EDC vs WIC WCL 2025 Match 5 Highlights: Walton's brilliant Innings gives West Indies Champions their first win of the Tournament

EDC vs WIC WCL 2025 Match 5: Man of the Match

Chadwick Walton became the man of the match for this match. He played an important role in giving victory to the West Indies Champions by batting brilliantly. He scored 83 runs in 50 balls. Walton came to the crease when his team lost two wickets for a score of 17 runs. Certainly, Walton's excellent innings made a big contribution to the West Indies Champions' win in this match.

EDC vs WIC WCL 2025 Match 5: Top Performers

Chadwick Walton - 83 (50)

Like the previous match, Walton played an important innings in this match also, after the top order failed. This time he scored 83 runs in 50 balls, which included 5 sixes and 8 fours. His strike rate in this inning is 166, which is commendable. It was because of his good innings that the West Indies champions were able to reach a good total. 

Kieron Pollard – 30 (16)

Pollard, along with Walton, shared a crucial 80-run stand for the fifth wicket, which proved to be a boon for the West Indian champions. Pollard scored a total of 30 runs in his 16-ball innings with the help of two sixes and three fours, in which his strike rate was above 187. His innings played a significant role in helping the West Indies champions set up a strong total against the England champions.

Stuart Meaker - 4/24

Stuart Meaker proved to be the best bowler for England Champions as he took four important wickets along with dynamic batsmen Chris Gayle, Chadwick Walton, and Kieran Pollard. He took four big wickets for 24 runs in his four overs and prevented the West Indies champions from posting a big total. His brilliant bowling certainly made things difficult for the batsmen of the West Indies champions.

Samit Patel - 52 (36)

When the top order of the England champions flopped completely, Sumit Patel, along with Ravi Bopara, made a good partnership of 40 runs. He then shared another good partnership of 49 runs with Tim Ambrose. In forming this partnership, Sumit Patel made a concerted effort to reach close to the target by handling the innings of the England Champions well. However, in the 16th over, Samit Patel was dismissed after scoring 52 runs in 36 balls, in which he hit four sixes and three fours.

EDC vs WIC WCL 2025 Match 5: 1st Innings Summary 

England Champions won the toss and decided to bowl in the fifth match of the 2025 World Championship of Legends. Proving their bowling decision right, England champions dismissed Dwayne Smith in the very first over and then dismissed Lendl Simmons early for just four runs. For the West Indies champions, captain Chris Gayle tried to salvage the innings a bit, but he too was out in the nine overs after scoring 21 runs in 19 balls. Kieron Pollard and Chadwick Walton took the responsibility of handling the team in such a situation. And both of them played very well and made a partnership of 80 runs for the fifth wicket. 

Chadwick Walton scored 83 runs in 50 balls with the help of 5 sixes, whereas Pollard scored 30 runs in 16 balls with the help of 2 sixes. However, after Walton's dismissal, the West Indies champions added only 10 runs in the next 3 overs. After which, the team got a good total of 164 runs. On the bowling front, Ajmal Shahzad and Stuart Meaker bowled well for the England Champions, taking three and four wickets, respectively.

EDC vs WIC WCL 2025 Match 5: 2nd Innings Summary

The start of the match was not good at all for the England Championship, who came out to chase 165 runs. West Indies' fast bowler Fidel Edward started the match from where he had left the previous match by taking two wickets in two consecutive deliveries. Alastair Cook and Moeen Ali were out on the first and second balls of the match and returned to the pavilion without scoring a single run. Before England could recover from the fall of the first two wickets, they lost the wickets of Ian Bell and captain Morgan. In such a situation, it seemed difficult for the England team to even reach 100 runs, let alone win. But Ravi Bopara and Samit Patel tried to rescue the England innings and put together a small partnership of 40 runs. Then Ravi Bopara was out after scoring 24 runs in 22 balls. 

After which, Tim Ambrose came to support Sumit Patel, and together they made a good partnership of 49 runs. But Shannon Gabriel dealt a big blow to the English champions' hopes of victory by taking the wicket of Sumit Patel. Sumit played a tremendous innings of 52 runs in 36 balls, which included four sixes and three fours. After Samit's dismissal, the next batsmen also failed to perform well; only Tim Rose could score 18 runs in 18 balls, and Plunkett could score 12 runs in 9 balls. After which, England lost the match by 10 runs. Edwards bowled brilliantly for the West Indies champions, taking four wickets, while Shannon Gabriel and Dwayne Bravo also got two wickets each.

Key Moments of the Match

1. After the early fall of wickets for the West Indies Champions, Chadwick Walton played a brilliant innings of 83 runs with the help of 5 sixes and 8 fours in 50 balls, which was the biggest key moment of the match.

2. Ajmal Shahzad and Stuart Meaker bowled well for England Champions, taking three and four wickets, respectively. This was a key moment in the match.

3. Edwards gave a good start to West Indies Champions by taking two wickets in the first two balls of the match, which was an important key moment.

4. English batsman Sumit Patel's brilliant innings of 52 runs in 36 balls was an important key moment of the 

5. match.

6. Fidel Edwards' 4 for 11 in his 3 overs prevented the England champions from posting a big total, which was a key moment of the match.