West Indies beat UAE, inch towards q/f
Bowling out the Asian side, who played their second World Cup this year, for 175 runs, West Indies batsmen reached 176 runs by losing four wickets with 19.3 overs to spare.
Riding on Johnson Charles (55) and Jonathan Carter (50*), West Indies easily reached the target at the end despite losing four wickets.
Dwayne Smith (15), Marlon Samuels (9), Andre Russell (7) posted low scores and failed against an bowling attack which lacked the sting.
Amjad Javed and Manjula Guruge took two wickets each for the UAE.
Earlier, the UAE batsmen were bowled out for 175 runs in 47.4 overs.
Crumbling at 26-5, Nasir Aziz (60) and Amjad Javed (56) added 107 runs in the seventh wicket partnership which eventually helped the side post more than 170 runs on the scoreboard.
West Indies skipper Jason Holder (4-27), Jerome Taylor (3-36) and Russell (2-20) destroyed their opponents.
Brief scorecard:
UAE 175 all out in 47.4 overs (N Aziz 60; JHolder 4-27)
West Indies 176 for 4 in 30.3 overs (J Charles 55, J Carter 50 no; A Javed 2-29)
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