Watch the highlights of England vs West Indies 8th Match Benson & Hedges World Cup 1992 - Benson & Hedges World Cup tournament of the 7th ODI match played between West Indies and England at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 27th February 1992.
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| Chris Lewis celebrates after taking a wicket of Richie Richardson © ICC / Digital Cricket TV |
Three-wicket hauls from Chris Lewis and Phil DeFreitas before Graham Gooch and Graeme Hick's fifties leads to England comfortable six-wicket victory over West Indies in a low-scoring game of the eighth match of a Benson and Hedges World Cup.
West Indies bundled out for 157 in 49.2 overs with top scorer by Keith Arthurton cracked a 54 off 101-balls including 2-sixes & 2-fours.
Desmond Haynes hit 38 off 68-balls including 5-fours and Gus Logie struck 20 off 27-balls contained a six.
England best bowler by Chris Lewis picked up 3-wickets, Phil DeFreitas captured three-wickets for 34-runs in 9-overs including two maidens, Dermot Reeve and Ian Botham both took one-wickets.
England chase down the target of 158, finishing at 160 for 4 in 39.5 overs with top scorer by Graham Gooch cracked a 65 off 101-balls including 7-fours.
Graeme Hick hit 54 off 55-balls including 3-fours & a six and Neil Fairbrother scored a unbeaten 13 off 28-balls contained a boundary.
West Indies best bowler by Winston Benjamin captured 2-wickets for 22-runs in 9.5-overs including two maidens with economy rate of 2.23, Roger Harper and Carl Hooper both took one-wickets.
Chris Lewis named Player of the match for his pace bowling attack to picked up 3-wickets for 30-runs in 8.2-overs including a maiden with economy rate of 3.60.
This match reported by The Canberra Times Staff (Third Party Reference from The Canberra Times)
England stamped itself as the favourite for the fifth one-day World Cup cricket competition by emphatically thrashing dual world champion West Indies at the MCG.
With pretournament prospects Australia and Pakistan both struggling for form, Graham Gooch's side stepped forward with a six-wicket win over the 1975 and 1979 champions.
England marched through New Zealand earlier this summer without a defeat and racked up 4-160 with 10.1 overs to spare after the West Indies were bowled out for 157.
England faces Pakistan on Sunday in Adelaide. Pakistan was the other winner, defeating Zimbabwe convincingly in Hobart.
Gooch set up the win with 65 while Graeme Hick rushed to 54 at the end, giving England victory in eight of its last 11 matches against the West Indies.
Gooch was stumped by David Williams off Carl Hooper but England was 3-126 at that stage and victory was a formality.
The frugal seam-based attack restricted the West Indies to just 157 from 49.2 overs with only Desmond Haynes and Keith Arthurton able to pass 30.
Opener Haynes scored 38 while Ar- thurton laboured to 54 from 101 deliveries, leaving England with a target of 3.16 an over for victory.
All-rounder Derek Pringle gave England the perfect start with an initial spell of 7-3-16-0 and his work was built upon by man of the match Chris Lewis and Dermot Reeve.
Lewis snared the key wickets of Brian Lara and Richie Richardson while Reeve finished with 1-23 from 10 overs.
Lewis struck Brian Lara in the groin with his first delivery and then had him caught behind by Alec Stewart, fishing at a ball outside off stump.
Captain Richardson was Lewis's second scalp, edging a catch to lan Botham at slip in the eighth over.
Botham also thought he had Haynes caught when he was just one, but umpire Steve Woodward from New Zealand ruled the ball had bounced.
England's task for victory was always within its reach once Gooch saw out the opening spell of Curtly Ambrose.
Botham failed for the second consecutive time as a makeshift opener with eight while Winston Benjamin also claimed the wicket of Robin Smith for eight.
Gooch dominated a 50-run opening stand with Botham that ended when the all-rounder was brilliantly caught by wicketkeeper David Williams off Benjamin.
Smith tried to pull Benjamin and was well caught by Gus Logie at square leg but the West Indies needed the key wicket of Gooch to have any chance of forcing an unlikely victory.
The England skipper reached his half-century in the 25th over, turning Roger Harper for a single to fine leg from the 81st delivery he faced.
By the time Gooch finally fell, just 32 runs were needed with more than 18 overs in hand.
England was clinical but the game did have one light moment during the tea break.
South African umpire Karl Liebenberg wandered out on to the ground and took his time to photograph the whole of the new Great Southern Stand from the centre wicket area.
Umpire Liebenberg then took the gate attendant out to the middle with him and had himself photographed at the stumps in front of the vast new stand, ensuring a personal record of his one match at the MCG.
Both sides were unchanged from their opening day victories last weekend, with England unable to consider Allan Lamb and the West Indies again overlooking Phil Simmons.
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