| 0.0 : England (Playing XI) - Phil Salt (WK), Will Jacks, Jos Buttler (C), Jacob Bethell, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Jamie Overton, Dan Mousley, Rehan Ahmed, Saqib Mahmood, John Turner (ON T20IÂ DEBUT and In for Jofra Archer). |
| West Indies (Playing XI) - Evin Lewis, Shai Hope, Nicholas Pooran (WK), Roston Chase, Rovman Powell (C), Shimron Hetmyer, Sherfane Rutherford (In for Romario Shepherd), Gudakesh Motie, Alzarri Joseph, Akeal Hosein, Obed McCoy. |
| Rovman Powell, the captain of West Indies says that they will bowl first. Adds that the surface looks good and it has generally favored the chasing side. Mentions that it is time for the players to stand up and it is always good to lose a series 3-2 instead of 5-0. Informs that Sherfane is in for Romario as he has a slight niggle and Obed McCoy is in for Terrence Hinds. Reckons that the issue has been losing wickets whilst being overly aggressive and hopefully, they can change that today. |
| The captain of England, Jos Buttler says it has been a challenge for any team to bat first and set the total. Adds that they have to keep raising their standards. Informs John Turner will be making his debut and Jofra Archer has been rested for this match. Mentions that their bowlers have done extremely well in this series and also adds that this match adds a new challenge for them and they are up for it. |
| PITCH REPORT - Nikhil Uttamchandani is pitchside. He says that pacers are generally used a lot more here than any other ground in the West Indies. Adds that square boundaries are 63 meters on either side and there is a breeze as well. Ian Bishop joins him and says that the wind will also affect the dew which might not set in as much. Reckons that the pacers won't get much lateral movement but the pitch looks hard and has live grass on it as well. |
| Will Jacks is up for a flash interview. He says that the team has been doing well in this series and being 3-0 shows how good they have been. Says they are looking to finish this tour on a high note. About his batting, he tells that he has got the starts and would love to score more runs. Says they have worked hard and are grinding in the nets to assess the conditions. On being asked about his batting position, he says that he loves to bat at any position and also tells that he batted at number |
| All in readiness for the game to begin. The umpires are making their way out to the middle followed by the players of West Indies and this now marks Nicholas Pooran's 102nd T20I cap, making him the most capped Windies player in T20Is, overtaking Kieron Pollard who had 101 caps. |
| 0.1 : Obed McCoy to Phil Salt, McCoy begins from over the wickets and lands it on a hard length, slanting across off, Phil Salt takes a half stride out and drives it solidly to cover. |
| 0.2 : Obed McCoy to Phil Salt, FOUR! England and Phil Salt are underway! Pitched up, too full and tailing a bit into the batter on middle and leg, Phil Salt flicks it nicely through wide of mid-wicket for a cracking boundary. |
| 0.3 : Obed McCoy to Phil Salt, Buzzers! Pitched outside leg, on a fuller length, Phil Salt misses to flick it away and the ball rolls off his front pad to the square leg fielder where Sherfane Rutherford picks and throws it wildly over the keeper's head. Pooran stretches his right hand but fails to get any glove to it and the ball races away to the boundary. Early error in the fielding. |
| 0.4 : Obed McCoy to Phil Salt, No run. |
| 0.5 : Obed McCoy to Phil Salt, FOUR! Cracking shot! Overpitched from Obed McCoy, a genuine half-volley on the stumps, Phil Salt gets his front leg out of the way to create some room and tonks it over the bowler's head for a boundary on the bounce. |
| 0.6 : Obed McCoy to Phil Salt, No run. |
| 0.0 : Alzarri Joseph to steam in from the other end. |
| 1.1 : Alzarri Joseph to Will Jacks, Over the wickets, on the back of a length, angling on the pads, Jacks tries to loft it over the in-field but misses and plays over the line. Wears it on the front pad. |
| 1.2 : Alzarri Joseph to Will Jacks, Good quick running! Pitched fuller in length, on middle and off, Will Jacks gets on the front foot and drives it to the left of mid on and fetches a quick single. |
| 1.3 : Alzarri Joseph to Phil Salt, Pitching it on the leg stump line, on a fuller length, Phil Salt shuffles across to sweep it over the in-field but misses. Not given as a wide as the umpire deems that Salt shuffled a bit too much. |
| 1.4 : Alzarri Joseph to Phil Salt, Steams in and hurls it on a fuller length, on the middle and leg, Phil Salt misses to flick it and gets rapped high on the thigh pad. |
| 1.5 : Alzarri Joseph to Phil Salt, Good length, skidding through very quickly off the deck, on middle and leg, Phil Salt backs away and tries to hoick it over the bowler but toe-ends it back to Alzarri Joseph. This is good smart bowling from Joseph. |
| 1.6 : Alzarri Joseph to Phil Salt, Good bowling from Alzarri Joseph but not a good fielding display there. Should have been stopped. Hard length, on off, Phil Salt punches it to the cover fielder where Shimron Hetmyer makes an error. |
| 2.1 : Akeal Hosein to Will Jacks, Length ball to begin with. Just around the off stump at 90.6 kmph. Jacks backs away pulls it to widish long on for a single. |
| 0.0 : Akeal Hosein replaces Obed McCoy. |
