London, June 16 2009: West Indies captain Chris Gayle has set his sight on the title after knocking out hosts England in their Super Eight match to storm into the semifinals of the Twenty20 World Cup here.

“Two more games and we can win the title,” said Gayle after his team coasted home by five wickets last night.

The opener admitted that things looked a bit difficult after West Indies lost three wickets for 16 runs while chasing a revised target of 80 from nine overs.

However, the experienced duo of Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul saw the team through.

“They couldn’t have batted better in that situation. They have done it a number of times and they did it today as well,” Gayle said, adding that he would have “preferred a 20-over match”.

His England counterpart Paul Collingwood was no doubt hoping for a 20-over match but credited his boys for a wonderful performance.

“When you defend a total (80) like that with 10 wickets in hand, it’s bound to be difficult. It would have been nice if we could have had a 20-over per side game,” said Collingwood, who along with the rest of the players would now concentrate on the upcoming Ashes.

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