SHAR­JAH – Lendl Sim­mons and Chad­wick Wal­ton scored im­por­tant knocks as West In­dies Cham­pi­ons romped to a sev­en-wick­et vic­to­ry over Eng­land Cham­pi­ons in the World Cham­pi­onship of Leg­ends tour­na­ment in the Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates on Wednes­day.

Af­ter elect­ing to field at the Shar­jah Crick­et Sta­di­um, West In­dies dis­missed Eng­land for 154 in 19.1 overs, with Dwayne Bra­vo (2-24), Ray­mon Reifer (2-25), and Fi­del Ed­wards (2-33) be­ing the main de­stroy­ers.

For Eng­land, Moeen Ali top­scored with 41 off 28 balls, while Daw­id Malan and Ja­son Roy chipped in with 29 and 27, re­spec­tive­ly.

Sim­mons then scored an un­beat­en 55 off 33 balls at the top of the or­der and Wal­ton hit 46 from 35 balls to see West In­dies coast to 156 for three in 16.1 overs.

The diminu­tive Sim­mons smashed five fours and two six­es in his in­nings, while Wal­ton slammed three six­es and three fours, with the pair adding 86 runs in nine overs for the sec­ond wick­et.

Once Wal­ton was dis­missed, Reifer scored an un­beat­en 35 off 22 balls with three fours and two six­es as the Windies com­plet­ed their chase with 23 balls to spare.

It was the Windies’ sec­ond win of the tour­na­ment (2-1) and left them in third po­si­tion on four points, the same as sec­ond-placed Eng­land (2-1) and lead­ers South Africa (2-0).

Their next match will be against bot­tom-of-the-ta­ble Aus­tralia Cham­pi­ons on Sun­day.

CMC