| 2.2 : Akeal Hosein to Phil Salt, FOUR! Good shot! Not that short in length, but just too wide of off, Phil Salt stays on the back foot and lofts it over the inner ring over cover for a boundary. |
| 2.4 : Akeal Hosein to Phil Salt, Pulls his length again does Akeal, on middle and leg, this is punched away to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 2.3 : Akeal Hosein to Phil Salt, SIX! MUSCLED INTO THE STANDS! Phil Salt is off to a flier here! Dragged down by Akeal Hosein on the stumps, Phil Salt gets on the back foot and pulls it over deep mid-wicket for a cracking six. |
| 2.5 : Akeal Hosein to Will Jacks, An ambitious appeal for LBW from Akeal Hosein but the umpire says 'No'. |
| 2.6 : Akeal Hosein to Will Jacks, SIX! BANG! Full in length and drifting on the middle and leg, Will Jacks tonks it downtown for a powerful six. |
| 0.0 : Obed McCoy switches ends now. |
| 3.1 : Obed McCoy to Phil Salt, Length ball, on the stumps, angling in, Phil Salt tucks it off the back foot to the mid-wicket region for a single. |
| 3.2 : Obed McCoy to Will Jacks, FOUR! Intent! Angling across off on a hard length, Will Jacks stays leg side of the ball and makes some room for himself. Slashes hard and gets it over cover-point for a boundary. |
| 3.3 : Obed McCoy to Will Jacks, In the air...lands safe in the deep! |
| 3.4 : Obed McCoy to Phil Salt, Length-delivery, across off, punched away solidly but straight to the fielder at cover-point. |
| 3.5 : Obed McCoy to Phil Salt, Angling into the body, on a hard length, on middle, Phil Salt wrists it to wide of square leg for a quick single. |
| 3.6 : Obed McCoy to Will Jacks, Hits the deck hard does Obed, on the top of the middle, Will Jacks hangs back and steers it to deep square leg for a comfortable single to end the over. |
| 0.0 : Alzarri Joseph now switches ends as well. |
| 4.1 : Alzarri Joseph to Will Jacks, SIX! Up, up, and away! Pace off, very full on the off-stump line, Will Jacks waits for it to arrive, gets in a good shape by clearing his front foot and powers it over the bowler's head for a huge six. |
| 4.2 : Alzarri Joseph to Will Jacks, 50 up for England in no real time! Length, on the stumps, Will Jacks whips it off the back foot through the square leg region for a couple of runs. |
| 4.3 : Alzarri Joseph to Will Jacks, Joseph bowls it on a good length, Will Jacks pulls it over the inner rings to deep square leg for a couple of runs. Uh, oh! Alzarri Joseph has overstepped here and it is called a NO BALL. FREE HIT to follow now... |
| Alzarri Joseph to Phil Salt, No run. |
| 4.4 : Alzarri Joseph to Phil Salt, No run. |
| 4.5 : Alzarri Joseph to Phil Salt, Had to hurry there! |
| 4.6 : Alzarri Joseph to Will Jacks, OUT! IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! The hard length ploy finally brings a breakthrough for Alzarri Joseph and the Windies! |
| 0.0 : Skipper, Jos Buttler walks out to bat now. |
| 5.1 : Akeal Hosein to Phil Salt, Spears in a yorker on middle, Salt backs away and jams it out to the fielder at cover-point. |
| 5.2 : Akeal Hosein to Phil Salt, Flat and into the deck, angled into the stumps, Salt backs away and flat-bats it past the bowler and down to long on for one. |
| 5.3 : Akeal Hosein to Jos Buttler, This one is angled into the pads, Jos Buttler works it away past square leg and gets off the mark with an easy single. |
| 5.4 : Akeal Hosein to Phil Salt, Can't find the gap! Fractionally short on off, Phil Salt makes room and slaps the ball without much timing to covers. |
| 5.5 : Akeal Hosein to Phil Salt, SIX! Clean as! Just full of a good length and drifted into the stumps, Salt hangs back and makes room before lifting it up and over wide long off for a biggie. |
| 5.6 : Akeal Hosein to Phil Salt, A single to end but it's a solid Powerplay for England as they are 63/1 at the end of it. Well short and angled in at the bodyline, Salt rocks back and pulls it through mid-wicket for one. |
| Gudakesh Motie is introduced into the attack. He replaces Alzarri Joseph. |
| 6.1 : Gudakesh Motie to Phil Salt, SIX! BANG! Motie floats it up first up, right in the slot, Phil Salt clears the front leg and swings across the line with an open ctance, hammering it well over deep mid-wicket for yet another biggie. |
| 6.2 : Gudakesh Motie to Phil Salt, SIX! No respite for the bowlers and that's just begging to be hit. |
| 6.3 : Gudakesh Motie to Phil Salt, No run. |
| 6.4 : Gudakesh Motie to Phil Salt, Fired in at the stumps, Salt tries to dig it out and gets an inside edge past leg stump. |
| 6.5 : Gudakesh Motie to Phil Salt, Full again and in the blockhole around off, Salt pushes it out firmly to extra cover for a single. |
| 6.6 : Gudakesh Motie to Jos Buttler, A touch full and around off, Buttler stays leg side of the ball and eases it square through covers for one more. |
| 0.0 : Change. |
| 7.1 : Rovman Powell to Jos Buttler, On the money to begin with! The in-between length around middle, just slanting in, Buttler punches it down to long on and turns the strike over. |
| 7.2 : Rovman Powell to Phil Salt, Nagging length on off, sliding back on, Phil Salt taps it straight towards cover. |
| 7.3 : Rovman Powell to Phil Salt, FOUR! That has split the two fielders to the tee! |
| 7.4 : Rovman Powell to Phil Salt, FOUR! Phil Salt loves the Caribbean as he brings up yet another T20I FIFTY! |
| 7.5 : Rovman Powell to Phil Salt, 1 run. |
