Defending a 243-run total,
James Tredwell (4-48), Ravi Bopara (2-22) and Graeme Swann (3-36) came out with
a lion-hearted effort to bowl out West Indies for 225 in 44.4 overs.
For the Caribbean team, Chris
Gayle (43), Darren Sammy (41) and Andre Russell (49) shone with the bat but it
was not enough in the end.
Earlier, the English top
order was guilty of squandering promising starts and not a single batsman
scored a half-century against a West Indies attack, spearheaded by pace bowler
Russell (4-49) and debutant leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo (3-34), which bowled
them out in 48.4 overs.
Andrew Strauss (31) and Matt
Prior (21) fell before their opening stand could really blossom and even though
Jonathan Trott (47) and Luke Wright (44) down the order got the starts, none
could hang around until the final overs.
England, however, would
require outcome of other Group B matches to go their way before they can make
it to the last eight stage.
Opting to bat first,
England's decision to persist with Prior as opener nearly paid off but Russell
removed both the openers in quick succession to peg them back.
Trott looked in sublime
touch, hitting three boundaries off the first five balls he faced from Russell
but Bishoo could not be denied a memorable debut in one-day internationals.
Bishoo removed Trott and went
on to claim the vital scalp of Eoin Morgan, whose improvisation and ability to
score briskly make him such a dangerous batsman.
Morgan fell trying to play a
cheeky reverse sweep. Wright did his best down the order but England kept
losing wickets at regular intervals and eventually collapsed with eight balls
to spare.
West Indies' chase got off to
a rollicking start with Gayle wasting precious little time to assert himself.
Gayle hit Tim Bresnan for
four boundaries in the third over, prompting Strauss to replace the bowler with
Chris Tremlett who was also promptly taken off attack after the West Indian
batsman hit him for three fours and a six in his first over.
Tredwell then intervened.
The off-spinner cut short
Gayle's action-packed 21-ball stay and removed Devon Smith and Darren Bravo to
peg back West Indies.
Bopara got the better of
Sammy and Devon Thomas to intensify the pressure and despite Russell's
defiance, West Indies crumbled.
