Four wickets for just two runs from Adil Rashid combined with two wickets each from Moeen Ali and Tymal Mills helped England bowl West Indies out for their lowest score in T20 World Cups in their Super 12 fixture in Dubai on Saturday.

It was expected to be an exciting battle between the West Indies' flair and a capable England attack but was reduced to a no-contest following a horrendous batting display by the defending champions. The West Indies batters only looked for big shots and that became their undoing as they seemed to have forgot that rotating the strike was important when boundaries were difficult to come by.

England bowlers were persistent with their line and length and were rewarded as West Indies managed their second lowest T20 total after 45 they made against the same opponents in 2019. It was also the third lowest total in T20 World Cup behind 39 and 44 (both by Netherlands).

Rashid gave away just two runs in the 14 balls he bowled and wiped off the middle and lower order, carrying forward the good start Moeen had provided after Eoin Morgan invited the Caribbeans to bat.

Moeen ended his spell in a splendid manner, bowling as many as 18 dot balls in his four overs while conceding just 17 runs.

West Indies batters kept looking for boundaries and they fell by the way side one after another.

Chris Gayle (13) was the only batter who got to the double digits.

Moeen was involved in a terrific battle with the West Indies batters after he opened the attack.

Lendl Simmons (3) and Shimron Hetmyer opened their arms against him but the off-spinner succeeded in sending them back to the dug-out.

Chris Woakes, on the other end, bowled a tight spell and also got rid of Evin Lewis (6) while Tymal Mills saw the back of dangerous Gayle, who hit three shots to the fence but could not execute the big shot off the pacer.

But none showed patience that was required to stay on the dry wicket that was offering some assistance to the spinners.

Brief Scores: West Indies 55 all out in 14.2 overs (Chris Gayle 13; Adil Rashid 4/2) vs England