England hammered West Indies by eight wickets to take a significant step towards the Cricket World Cup semi‑finals, but sustained injuries to Eoin Morgan and Jason Roy along the way.
Roy hurt his left hamstring and Morgan suffered a back spasm, both while fielding.
Despite those setbacks, England dismissed West Indies for only 212 thanks to the hostility of pace pair Jofra Archer and Mark Wood, who took three wickets each.
England move up to second in the 10‑team table, one point behind leaders New Zealand.
Wins against Afghanistan and Sri Lanka in upcoming matches would put them on the verge of the last four.
West Indies play Bangladesh on Monday at 9.30pm with the knowledge that defeat would put them on the brink of elimination.
Meanwhile, at 9.30 tonight Australia play Sri Lanka.
The group stage format is a round robin, where all ten teams play each other once, in a single group.
This means a total of 45 matches will be played, with each team playing a total of nine matches.
The top four teams from the group will progress to the semi finals.
New Zealand currently lead the points table, England are in second place, Australia are third while India come in fourth.
The first semifinal will be played on the 9th of next month at 9.30pm while the second semi final will be played on the 10th of next month at 9.30pm.
The final will be played on the 14th of next month.
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