| 7.6 : Rovman Powell to Jos Buttler, Much fuller and just shaping back in from around middle, Buttler drives it down to long on for a run. 11 off Powell's first over as England keep marching on. |
| Change. |
| 8.1 : Akeal Hosein to Jos Buttler, Flat around off, coming on with the arm, Buttler blocks it straight to mid off. |
| 8.2 : Akeal Hosein to Jos Buttler, Gets away with that one does Hosein. Length ball, angling it down leg, Buttler gets down on one knee and shovels the sweep off the top edge down to long leg for a single. |
| 8.3 : Akeal Hosein to Phil Salt, Top-class effort from Obed McCoy and he nearly pulls off a sensational catch. |
| 0.0 : Halt! |
| 8.4 : Akeal Hosein to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Oh, that's glorious from Jos Buttler. |
| 8.5 : Akeal Hosein to Jos Buttler, Six! |
| 8.6 : Akeal Hosein to Jos Buttler, Pushed through flatter on off, Buttler opens the face of the blade and plays it past cover-point for a single. |
| Another change in bowling as Roston Chase has been introduced into the attack now. He replaces Rovman Powell. |
| 9.1 : Roston Chase to Jos Buttler, A loosener to begin with but Chase gets away with it. Long hop angled down the leg side, Jos Buttler rocks back to pull but mistimes it badly towards short fine leg for a single. |
| 9.2 : Roston Chase to Phil Salt, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Wold you believe it? Roston Chase strangles Phil Salt down the leg side and West Indies get a timely wicket. |
| 0.0 : Drinks! Well, it has been England all the way so far as they have managed to mount 100 inside the ten overs. Phil Salt and Will Jacks constructed a solid foundation for England and it is now on the middle order to cash on it. Jos Buttler has got the start and would like to extend it further while maintaining a good scoring rate. West Indies on the other hand have yet again struggled to create breakthroughs inside the restrictions and have been taken to the cleaners so far. However, with thi |
| 9.3 : Roston Chase to Jacob Bethell, Around the wicket to the left-hander, angled in on a length and into the batter. Jacob Bethell backs away and eases it down to long on for a single. |
| 9.4 : Roston Chase to Jos Buttler, Quicker through the air, a tad short and angled into the batter again, Buttler looks to pull it hard but only manages an inside edge onto the pads. |
| 9.5 : Roston Chase to Jos Buttler, Length ball sliding it into the legs, flicked away dow to deep square leg for one. |
| 9.6 : Roston Chase to Jacob Bethell, Finally, an over of some control for the Windies, 4Â runs and a wicket off it. |
| 10.1 : Gudakesh Motie to Jacob Bethell, Flat, quick and on off, on a length, Jacob Bethell sits on his knee and pulls it along the ground to deep square leg for a single. |
| 10.2 : Gudakesh Motie to Jos Buttler, Wide! |
| Gudakesh Motie to Jos Buttler, Length, on the stumps, tucked away to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 10.3 : Gudakesh Motie to Jacob Bethell, Flat, full and quick, on middle and leg, Jacob Bethell drives it to long on for a single. |
| 10.4 : Gudakesh Motie to Jos Buttler, Fired in, on the stumps, Jos Buttler switch hits and fails to capitalise on this full toss. Hits it straight to point. |
| 10.5 : Gudakesh Motie to Jos Buttler, No run. |
| 10.6 : Gudakesh Motie to Jos Buttler, Too full, on the stumps, Jos Buttler gets on the front foot and drives it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 11.1 : Roston Chase to Jos Buttler, Full and on the leg stump line, Jos Buttler flicks it nicely along the ground to deep backward square leg for an easy single. |
| 11.2 : Roston Chase to Jacob Bethell, Around the stumps, length ball, on off, Jacob Bethell steps ahead and punches it straight to point. |
| 11.3 : Roston Chase to Jacob Bethell, Flatter and quicker on a good length, just around off, Jacob Bethell goes for a switch hit but top-edges it over the keeper for a single. |
| 11.5 : Roston Chase to Jos Buttler, FOUR! Innovative and effective! Pitched fuller and on the leg stump, Jos Buttler scoops it through short fine for a boundary. |
| 11.4 : Roston Chase to Jos Buttler, SIX! It was six as soon as it left the bat! Roston Chase bowls it outside off, fractionally short in length, Jos Buttler gets in position quickly as he rocks back and pulls it behind deep mid-wicket for a powerful six. |
| 11.6 : Roston Chase to Jos Buttler, Too full and flat on the stumps, Jos Buttler drills it down the ground for a single to the left of long off. |
| 12.1 : Gudakesh Motie to Jos Buttler, SIX! This is magnificent hitting! Almost a yorker on the leg stump, Jos Buttler clears his front leg to create room, gets his bat underneath, connects well and hits it over long on for a six. |
| 12.2 : Gudakesh Motie to Jos Buttler, Dragged length, on off, punched to the cover fielder. |
| 12.3 : Gudakesh Motie to Jos Buttler, OUT! TAKEN! Gudakesh Motie gets his first wicket and removes the English skipper! England three down now. |
| 0.0 : Liam Livingstone walks in at number 5. |
| 12.4 : Gudakesh Motie to Liam Livingstone, 1 run. |
| 12.5 : Gudakesh Motie to Jacob Bethell, Pitched full and outside off, Jacob Bethell takes a stride across and drives it through point for a single. |
| 12.6 : Gudakesh Motie to Liam Livingstone, Motie pulls his length back a smidge, on off, Liam Livingstone hangs back and punches it to the left of the bowler. Motie moves to his left and stops the ball to end the over. A successful one for the Windies. |
