West Indies whip World XI in charity match

London: West Indies rode on an all-round effort to thrash a star-studded World XI by 72 runs in one-off the Hurricane Relief T20 match at the Lord's on Friday.

The match was organised to raise funds for the refurbishment of five cricket stadia in the Caribbean that were damaged by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017.

Put in to bat, the West Indians rode on a solid 75-run opening stand between Chris Gayle (18) and Evin Lewis (58 from 26 balls) and vital contributions from Marlon Samuels, Dinesh Ramdin and Andre Russell to put a strong 199/4 in their 20 overs. In reply, only three World XI batsmen could manage to reach the double figures to be bundled out for a meagre 127 in 16.4 overs.

The World XI lost their top four wickets with just eight runs on the board before thisara Perera stemmed the rot. 

Brief scores: West Indies 199/4 (Evin Lewis 58, Dinesh Ramdin 44no, Marlon Samuels 43, Rashid Khan 2/48) bt World XI (Thisara Perera 61, Kesrick Williams 3/41, Samuel Badree 2/4).