| Third T20, Grenada |
| West Indies 222-6 (20 overs): Pooran 82 (45), Powell 39 (21); Rashid 2-32 |
| England 226-3 (19.5 overs): Salt 109* (56), Buttler 51 (34), Brook 31* (7) |
| England received by seven wickets |
| Scorecard |
Phil Salt’s gorgeous century helped England pull off their third-highest T20 worldwide chase as they beat West Indies by seven wickets within the third T20 in Grenada.
Salt introduced up his first T20 worldwide hundred off 51 balls and completed unbeaten on 109, with Harry Brook smashing the 21 runs wanted off the ultimate over to make sure England chased 223 with a ball to spare in an unbelievable win.
Nicholas Pooran’s 45-ball 82 led West Indies to 222-6 as Adil Rashid completed the decide of the England assault by taking 2-32.
England are 2-1 down within the five-match sequence with two left to play.
Salt and Jos Buttler each handed fifty as they placed on 115 for the primary wicket to present England hope, with Salt, who hit 9 sixes and 4 fours, persevering with the brutal hitting after his captain was out for 51.
England wanted 31 to win off the ultimate two overs however Alzarri Joseph held his nerve within the penultimate over as he conceded solely 10 to present the hosts the higher hand.
However Brook, who was on seven from two balls heading into the ultimate over, calmly hit a 4 and two sixes off the skilled Andre Russell’s first three balls to place England getting ready to victory.
He and Salt then ran two earlier than Brook flashed at a large one from Russell and it flew over the boundary at deep third.
The fourth T20 is in Trinidad on Tuesday.
Beautiful Salt assault
Being challenged with needing the best profitable T20 worldwide chase on the Grenada Nationwide Cricket Stadium – and to maintain the sequence alive – appeared to convey a readability of thought and method to England’s batters.
Buttler, steely dedication in his eyes, signalled his intent with two sixes off the primary over. When he reverse swept Akeal Hosein and Gudakesh Motie for fours a few of his sparkle began to return.
He fell after an outstanding relay catch on the boundary, with Hosein having the presence of thoughts to toss the ball to Joseph realizing he would have crossed the rope.
Salt, whose earlier greatest T20 worldwide rating was 88 not out, confirmed nice composure as his shot choice remained largely typical, with West Indies’ bowlers unable to stop him from accessing his favoured areas down the bottom.
The Lancashire batter even had the sport consciousness to understand maybe Brook – brisker and a real 360 batter – might need been higher positioned to see England over the road.
Brook, who hit his first ball for six within the 18th over, carried out his position completely, carting Russell over additional cowl and high quality leg to swing the tie England’s means earlier than ending it off in fashion.
Salt is the fifth England males’s batter to hit a T20 worldwide century, after Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Liam Livingstone and Buttler.
If he continues to carry out like this, Salt appears nailed on for a spot on the high of the order at subsequent 12 months’s T20 World Cup within the West Indies and United States, having been unlucky to overlook out when England received the trophy final 12 months.
Robust day for England’s assault
For all the joy of an exciting chase, this was a chastening day to be an England bowler.
Rashid and Reece Topley managed to maintain their economic system to eight.00 per over and have been tellingly the one ones to bowl their full allocation.
However even they suffered by the hands of a harmful West Indies line-up – Topley was hit for 18 off the ultimate over of the innings, with Jason Holder offering the late fireworks.
Aside from the primary couple of overs when Topley discovered some swing – dismissing the left-handed Kyle Mayers with a ravishing supply which that nipped to take the sting – there was treasured little encouragement supplied by the pitch.
Tymal Mills felt the warmth probably the most as he was brutally dismantled by Pooran, who walloped six sixes and 6 fours to guide his facet’s restoration from 8-2.
Mills’ two overs price 36 runs, whereas Gus Atkinson returned 0-32 from the identical quantity.
Nearly all of England’s seam assault struggled with their lengths on the pitch, whereas spin bowling all-rounder Livingstone, 0-27 from two overs, lacked the mandatory management.
On a day when 34 sixes have been struck – the second most in a T20 worldwide – England’s bowlers will no less than be heartened to be on the profitable facet.
And in a extra constructive sense this was additionally a helpful studying curve for the extra inexperienced members of the assault on what to anticipate, and what they have to do to adapt, within the Caribbean subsequent 12 months.
‘What we’re right here for’ – response
Participant of the match, England batter Phil Salt: “It feels prefer it’s been a very long time coming. It is particular to do it now.
“We have been speaking about somebody standing up and being the match-winner. It is about taking part in my recreation and doing it my means.”
England captain Jos Buttler: “Nice to maintain the sequence alive, a improbable win. Credit score to Phil Salt, it is a improbable innings.
“He has such nice intent from ball one. It is one thing we have requested him to do, however for him to go on and keep within the recreation a bit longer, it may well shock you ways a lot he can do in the long run.
“It is nice to get a win, it is what we’re right here for.”
West Indies captain Rovman Powell: “It is clearly disappointing to attain 222 and lose, however the guys gave it a good shot.
“It was effort – we did not have the very best begin, however the way in which they completed was commendable and the bowler’s bowled properly in patches.”