| 13.1 : Roston Chase to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! Glorious shot that! Fired in quicker, full and outside off, Jacob Bethell uses the pace of the ball and carves it solidly through backward point for a boundary. |
| 13.2 : Roston Chase to Jacob Bethell, Slightly fuller and turning back into the batter, Jacob Bethell skips down to the pitch and drives it to the right of the diving mid on fielder for a single. |
| 13.3 : Roston Chase to Liam Livingstone, Over the stumps, good length around off, tucked straight to short mid-wicket by Liam Livingstone. |
| 13.4 : Roston Chase to Liam Livingstone, Pitched full, quicker through the air, Liam Livingstone flicks it along the ground to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 13.5 : Roston Chase to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! Delicately done! Chase again bowls a quicker one, on a good length, on the stumps line, Jacob Bethell uses the pace of the ball and paddles it to deep fine for a boundary. |
| 13.6 : Roston Chase to Jacob Bethell, Length-delivery and Jacob Bethell nudges it off the back foot to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 14.1 : Gudakesh Motie to Jacob Bethell, Length, on the leg stump, Jacob Bethell tucks it to the left of Motie. |
| 14.2 : Gudakesh Motie to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! Powerful shot! Overpitched from Motie, across off, on a fuller length, Jacob Bethell maintains good shape and drives it on the front foot and hammers it down the ground for a boundary. No chance for any fielder to cut that off. |
| 14.3 : Gudakesh Motie to Jacob Bethell, SIX! 150 up for England! A juicy half-volley on the stumps, Jacob Bethell reads the length well, sits on his knee and powerfully slogs it behind deep mid-wicket for a huge six. |
| 14.4 : Gudakesh Motie to Jacob Bethell, Good length, flat and on off, Jacob Bethell gets on the back foot and punches it across to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 14.5 : Gudakesh Motie to Liam Livingstone, Tossed up, fuller and outside off, Liam Livingstone drives it inside-out through covers. The ball is cut off by Evin Lewis in the deep and the batters cross for the double. |
| 14.6 : Gudakesh Motie to Liam Livingstone, OUT! IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! No real celebration from Motie on this one but a wicket whatsoever for West Indies. |
| 0.0 : Sam Curran is the new batter in. |
| 15.1 : Alzarri Joseph to Jacob Bethell, Hard length from Joseph over leg, Jacob Bethell looks to tuck it away but is beaten for pace and takes a blow to the body. |
| 15.2 : Alzarri Joseph to Jacob Bethell, FOUR! A bit deliberate that from Bethell! |
| 15.3 : Alzarri Joseph to Jacob Bethell, Bowls this one into the deck and over middle and leg, Bethell pulls hard and straight to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 15.4 : Alzarri Joseph to Sam Curran, Back of a length around off and middle, Sam Curran hops back to defend. |
| 15.5 : Alzarri Joseph to Sam Curran, Pitches the ball up into the pads, Curran flicks it wide of short fine leg and picks up a couple of runs to get going. |
| 15.6 : Alzarri Joseph to Sam Curran, Good hustle from the big man, Obed McCoy. Banged into the deck and angled across off, Sam Curran hangs back and dabs it wide of short third where McCoy dives across and gets half a stop in. They get two runs. |
| 16.1 : Roston Chase to Jacob Bethell, No run. |
| 16.2 : Roston Chase to Jacob Bethell, SIX! High and long enough! |
| 16.3 : Roston Chase to Jacob Bethell, Six! |
| 16.4 : Roston Chase to Jacob Bethell, Six! |
| 16.5 : Roston Chase to Jacob Bethell, 1 run. |
| 16.6 : Roston Chase to Sam Curran, Chase drops it very full and straight on the middle, Sam Curran looks to whip it across the line of the ball but gets a thick inside edge onto the pads. |
| 17.1 : Obed McCoy to Jacob Bethell, Swung away for a single! McCoy comes from over the wicket and pitches it up, wide of the off stump, Bethell fetches and swats it away to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 17.2 : Obed McCoy to Sam Curran, Just the one there! Bowled into the pitch over middle and angling in, Curran makes room and pulls it away well in front of square for a single. |
| 17.3 : Obed McCoy to Jacob Bethell, WIDE! Wayward from McCoy as the attempted slower one is spilled beyond the tramline outside off. |
| Obed McCoy to Jacob Bethell, Gets this one spot on though! |
| 17.4 : Obed McCoy to Jacob Bethell, 1 run. |
| 17.5 : Obed McCoy to Sam Curran, Keeps peppering that shortish length with the slower deliveries. This is bowled wide of the off stump and Curran pulls it across through mid-wicket for one. |
| 17.6 : Obed McCoy to Jacob Bethell, Six! |
| 0.0 : Alzarri Joseph to bowl the penultimate over. He is (3-0-23-1) so far. |
| 18.1 : Alzarri Joseph to Sam Curran, SIX! Clean strike! Alzarri Joseph misses the yorker by a few inches and serves a low full toss on middle and leg, Sam Curran takes the front leg out and launches it straight over long on for another biggie. The 200 also comes up for England. |
| 18.2 : Alzarri Joseph to Sam Curran, Much better from Joseph as he nails the yorker now on middle, Curran can only hit it down to long on for a single. |
| 18.3 : Alzarri Joseph to Jacob Bethell, Full and fast, attacking the pads, Bethell misses the flick and gets it off the back leg towards short fine leg. They get a leg bye. |
