England vs West Indies, World T20 Final – Factbox

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West Indies players – Darren Sammy (centre), Dwayne Bravo (left) and Chris Gayle do the ‘Champion’ dance following their World T20 semifinal win over India.

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Kolkata: Following is a factbox on the World Twenty20 final between West Indies and England to be played at the Eden Gardens on Sunday: (World T20: Six Appeal as England Face West Indies in Marquee Clash)

World T20 head-to-head: Played: 4 – West Indies wins 4, England wins 0

All T20 head-to-head:

Played: 13 – West Indies wins 9; England wins 4

England

World ranking: Four

Squad: Eoin Morgan (captain), Moeen Ali, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Liam Dawson, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Ray, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, James Vince, David Willey

Coach: Trevor Bayliss

Best overall performance: Champions (2010)

Road to final:

Group stage

* Lost to West Indies by six wickets

* Beat South Africa by two wickets

* Beat Afghanistan by 15 runs

* Beat Sri Lanka by 10 runs

Semi-final

* Beat New Zealand by seven wickets

Top scorer: Root (195 runs)

Top wicket-taker: Willey (seven wickets)

WEST INDIES

World ranking: Two

Squad: Darren Sammy (Captain), Samuel Badree, Sulieman Benn, Carlos Brathwaite, Dwayne Bravo, Johnson Charles, Lendl Simmons, Chris Gayle, Jason Holder, Ashley Nurse, Denesh Ramdin, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels, Jerome Taylor, Evin Lewis

Coach: Phil Simmons

Best overall performance: Champions (2012)

Road to final:

Group stage

* Beat England by six wickets

* Beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets

* Beat South Africa by three wickets

* Lost to Afghanistan by six runs

Semi-final

* Beat India by seven wickets

Top scorer: Charles (116 runs)

Top wicket-taker: Russell (eight wickets)

Match officials: Kumar Dharmasena and Rod Tucker, Marais Erasmus (third), Bruce Oxenford (fourth); Ranjan Madugalle (referee)


Source: NDTV

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