'Calamity' overcome as West Indies bag World Cup win

The West Indies overcame a disastrous run-out and late-order Zimbabwe scare to collect a crucial T20 World Cup win on Wednesday night.

Charles lost grip of his bat, Tony Munyonga threw the ball to the bowler's end and Sean Williams whipped off the bails, by which point Charles had given up trying to return to his crease."Goodness me!" Pommie Mbangwa said in commentary.Despite the mid-innings collapse, the West Indies — who had crumbled to 6-101 — recovered to post 7-153.The Zimbabweans had opened their campaign with a victory over Ireland, but at 7-92 in the West Indies clash found themselves in a dire spot.

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