Sherfane Rutherford blazed to a belligerent half-century and Gudakesh Motie came up with a brilliant exhibition of slower bowling to inspire West Indies to a 30-run win over England in Twenty20 World Cup Group C on Wednesday.
Rutherford hit seven sixes in his unbeaten 76 from 42 balls to lay the foundation for his side’s imposing score of 196-6.
Twice champions West Indies piled on the spin to return and choke England out by dismissing them for 166 in 19 overs as they spent their rivals to go top of Group A with a second straight triumph.
And England fell into third on its way to a first defeat of the tournament, trailing Scotland.
“Disappointing. You’re never nice to lose a game but it was a pretty good team effort from the West Indies,” England captain Harry Brook said.
“We felt it was a chaseable total definitely but the dew didn’t come as much as we thought it would and nothing went onto the bat.
Inserted to bat, West Indies lost both openers in the first seven deliveries of their innings.
Shimron Hetmyer, 23, and Roston Chase, 34, brought some stability before with Rutherford walked in to light up the Wankhede Stadium.
Jason Holder, who hit four sixes in his 33 off 17 balls, added a 61-run stand with Pollard to nudge West Indies closer to the total of 200.
Leg-spinner Adil Rashid was England’s most successful bowler, taking the key wickets of Chase and Rovman Powell for his 16 runs in four overs.
England started positively but then lost Phil Salt (30) in the fourth over.
And the pressure mounted on Joe Root’s team as Chase dismissed Jos Buttler for 21 and left-arm spinner Motie took two in two to leave England reeling at 93-4 midway through their innings.
The position required circumspection, and Brook willingly restrained his usually aggressive tendencies, but the West Indian spinners were not to be denied.
Motie (3-33) had Brook caught off his own bowling and Chase bowled Will Jacks to really apply the squeeze.
Sam Curran offered some defiance with 43 not-out down the order but got no support.
“I’ve worked very hard in the lead-up to the World Cup,” Rutherford said.
“I believe in myself and I know that at the end of the day, when I play with a clear mind, I score runs. We were probably 10 runs short of where we should have been with England who bat deep but the guys bowled well.”