| 18.4 : Alzarri Joseph to Sam Curran, Keeps the length very full and gets it right in at the toes, Sam Curran flicks it away to deep square leg for one more. |
| 18.5 : Alzarri Joseph to Jacob Bethell, Top-class bowling this from Alzarri Joseph. |
| 18.6 : Alzarri Joseph to Sam Curran, 2 runs. |
| 0.0 : Obed McCoy (3-0-29-0) to bowl the final over of the first innings. |
| 19.1 : Obed McCoy to Jacob Bethell, 1 run. |
| 19.2 : Obed McCoy to Sam Curran, Back of a length and outside off, hitting the deck hard, Sam Curran goes back and across before pulling it down to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 19.3 : Obed McCoy to Jacob Bethell, Good running! |
| 19.4 : Obed McCoy to Jacob Bethell, Excellent running again and these two are milking every single run possible. |
| 19.5 : Obed McCoy to Sam Curran, SIX! That's some shot! Banged well into the pitch and outside off, Sam Curran gets across and clobbers the ball like a tennis smash and gets it well over deep mid-wicket for a biggie. |
| 19.6 : Obed McCoy to Sam Curran, OUT! RUN OUT! They had to go for the second but it just wasn't there and it will be a joint-highest T20I total at this ground. |
| 0.0 : A proper run-fest in the first innings, to say the least. The English batters came on a mission and executed it nearly perfectly. Also, this is the joint-highest first-inning total at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium. The West Indies mounted 218 in the T20 World Cup against Afghanistan earlier this year and England has matched that feat quite effectively with the bat. |
| England's innings began with typical fireworks as Will Jacks and Phil Salt unleashed their aerial assault, making full use of the fielding restrictions. Though Jacks fell in the final ball of the powerplay while attempting another attacking stroke, England had already raced to 63 runs in those first six overs. At the other end, Salt continued his aggressive intent, pouncing on anything remotely loose and notched up a quickfire fifty. |
| The onslaught continued as Jos Buttler entered the fray, helping England maintain a blistering run rate of over 10 per over. The batting depth was on full display as each English batter made meaningful contributions, with young Jacob Bethell showcasing his talent through a well-crafted fifty in the latter stages with the tourists on course of a mammoth total with 63 runs scored in the last five overs. |
| The West Indies' bowling woes persisted as their pacers faced heavy punishment early on. Despite rotating their bowlers frequently, they struggled to make an impact, with their cause further hampered by subpar fielding. Having claimed just two wickets by the mid-innings mark, the hosts found themselves on the back foot. Their spin combination proved ineffective, offering predictable variations in both pace and length. In this batting exhibition, Alzarri Joseph stood out as the lone bright spot, |
| Jacob Bethell is down for a quick chat. He says that when he went out to bat, there wasn't much turn in the track and he was able to hit his way. Adds that in a short format like this, every run is crucial and you need those ones and twos in between the boundaries. On Phil Salt, he says that he played really well and the openers got them off to a great start. Ends by saying that the total on the board is a good one but will have to wait and watch if its good enough. |
| Well then, the first inning has flown by within a snap and to describe the batting ferocity, it can be summed up in one stat - just three overs in the entire innings escaped without a boundary or six. Though the batters did wobble against deliveries with pace taken off, the West Indies pacers barely explored this effective tactic. The West Indies batters now have a mountain to climb as 219 hasn't been chased down at this venue and given how their top order has faltered against the new ball, it a |
| ... THE RUN CHASE ... |
| 0.1 : John Turner to Evin Lewis, WIDE! A bit of a loosener to begin with from the debutant. |
| John Turner to Evin Lewis, Movement off the deck this time! |
| 0.2 : John Turner to Evin Lewis, No run. |
| 0.3 : John Turner to Evin Lewis, A loud call of 'No' from Shai Hope and rightly so. Just back of a length at the body, nudged away to the left of mid-wicket and Evin Lewis looks for one but scampers back as Sam Curran latches onto the ball in a flash. |
| 0.4 : John Turner to Evin Lewis, No run. |
| 0.5 : John Turner to Evin Lewis, Excellent stuff after that first ball from Turner. |
| 0.6 : John Turner to Evin Lewis, Four! |
| 0.0 : Pace from the other end? Indeed, Saqib Mahmood to share the attack. |
| 1.1 : Saqib Mahmood to Shai Hope, Nice start from Mahmood! That in-between length in the channel and this one swings away, Shai Hope gets caught on the crease and plays a loose push at it and gets beaten past the outside edge. |
| 1.2 : Saqib Mahmood to Shai Hope, Movement again and a bit loose again from Hope! Hard length outside off, shaping away with not much bounce, Hope reaches out to cut but is beaten again. |
| 1.3 : Saqib Mahmood to Shai Hope, Good length and on a tight line around off, this one nips away as well, Shai Hope is pegged back a bit and ends up jabbing it away from the body towards cover-point. |
| 1.4 : Saqib Mahmood to Shai Hope, This is fine bowling from Mahmood here. Hits the hard length now and bowls it around off, Hope pats it away in front of point. |
