West Indies captain Rovman Powell thinks that they were 15-20 runs short in batting against England but he gives credit to the English bowlers.

West Indies lost to England by 8 wickets on Thursday (20th June) at St Lucia in the Super Eight match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. Phil Salt's swashbuckling 87* off 47 balls and Jonny Bairstow's blistering 48* off 26 deliveries motored England to their target of 181. Before that, Powell and Sherfane Rutherford's quick-fire cameos aided West Indies post 180 on the board.

West Indies were well on course for a big total but in the last 5 overs, they scored just 43 runs. Powell thinks the English bowlers executed their plan well in those overs.

“When you look from the batting perspective, we were 15-20 runs short. We could have given a better display with the ball as a bowling group. We couldn't capitalise in the last five overs but credit to the English bowlers, they executed their plans very well,” Powell said.

Salt has good numbers against West Indies in T20Is, he scored 391 runs in 8 matches against them before this match. He hit back to back centuries last year in the five-match T20I series. Powell thinks that they couldn’t execute their gameplan against the England opener.

“It's always difficult, every time he plays against WI, he hurts us. We couldn't execute our plans against Phil. Our destiny is in our own hands and we need to win well, we need to continue playing good cricket,” Powell added.

West Indies will face USA in a do or die match on June 22 against USA.