The southpaw batsman could not control his pull shot and Jonny Bairstow took a simple catch at deep square leg.

England was right on the money.

Subsequently, Shai Hope was plumbed in front by Mark Wood. Meanwhile, West Indies was able to get back into the contest through the partnership of Nicholas Pooran and Shimron Hetmyer. The left-handed pair added an alliance of 89 runs and took their team close to 150 run mark. Pooran also completed his fifty and gave solidarity to West Indies.

Meanwhile, when West Indies was able to get going, England struck at the right time. Joe Root caught and bowled Shimron Hetmyer. Furthermore, England’s Test captain accounted for Jason Holder. Root bowled an innocuous knuckleball towards the leg side and Holder closed the bat face too early to give a simple catch back to Root. Hence, Root uprooted West Indies two crucial wickets.

Andre Russell came to the crease and cleared his intentions from the get-go. The hard hitter had the rub of the green on his side as he was dropped by Chris Woakes when he was on three. However, the drop didn’t prove to be costly for England as Woakes took his second chance when Mark Wood followed Russell’s body and forced him to pull.

Subsequently, Jofra Archer scalped two wickets in two balls removing Nicholas Pooran and Sheldon Cottrell. Joe Root and Mark Wood took two wickets each. Archer scalped three wickets as he once again bowled with fire.

Here is how Twitter reacted:

Joe Root's

Last 3 Wickets In Odi Cricket

Travis Head (c & b Root)
Hetmyer (c & b Root)*
Holder (c & b Root)*#ENGvWI

— CricBeat (@Cric_beat) June 14, 2019

Easy win for the West Indies !! ?? https://t.co/wcOnCqJVIq

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) June 14, 2019

Full, straight, flashing stumps. Love it. #bbccricket #cwc19 @bbctms

— Rachel T (@RetroGirl) June 14, 2019

Jofra Archer just missed a hat trick. What a find for England. #LagaReh pic.twitter.com/0D9BEcMybV

— Abdul Ghaffar (@GhaffarDawnNews) June 14, 2019

WestIndies is a strong team this worldcup but playing bit of brainless cricket here trying to hit every ball out of park. Disappointed, was expecting a close contest #ENGvWI #CWC19

— Swapnil Desai (@SwapsDesai) June 14, 2019

Oh that's a fucking howler isn't it? Michael Holding being reserved talking about that decision! #cwc19 #ENGvWI #ENGvsWI

— CrickBait (@Crick_bait) June 14, 2019

Jofra Archer is must for this team any team#ginsoyteamextreme

— Abdul Ghaffar (@GhaffarDawnNews) June 14, 2019

West Indies bowled out for 212. The lowest total they have successfully defended in World Cup is 230 vs Bangladesh, Barbados, 2007. #EngvWI

— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) June 14, 2019

Eng's Bowling is Weakest among All Teams
But Jofra Archer is Easily Best Gun Bowler among All Bowlers
1. Archer
2. Bumrah
3. Starc
4. Rabada
5. Cummins

— Achyut (@achyupdhya) June 8, 2019

Beating the rain, the Cricket World Cup will see some cricket finally. It will be interesting to see how Jofra Archer fares against his native country. #ENGvWI

— Ankush Das (@ankushd1993) June 14, 2019

STAT ALERT: Jofra Archer the first England bowler to take three or more wickets in three innings in a World Cup. https://t.co/8oP7XHt4ey#CWC19

— Andy Zaltzman (@ZaltzCricket) June 14, 2019

https://twitter.com/noturshehzadi/status/1139517152514306048?s=20

If Mitch Starc, Jofra Archer and Jusprit Bumrah were in a same xi..

??? #CWC19

— Poornama? (@iam_poor9) June 8, 2019

If Mitch Starc, Jofra Archer and Jusprit Bumrah were in a same xi..

??? #CWC19

— Poornama? (@iam_poor9) June 8, 2019

https://twitter.com/sid_gowri1/status/1139509974198042626?s=20

@cricketworldcup @FoxCricket Archer from England reminds me of Michael Holding #ICCWorldCup #ICCWorldCup2019 #ENGvWI

— Troy Jones (@tjones2575) June 14, 2019

Kumar Dharmasenaa seems high today ???#CWC19 #ENGvWI

— Muhammad Awais (@ChMuhamadAwais) June 14, 2019

The Windies should only play T20 cricket …. the entire team is worthy of lasting only 20 overs …. they will score the same as they do in 50 overs #ENGvWI

— Siddharth Kumar (@CaptSid_1983) June 14, 2019

Is the job of the umpire is changed .. that is to give wrong decision and check DRS ..not a single right decision but 5 wrong decisions @cricketaakash @ICC @cricketworldcup @MichaelVaughan #CWC19 #ENGvWI

— Shoaib Ali (@ShoaibA49345417) June 14, 2019

We know #MenInMaroon are way better than this, but they be disappointing us #ENGvWI #CWC19

— NoobMaster (@dhadhamma69) June 14, 2019

Standard of umpiring at #CWC19 almost as bad as last year's Women's World T20.

— Vithushan Ehantharajah (@Vitu_E) June 14, 2019

This World Cup in nutshell

1) Bad weather
2) Poor umpiring #ENGvWI #WeAreEngland #MenInMaroon #CWC19

— Ankita (@imankitarathore) June 14, 2019

#CarlosBraithwaite forget the name! #ENGvWI #CWC19

— EthicalBhai (@bhayyag123) June 14, 2019