| 1.5 : Saqib Mahmood to Shai Hope, Shai Hope looks to break the shackles by stepping out but fails to make a connection. Back of a length over middle and swinging away, Hope steps out and just blindly swings across the line only to connect with thin air. |
| 1.6 : Saqib Mahmood to Shai Hope, Would you believe it? A maiden in a chase of 219 runs! Nice and full on off, swinging away, Shai Hope caresses it with the swing towards cover. |
| 2.1 : John Turner to Evin Lewis, SIX! Finally, a shot of authority from Evin Lewis! Hard length around the pads, Lewis just whips it off the pads and doesn't even look at it as the ball sails over fine leg for the first biggie of the chase. |
| 2.2 : John Turner to Evin Lewis, Just back of a length and around the body, Lewis gets cramped for room and tucks it away through mid-wicket for one. |
| 2.3 : John Turner to Shai Hope, FOUR! Wow, the sound that made off the bat was brutal. Not all that short but offering width, Shai Hope stays upright and smashes it flat and square through the off side to get off the mark with a boundary. |
| 2.4 : John Turner to Shai Hope, FOUR MORE! John Turner will consider himself a bit unlucky here. Pitched up on off, angling in, Shai Hope looks for the big heave but gets an inside edge that flies past the inside edge and into the fine leg fence. |
| 2.5 : John Turner to Shai Hope, SIX! That is a shot and a half from Shai Hope and the debutant is now taking a real pounding. |
| 2.6 : John Turner to Shai Hope, FOUR! 25 off the over and West Indies are in the ascendancy now! Hard length but wide outside off, Shai Hope goes after it and hammers it past covers for another boundary. |
| 3.1 : Saqib Mahmood to Evin Lewis, The bowler seemed quite interested but that looked well high! Just back of a length on middle, that one came back in late and sharply too. Evin Lewis gets taken back and gets struck around the groin region. The physio is out as well. |
| 0.0 : Evin Lewis has taken the blow right near the groin and is being attended by the physio. Meanwhile, the other players help themselves with some fluids. |
| 3.2 : Saqib Mahmood to Evin Lewis, Slightly fuller now and straighter too, shaping it back into the left-hander. Lewis is late of the flick and gets it off the pads onto the leg side for a leg bye. |
| 3.3 : Saqib Mahmood to Shai Hope, FOUR LEG BYES! A touch too straight and pays the price. Good length, darted down leg, Shai Hope fails to get a bat on it and the ball clips the pads before rolling away down to fine leg for four bonus runs. |
| 3.4 : Saqib Mahmood to Shai Hope, FOUR! Good, aggressive intent from Hope. |
| 3.5 : Saqib Mahmood to Shai Hope, FOUR! The ball is just pinging off Hope's bat now. |
| 3.6 : Saqib Mahmood to Shai Hope, 1 run. |
| 0.0 : Sam Curran is introduced into the attack now. He replaces John Turner. This is the first time when Curran is bowling in the Powerplay in this T20I series. |
| 4.1 : Sam Curran to Shai Hope, Excellent running! Comes from over the wicket and dishes out a full and wide one, Shai Hope reaches out and jams it away wide of deep covers for a couple of runs. |
| 4.2 : Sam Curran to Shai Hope, FOUR! Glorious batting this from Shai Hope and he has raced to 33 off 16 even after playing out a maiden. Too full and wide, Hope is able to drive it away wide enough of sweeper cover to pick up a boundary. |
| 4.3 : Sam Curran to Shai Hope, Persists with the full ball but brings the line closer to the off stump and bowls it with the scrambled seam. Hope plays it on the up and towards deep point for a single. |
| 4.4 : Sam Curran to Evin Lewis, WIDE! Pace off but this is spilled full and down leg for a wide. |
| Sam Curran to Evin Lewis, Top effort in the deep from Dan Mousley to save the boundary. Full and right in the blockhole at the stumps, Lewis takes the front leg out and manages to squeeze it wide of short fine leg. Mousley from deep square leg runs across to his left and dives in to save two runs. |
| 4.5 : Sam Curran to Evin Lewis, 2 runs. |
| 4.6 : Sam Curran to Evin Lewis, Brings out that skiddy bumper and bowls it halfway down the pitch over middle, Evin Lewis lets it be. |
| 0.0 : Time for spin. Dan Mousley is introduced into the attack now. |
| 5.1 : Dan Mousley to Shai Hope, SIX! Dan Mousley is greeted with a monstrous hit! Flat and full, across off, Shai Hope clears his front leg and lofts it powerfully over deep covers for a six. This is some brutal hitting. |
| 5.2 : Dan Mousley to Shai Hope, Mousley adjusts his line and bowls it on the middle and leg, Shai Hope works it to wide of long on for a single. |
| 0.0 : Is that stumped? Phil Salt seems confident and if it is stumped then Evin Lewis will be furious with himself. The third umpire is called in and it seems very close on the first replay. It is eventually confirmed that Lewis did manage to get his toe on the deck just before the bails came off. NOT OUT! |
| 5.3 : Dan Mousley to Evin Lewis, An appeal for stumping and Phil Salt is very confident that he has got his man. Mousley stays around the stumps and darts in a fuller one, drifting outside leg, Lewis misses to work it across and Salt does the rest by dislodging the bails. The TV umpire is summoned to check for the stumping. Fair delivery to begin with and after several rolls, the TV umpire deems that Lewis' back leg is ground when the bails are dislodged. |
