ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2024: West Indies group preview | ICC Males’s T20 World Cup Information

Captain: Rovman Powell
Fixtures: Papua New Guinea (June 2), Uganda (June 9), New Zealand (June 13), Afghanistan (June 18)
Finest end at T20 World Cup: Champions (2012 and 2016)

The regular rise of the West Indies to the highest of the sport within the Nineteen Seventies was constructed upon a ferocious tempo quartet, however their plot to win the T20 World Cup, which they’re co-hosting with america, may hinge on a trio of spinners.

For almost 4 many years, the Caribbean rolled out lightning-quick bowlers that struck concern into their opponents. From Joel Garner, Michael Holding, Andy Roberts, and Malcolm Marshall to Courtney Walsh, and Curtly Ambrose, it was an unbelievable line of bowling expertise.

The demise of cricket within the area within the final 20 years is far lamented, primarily for, and on account of, the lack of the fun of seeing giants of cricket hurling the ball with such pace and aggression.

The place Take a look at and one-day worldwide (ODI) dominance has declined because the flip of the century, Twenty20 cricket has grow to be one thing of a beacon for West Indies followers. This match is hoped to mark a document third World Cup win within the format with spinners set to be decisive, in response to former West Indies selector and England batter, Roland Butcher.

“West Indies have gotten the gamers man-to-man to win it,” Butcher advised Al Jazeera. “Their power goes to be their spin bowling. Akeal Hosein, Gudakesh Motie and Roston Chase are going to be key bowlers.”

India and Pakistan to money in on US venues

The match group phases will likely be performed throughout three US venues – New York, Dallas and Florida – and all the Caribbean.

The latter phases of the match will transfer to the Caribbean, the place West Indies will play all their video games. This, Butcher believes, will play into the arms of the present crop of Caribbean gamers as per Might’s 3-0 T20 sequence trouncing of South Africa.

“The pitches [in the Caribbean] don’t actually go well with the sooner bowlers,” Butcher continued.

“The ball was turning sq. for the spin bowlers within the sequence towards South Africa, [Gudakesh] Motie bought three in every of the primary two video games to win the matches and also you’ll see a whole lot of that occurring.

“The pitches within the US are going to be the perfect ones of the entire match. I’ve the sensation that they’ve produced Australian drop-in pitches.

“Hopefully, you will note the likes of India and Pakistan scoring a whole lot of runs but it surely’s not going to be the identical in the case of the West Indies, the scores are going to be a lot decrease.”

The West Indies expects forward of T20 World Cup

Barbados-born Butcher, who was the primary Black participant to play for England, was a part of the choice panel that helped West Indies to vastly enhance performances within the final two years in all codecs. That included a primary Take a look at win, to attract the sequence, in Australia in 20 years.

The scenes of celebration on the sector had been unbelievable, with one of many rising quick bowlers, Jaydon Seales, rolling again the years and claiming a five-wicket haul.

The scenes throughout the whole Caribbean will likely be electrical if the group can go on and safe a document third T20 crown, and a primary on residence soil.

“There’s a whole lot of optimism across the Caribbean proper now about this World Cup, maybe individuals are overconfident as nicely, considering the West Indies solely want to show up and they’re going to win it,” Butcher mentioned.

“I don’t subscribe to that. You continue to must play good cricket over an entire match to win it.”

“West Indies definitely has the sport to beat the massive groups on a one-off, however we’ll have to attend to see if, over the course of the match, they will keep that customary.”

Butcher, who has been serving to Oman put together for his or her World Cup marketing campaign, is especially cautious of the dearth of sport time for the West Indies gamers earlier than their match opener towards Papua New Guinea on Sunday.

“My solely concern is the dearth of match readiness for the gamers who’ve been sitting on the bench within the Indian Premier League,” he mentioned.

“Solely Andre Russell, Nicholas Pooran and Shimron Hetmyer have performed a whole lot of video games within the IPL. The others have had one or two video games, some have had none and now they’re coming again to start out a world match, that might affect them.”

The final two group video games are prone to be robust for the West Indies, when, after going through Uganda within the second match, they tackle New Zealand and Afghanistan.

“They might begin slowly and also you lose two video games and you’re out of the competitors,” Butcher added. “Fortunately for them, Papua New Guinea is the primary sport. So even when the group is under par, they need to be capable of recover from that hurdle. However they’ve a lot tougher video games to come back.

“If they will fireplace, they’ve a very good probability. However I’m involved in regards to the lack of cricket for them.”

Three gamers to look at

Andre Russell: The allrounder is a veteran of two T20 World Cup wins in 2012 and 2016 and an vital cog in Kolkata Knight Rider’s title-winning run on the not too long ago concluded IPL. The 36-year-old’s kind with bat and ball, proper as much as the ultimate, was essential in Kolkata’s third IPL title.

Akeal Hosein: The gradual left-armer is ranked eighth among the many finest T20 bowlers on this planet. The 31-year-old, who was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, has taken 136 T20 wickets at a median of 25 throughout his profession. He’s rising to prominence on the worldwide stage solely now, having made his debut for the West Indies in 2021.

Brandon King: The suitable-handed batter has risen to eighth within the world T20 batting rankings due to his damaging and highly effective fashion. The 29-year-old from Jamaica started as a middle-order batter however has risen to be the opener. He struck 79 within the opening match of the latest T20 sequence towards South Africa and was named participant of the match.