West Indies vs. UAE: Highlights, Scorecard, Report from Cricket World Cup

West Indies are on the cusp of reaching the World Cup quarter-finals after a six-wicket victory over UAE in Napier, a win highlighted by Wellington News:

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That's it! #WI win in convincing fashion in Napier and keep its quarterfinal hopes ALIVE! #WIvUAE pic.twitter.com/yelLRjHYeP | @cricketworldcup

— Wellington News (@wellingtonnews) March 15, 2015"

The men from the Caribbean dismissed the Associate nation for 175 after winning the toss and electing to bowl at McLean Park.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Amjad Ali	lbw	b Holder	5	29	19	0	0
Berenger	c Ramdin	b Holder	7	15	7	1	0
Chandran	c Dwayne Smith	b Holder	0	9	6	0	0
Khurram Khan		b Taylor	5	8	5	1	0
Anwar		b Taylor	2	13	6	0	0
Patil		b Holder	6	34	20	0	0
Javed		b Russell	56	132	99	7	1
Aziz	c Holder	b Samuels	60	117	86	8	0
Naveed		b Russell	14	6	9	1	1
Tauqir		b Taylor	2	17	19	0	0
Guruge	not out		4	12	10	0	0
Extras		0nb 10w 0b 4lb	14
Bowler			Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Taylor			8.4	0	36	3
Holder			10	1	27	4
Roach			8	0	54	0
Russell			8	3	20	2
Samuels			10	4	25	1
Sammy			1	0	4	0
Dwayne Smith			2	0	5	0

WI reached the target with 19.3 overs to spare, and the win takes them to six points at the end of their Pool B campaign.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Dwayne Smith	c Patil	b Guruge	15	11	9	1	1
Charles	c Chandran	b Javed	55	71	40	9	2
Samuels	c Berenger	b Guruge	9	19	18	1	0
Carter	not out		50	103	58	5	0
Russell	c and b Javed		7	8	8	0	1
Ramdin	not out		33	54	50	2	0
Extras		0nb 3w 0b 4lb	7
Bowler			Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Aziz			6	0	47	0
Naveed			6	0	34	0
Guruge			7.3	1	40	2
Tauqir			3	0	22	0
Javed			8	0	29	2

They improved their net run rate to such an extent that only a no result or tie between Pakistan and Ireland, in the ongoing final Pool game, will deny West Indies a meeting with New Zealand in the last eight in Wellington on Saturday. The Twitter account A Cricket Fan posted the current Pool B points table:

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Latest points table of Pool B. Still undecided. Now #WI moved up to 3rd place. #WIvUAE #CWC15 #PAKvsIRE #lionsroar pic.twitter.com/3ZPeAun8sM

— A Cricket Fan (@VishuddikaSri) March 15, 2015"

Captain Jason Holder led by example as he took 4-27, removing the top three batsman with his opening 15 balls.

New ball partner Jerome Taylor also got in on the act, pegging back the stumps of Khurram Khan and UAE’s best batsman Shaiman Anwar. CricketNDTV shared an assessment regarding West Indies bowlers:

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#WorldCup2015: #WI bowlers in a rush to finish match v #UAE early. Have taken 5 inside 9 overs http://t.co/EyEBvUYNpZ pic.twitter.com/4HlEEkJCkA

— CricketNDTV (@CricketNDTV) March 14, 2015"

From 31-5 at the end of the powerplay, things took a turn for the worse when Holder picked up his fourth wicket but Amjad Javed (56) and Nasir Aziz (60) put on 107 for the seventh wicket. Statistician Mohandas Menon posted a West Indies stat as it relates to 100-plus stands:

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In WC history only two 100+ stands for the 7th wkt and both stands were for 107 runs and both by UAE pairs #WIvUAE #CWC15

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) March 15, 2015"

Andre Russell ended the partnership when he bowled Javed with a slower delivery, and he then bowled Mohammad Naveed (14) before Aziz drove Marlon Samuels to Holder at cover.

Taylor polished off the innings to finish with 3-36 with UAE failing to use 14 balls of their allocation, which led to some record-setting UAE stats, per cricket statistician Bharath Seervi:

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UAE's 175 is the lowest all out total to include a century partnership in World Cup matches and the sixth lowest in overall ODI #CWC15

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) March 15, 2015"

With the remnants of Cyclone Pam lurking and rain forecast in the afternoon, West Indies were in a hurry with Johnson Charles replacing the injured Chris Gayle at the top or the order.

Charles watched on as Manjula Guruge had Dwayne Smith (15) caught behind and Samuels (9) caught at backward point with West Indies 69-2 at the end of the powerplay.

The recalled Charles made his case for replacing the out-of-form Smith in a potential quarter-final by bringing up his 50 off 34 balls with eight boundaries and two sixes. Cricket World Cup shared match and scoring highlights:

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Great 50 from Johnson Charles! He has kicked this #WI innings into gear! http://t.co/ZfdYcCYZPI #WIvUAE pic.twitter.com/ieAeirQMk9

— Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) March 15, 2015"

Amjad Javed removed Charles (55) and Russell (7) in quick succession as they attempted big shots over the top but Jonathan Carter (50) and Denesh Ramdin (33) saw WI home with a 58-run partnership and ensured they had a superior net run rate to Pakistan in the process.