| 5.4 : Dan Mousley to Evin Lewis, SIX! Powerful! Drags his length, does Dan Mousley, on the middle and leg, Evin Lewis is quick to use the depth of the crease and pulls it over cow corner for a huge six. |
| 5.5 : Dan Mousley to Evin Lewis, Back of a length outside off. Lewis goes for the pull but misses it to the keeper. Phil Salt is quick to flash the bails off and looks at the leg umpire but Lewis is well inside his crease. |
| 5.6 : Dan Mousley to Evin Lewis, Flat, quick and very full around off, Evin Lewis drills it powerfully but straight to the fielder at mid off. End of the Powerplay and West Indies are 69/0 versus England's 63/1. |
| 6.1 : Rehan Ahmed to Shai Hope, Fuller in length outside off. Hope drags it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 6.2 : Rehan Ahmed to Evin Lewis, Dropped short, around off, Evin Lewis hangs back and cuts it to deep backward point for a single. |
| 6.3 : Rehan Ahmed to Shai Hope, SIX! Shai Hope is in the mood! A googly, slightly short, turning back into the batter. Shai Hope is quick to transfer the weight on the back foot, reads the googly and tonks it over long on for a six. |
| 6.4 : Rehan Ahmed to Shai Hope, Length ball just outside off. Hope pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 6.5 : Rehan Ahmed to Evin Lewis, 1 run. |
| 6.6 : Rehan Ahmed to Shai Hope, FOUR! FIFTY for Shai Hope! And it has come in just 20 deliveries. Rehan drops a predictable short one, which stays low a tad bit, Shai Hope rocks back and pulls it along the ground through the mid-wicket region for a cracking boundary. |
| 7.1 : Liam Livingstone to Evin Lewis, 5 Wides! |
| Liam Livingstone to Evin Lewis, 2 runs. |
| 7.2 : Liam Livingstone to Evin Lewis, SIX! Mighty hit! Liam Livingstone drops a half-volley on off, Evin Lewis clears his front leg and deposits it behind long on for a huge six. |
| 7.3 : Liam Livingstone to Evin Lewis, FOUR! Elegant! Quicker from Liam Livingstone, on the pads, Evin Lewis half-squats at it and paddles this good-length delivery towards deep backward square leg for a boundary. |
| 7.4 : Liam Livingstone to Evin Lewis, No run. |
| 7.5 : Liam Livingstone to Evin Lewis, SIX! OUTTA HERE! Liam Livingstone bowls a regular leggie on the off stump line, but drops it right into the arc of the southpaw. Evin Lewis waits for it to arrive, shapes up nicely to propel it over long on for a monstrous six. |
| Halt! The ball has gone out of the ground and needs to be replaced. |
| 7.6 : Liam Livingstone to Evin Lewis, WIDE! Under pressure, is Livingstone. Fired flatter and wide outside the tramline. Wide called. |
| Liam Livingstone to Evin Lewis, SIX! Go fetch that, says Evin Lewis! The most expensive over in this chase so far. Dropped fuller and flatter on the stumps, on middle and off, Evin Lewis stays in his crease and heaves it across. Gets it just over the ropes behind deep mid-wicket for a six. This has been an acceleration of the highest order from these two openers. |
| 8.1 : Sam Curran to Shai Hope, Full and fairly outside off. Hope drives it to deep cover for a single. |
| 8.2 : Sam Curran to Evin Lewis, Four! |
| 8.3 : Sam Curran to Evin Lewis, FOUR! Punished! These two are just toying around with the field at the moment! |
| 8.4 : Sam Curran to Evin Lewis, SIX! Gee, the ball is just sailing over the fence! Curran hurls a friendly half-volley on off, Evin Lewis clears his front leg to create room, gets his bat underneath, times perfectly and dumps it behind long off for a 83 meter six. |
| 8.5 : Sam Curran to Evin Lewis, SIX! Not exactly where Lewis intended to hit but it comfortably clears the fence! |
| 8.6 : Sam Curran to Evin Lewis, WIDE! Curran bowls an over-the-head-bumper on the bodyline, Evin Lewis ducks safely under it. Wide given. |
| Sam Curran to Evin Lewis, OH. MY. WORD! Jos Buttler has saved 5 for his team with a screamer of an effort in the deep. |
| 9.1 : Rehan Ahmed to Evin Lewis, OUT! c Dan Mousley b Rehan Ahmed. |
| 0.0 : Drinks break! West Indies were hardly getting going in the last 3 games but finally, the opening pair has delivered and how! This has been an unreal display of power-hitting this far and the back of the chase is absolutely broken. With the required rate already under 8 runs an over, this should be a cake walk from here. England though will know that wickets in a heap could change things pretty quickly. Also, Nicholas Pooran walks out to bat now. |
| Rovman Powell is in next. |
| 9.2 : Rehan Ahmed to Nicholas Pooran, OUT! RUN OUT! Oh, dear! What an unfortunate way to get out! |
| 9.3 : Rehan Ahmed to Nicholas Pooran, OUT! b Rehan Ahmed. |
| 0.0 : Shimron Hetmyer walks out to bat with West Indies in a bit of a free fall. |
| 9.4 : Rehan Ahmed to Shimron Hetmyer, No run. |
| 9.5 : Rehan Ahmed to Shimron Hetmyer, 1 run. |
| 9.6 : Rehan Ahmed to Rovman Powell, 1 run. |
| 10.1 : John Turner to Rovman Powell, FOUR! Crunched! John Turner comes back in and serves a half-volley outside off, Rovman Powell leans ahead and hammers the drive wide of sweeper cover for a boundary. |
| 10.2 : John Turner to Rovman Powell, Full again and on off, Powell pushes it out wide of the cover fielder and scampers across for a quick single. |
| 10.3 : John Turner to Shimron Hetmyer, Uh, oh! A misfield and that could have gone to the fence. |
| 10.4 : John Turner to Shimron Hetmyer, 1 run. |
