West Indies scrambled a five-wicket win over minnows Papua New Guinea in the opening Group C encounter of the T20 World Cup.
Set a modest target of 137, West Indies were undone by clever, disciplined PNG bowling, slumping to 97 for five with only four overs left when Roston Chase's unbeaten 42 off 27 balls stole the spotlight from Andre Russell (15 not out) to take their team to victory at 137 for five off 19 overs.
Their unbroken sixth-wicket partnership of 40 came off just three overs and denied PNG a huge upset.
Man-of-the-match Chase conceded 26 runs from four overs of off-spin and also held a brilliant catch to remove PNG captain Assad Vala. "We were 10-15 runs short of what would have been a more competitive target," said Vala. "It was still a good effort."
