Worldwide Legends T20 2025 - Match 5 - West Indies vs England - Cricket Match Predictions: February 27

Here are the Fantasy Cricket Predictions  for the Worldwide Legends T20 2025, Match 5 - West Indies vs England, which will be played on the 27th of February at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai.

Current Form West Indies :

West Indies are currently placed at the 3rd position on points table with 1 win to their credit.

The top run scorer for West Indies  is Lendl Simmons with 94 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for West Indies is Ashley Nurse with 3 scalps under his belt.

West Indies have won their first match of the tournament against Australia Masters by 7 wickets.

Australia batted first and they posted a total of 216 for 8 in 20 overs. Shane Watson played like a champion and smashed 107 runs off just 52 balls, hitting 9 fours and 9 huge sixes. Daniel Christian also flexed his muscles in the middle order and scored 32 off 15 balls as Australia  managed to get past the 200 run mark as they finished at 216 in their innings.

During the chase, Dwayne Smith hit a couple of good looking boundaries early on in the innings. Chris Gayle disappointed and got out for 11. Half way through West Indies innings, they looked in a deep hole. However, Lendl Simmons had a plan for West Indies . He tore the opposition bowling apart after the 10th over. Having made 94 off just 44 balls, he won the game for West Indies in the 20th over with 7 wickets in hand.

Current Form England :

England are currently placed at the bottom most position on points table with 1 loss to their credit.

The top run scorer for England is Darren Maddy with 25 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for England  is Chris Schofield with 1 scalp under his belt.

England have lost their previous match against India  by 9 wickets.

England batted first and they were restricted to a small total of 132 for 8 in 20 overs. Eoin Morgan and Phil Mustard consumed too many deliveries at the top of the order but failed to get going as they got out at a wrong time. Darren Maddy scored 25 runs but he didn't get enough support from the other batters, who simply kept throwing their wicket away. Dhawal Kulkarni picked up 3 wickets as England had to settle for an under par total of 132 in their innings.

During the chase, Gurkeerat Singh Mann and Sachin Tendulkar hit some brilliant shots in the Powerplay overs. India  almost sealed the match in their favor with their Powerplay approach. Gurkeerat Singh Mann went on to make 63 runs, stayed not out and won the match for India in the 12th over with 9 wickets in hand.

Let’s have a look at the squads:

England 

Eoin Morgan (C), Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Darren Maddy, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Tim Bresnan, Phil Mustard, Tim Ambrose, Boyd Rankin, Chris Schofield, Chris Tremlett, Monty Panesar, Ryan Sidebottom, Steve Finn, Stuart Meaker

West Indies 

Brian Lara (C), Chris Gayle, Kirk Edwards, Lendl Simmons, Narsingh Deonarine, Ashley Nurse, Dwayne Smith, Chadwick Walton, Denesh Ramdin, Williams Perkins, Fiden Edwards, Jerome Taylor, Ravi Rampaul, Sulieman Benn, Tino Best

Cricket  Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – England 

Who will win?- West Indies 

Top Batter (Runs Scored) - Dwayne Smith (West Indies), Eoin Morgan (England 

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Ashley Nurse (West Indies ), Chris Tremlett (England )

Most Sixes –  Dwayne Smith (West Indies ), Eoin Morgan (England )

Player of the Match- Ashley Nurse (West Indies )

Team Scores Batting first – West Indies 185+, England 145+

Match Handicap: West Indies 



*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.


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