Paceman Kemar Roach took a stunning hat-trick as West Indies thrashed the Netherlands by 215 runs in their World Cup Group B clash in Delhi.
Roach became only the sixth bowler to take a World Cup hat-trick as he finished with outstanding figures of six for 27 and gave his side an emphatic victory at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium.
Netherlands skipper Peter Borren won the toss and elected to field, leaving Chris Gayle to score 80 and Kieron Pollard a belligerent 27-ball 60 as West Indies post 330 from their 50 overs.
Borren's side never looked remotely likely to challenge as the Associate nation were swiftly reduced to five for 36 inside 10 overs, and they never recovered with their resistance extinguished after just 31.3 overs courtesy of Roach's brilliance.
It was a strange opening to the match as the normally rampant and free-flowing Gayle played in circumspect fashion and was overshadowed by early fireworks from his opening partner Devon Smith in a startling role-reversal.
Smith departed in the 17th over having compiled a brisk 53 off 51 balls and provided his side a solid platform, before Darren Bravo added a swift 30.
Gayle's innings gradually accelerated as he plundered seven fours and two sixes, while Ryan ten Doeschate was given a fearful hammering as he finished with figures of one for 77.
Pieter Seelaar was the pick of the Netherlands bowlers with his three for 45, and the spinner also accounted for captain Darren Sammy as the West Indies innings tailed off towards the end.
Ramnaresh Sarwan was given two galling reprieves as the Dutch fielding left a lot to be desired, but his luck finally ran out with 49 runs to his name.
But it was the scintillating half-century from Pollard which had the crowd in raptures: the number five and IPL star located the top tier of the grandstand on four occasions in a quite staggeringly uncompromising knock.
The Netherlands reply needed to be assured, but it lacked any conviction as opener Wesley Barresi was sent back to the hutch with just two runs on the board for a four-ball duck as Roach seized his first scalp.
Only Tommy Cooper provided any semblance of a resistance with a gutsy and at times enterprising 55 not out, but his class and character was in stark contrast to the insufficient contributions made around him.
Star man Ten Doeschate failed as he was trapped lbw by the languid and unflappable Sulieman Benn, while middle-order incumbents Bas Zuiderent and Tom de Grooth were each sent packing with just a solitary run a piece.
Number eight Mudassar Bukhari produced an obdurate, dogged knock to accompany Cooper for a fleeting stint at the crease, but Roach demolished his woodwork for 24.
Seelaar and Bernard Loots departed for one and a golden duck respectively, and suddenly Roach had ignited the Delhi crowd with two wickets in successive deliveries.
Roach roared in and scattered the stumps once more as Berend Westdijk was comprehensively clean bowled, and the paceman had clinched victory for his side in the most emphatic fashion possible.
Both teams needed a victory to get their campaigns back on track following opening loses in Group B, and it was West Indies who prevailed by a convincing 215-run margin.
Roach became only the sixth bowler to take a World Cup hat-trick as he finished with outstanding figures of six for 27 and gave his side an emphatic victory at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium.
Netherlands skipper Peter Borren won the toss and elected to field, leaving Chris Gayle to score 80 and Kieron Pollard a belligerent 27-ball 60 as West Indies post 330 from their 50 overs.
Borren's side never looked remotely likely to challenge as the Associate nation were swiftly reduced to five for 36 inside 10 overs, and they never recovered with their resistance extinguished after just 31.3 overs courtesy of Roach's brilliance.
It was a strange opening to the match as the normally rampant and free-flowing Gayle played in circumspect fashion and was overshadowed by early fireworks from his opening partner Devon Smith in a startling role-reversal.
Smith departed in the 17th over having compiled a brisk 53 off 51 balls and provided his side a solid platform, before Darren Bravo added a swift 30.
Gayle's innings gradually accelerated as he plundered seven fours and two sixes, while Ryan ten Doeschate was given a fearful hammering as he finished with figures of one for 77.
Pieter Seelaar was the pick of the Netherlands bowlers with his three for 45, and the spinner also accounted for captain Darren Sammy as the West Indies innings tailed off towards the end.
Ramnaresh Sarwan was given two galling reprieves as the Dutch fielding left a lot to be desired, but his luck finally ran out with 49 runs to his name.
But it was the scintillating half-century from Pollard which had the crowd in raptures: the number five and IPL star located the top tier of the grandstand on four occasions in a quite staggeringly uncompromising knock.
The Netherlands reply needed to be assured, but it lacked any conviction as opener Wesley Barresi was sent back to the hutch with just two runs on the board for a four-ball duck as Roach seized his first scalp.
Only Tommy Cooper provided any semblance of a resistance with a gutsy and at times enterprising 55 not out, but his class and character was in stark contrast to the insufficient contributions made around him.
Star man Ten Doeschate failed as he was trapped lbw by the languid and unflappable Sulieman Benn, while middle-order incumbents Bas Zuiderent and Tom de Grooth were each sent packing with just a solitary run a piece.
Number eight Mudassar Bukhari produced an obdurate, dogged knock to accompany Cooper for a fleeting stint at the crease, but Roach demolished his woodwork for 24.
Seelaar and Bernard Loots departed for one and a golden duck respectively, and suddenly Roach had ignited the Delhi crowd with two wickets in successive deliveries.
Roach roared in and scattered the stumps once more as Berend Westdijk was comprehensively clean bowled, and the paceman had clinched victory for his side in the most emphatic fashion possible.
Both teams needed a victory to get their campaigns back on track following opening loses in Group B, and it was West Indies who prevailed by a convincing 215-run margin.
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