Chase and Russell complete West Indies victory against Papua New Guinea in T20 World Cup 2024 clash

Early wobble for West Indies

In the response, West Indies were perhaps not as assured as they would have liked.

Alei Nao had struck in the second over, removing Johnson Charles lbw for a duck – and could have had another had he opted to review another lbw shout three balls later, this one against Nicholas Pooran, which ball-tracking showed would have hit the stumps.

Brandon King made some in-roads, scoring 34 off 29 balls before his skied shot was caught by Lega Siaka off the bowling of captain Assad Vala.

Earlier, he had had able assistance from Nicholas Pooran, who had added a valuable 27 before his dismissal, caught by Tony Ura off a John Kariko delivery.