T20 WC: England beat West Indies by eight wickets

St Lucia: England defeated West Indies by eight wickets in the second match of Super-VIII stage of International Cricket Council (ICC) Men's T20 World Cup.

West Indies had set a target of 181 runs for the defending champion England to win.

In the match being played at the Daren Sammy Stadium, England captain Jos Buttler won the toss and invited West Indies to bat first.

West Indies scored 180 for the loss of four wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Johnson Charles was outstanding by scoring 38 runs.

Apart from this, Brendan King retired after scoring 23 runs while Nicolas Pourn, captain Romain Powell scored 36 runs each.

 On behalf of West Indies, Rutherford 28 and Romario Shepherd remained not out by scoring four runs.

Archer, Adil Rashid, Moeen Ali and Livingston took one wicket each for England.

Yesterday, in the first match of the Super-VIII stage in the T20 World Cup, South Africa defeated the host USA.