England met the West Indies in their final match of their group in the 2011 cricket world cup, needing to win to have any hope of progressing to the next round. Defeat would have meant an early exit.
They went in to bat first at Chennai, and Andrew Strauss (making his record-breaking 61st appearance as one-day captain) started in typically-impressive fashion, becoming the leading run-scorer at the tournament in the process, before being caught out on 31.
The rest of the English batsmen fell rather cheaply, Jonathan Trott hitting 47 as they made 243 all out.
West Indies opener Chris Gayle started the reply with intent, racing to 43 before being trapped lbw. The team then fell to 118-5, and were struggling to find runs, before the introduction of Kieran Pollard, but the dangerous batsman could only manage a couple of big hits before departing for 24.
Andre Russell looked to have won the game for the West Indies, rapidly reaching 49, but he fell and the rest of the order were unable to complete the chase, all out for 225.
That meant England won by 18 runs and can progress to the next round, but must wait to see if other results go in their favour.
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