| 10.5 : John Turner to Rovman Powell, Hard length over the stumps, bunted out to the off side by Powell and he looks for the single but is quickly sent back by Hetmyer. |
| 10.6 : John Turner to Rovman Powell, On the fuller side and attacking the stumps, pushed away towards mid on for a single. |
| 11.1 : Rehan Ahmed to Rovman Powell, SIX! Rovman Powell doesn't want to back down, rather he wants to counter. Googly, bowled full and outside off, Powell reaches out and clubs it away over long on for a biggie. |
| 11.2 : Rehan Ahmed to Rovman Powell, Quicker and flatter at the stumps, hit away through the mid on region for a single. |
| 11.3 : Rehan Ahmed to Shimron Hetmyer, 1 run. |
| 11.4 : Rehan Ahmed to Rovman Powell, FOUR! Rovman Powell showing the full range here. Flat and a bit full around off, Powell is early to get across and just laps it fine of short fine leg for a boundary. |
| 11.5 : Rehan Ahmed to Rovman Powell, Fractionally short on off, Powell rocks back and cuts it fine of short third where Jamie Overton dives and makes half a stop. The batters do well to scamper back for the second run. |
| 11.6 : Rehan Ahmed to Rovman Powell, A full toss now on middle, Powell isn't expecting it and it dips a touch as well and ends up just pushing it down to mid on. |
| 0.0 : Jos Buttler has summoned Saqib Mahmood back into the attack now. He is 2-0-9-0 so far and replaces John Turner. |
| 12.1 : Saqib Mahmood to Shimron Hetmyer, Pitched-up delivery on off and angling away, Hetmyer plays it on the rise and to the left of mid off for a quick single. |
| 12.2 : Saqib Mahmood to Rovman Powell, Fullish length, darting it in at the pads, Powell clips it away behind square leg for one more. |
| 12.3 : Saqib Mahmood to Shimron Hetmyer, Back of a length on off, nibbling away, Shimron Hetmyer gets squared up and the ball goes off the shoulder of the bat down to deep third. Another single. |
| 12.4 : Saqib Mahmood to Rovman Powell, Hard length, angled in from a bit wide on the crease, Powell stands tall and punches it back to the bowler. |
| 12.5 : Saqib Mahmood to Rovman Powell, WIDE! Will have to reload that one as this is bowled full and spilled down the leg side. |
| Saqib Mahmood to Rovman Powell, Back of a length and over off, hurrying the batter, Rovman Powell presses back and punches it towards mid off. |
| 12.6 : Saqib Mahmood to Rovman Powell, WIDE! Another extra and England can't afford these right now. Good bumper over the front shoulder but just angling down leg for a wide. |
| Saqib Mahmood to Rovman Powell, SIX! It's not just the extras but what these extra deliveries cost that hurts most sides. Pitched up in the slot on off, Rovman Powell gets under it and lifts it magnificently over long off for a biggie. Powell held the pose for that one as well. |
| 13.1 : Rehan Ahmed to Shimron Hetmyer, No run, the batter looks to play that but is comprehensively beaten. |
| 13.2 : Rehan Ahmed to Shimron Hetmyer, OUT! TAKEN! That is an unbelievable catch from Liam Livingstone but he seems to have hurt himself in the process as well. |
| 13.3 : Rehan Ahmed to Sherfane Rutherford, Flat and full around off, Sherfane Rutherford watchfully blocks it to the off side. |
| 0.0 : Sherfane Rutherford is the new batter in at number 6. Also, Liam Livingstone is being attended by the physio as he brushed his right knee off the turf. Oh dear, Livingstone is walking off the field. Fortunately, he is not limping and might as well be back on the field in some time. |
| 13.4 : Rehan Ahmed to Sherfane Rutherford, SIX! Almost another catching opportunity but Rutherford just gets enough on it. Rehan Ahmed dangles the carrot again with a floater on middle, Rutherford gets down and looks to slog but ends up getting a top edge down to long on and the ball sails over the fence for a six. |
| 0.0 : Rutherford is down on the ground as soon as he strikes that six. He is being helped by Rovman Powell with some stretches and now, the physio runs out to check him. He has pulled off his hamstring and looks in a bit of discomfort out there. Also, the two umpires converge and have called for the change of ball as this one seems to have lost its seam completely. The fourth umpire is out with a bag of balls. Rutherford is now ready to continue and the ball has been exchanged as well. |
| 13.5 : Rehan Ahmed to Sherfane Rutherford, Some turn on offer now. Darted in around off and turning away, Rutherford rocks back and pats it square through point for a single. |
| 13.6 : Rehan Ahmed to Rovman Powell, SIX! Rovman Powell keeps pulling West Indies ahead in the game. Tossed up, right in the slot and around middle, Powell picks the bones out of that one as he launches it high and mighty over wide long on for a biggie. |
| 0.0 : A gamble from Buttler as he brings Dan Mousley into the attack now. He is 1-0-13-0 so far. |
| 14.1 : Dan Mousley to Sherfane Rutherford, Fired in at the batter, Rutherford heaves it away behind square leg for a single. |
| 14.2 : Dan Mousley to Rovman Powell, Quick and well short over middle, Rovman Powell rocks back and pulls it flat towards deep square leg for one more. |
| 14.3 : Dan Mousley to Sherfane Rutherford, 1 run. |
| 14.4 : Dan Mousley to Rovman Powell, 1 run. |
| 14.5 : Dan Mousley to Sherfane Rutherford, Five singles in a row, smart batting. |
| 14.6 : Dan Mousley to Rovman Powell, Too full at the stumps, Powell flicks the low full toss past square leg to make it six singles in the over. |
| 0.0 : Saqib Mahmood (3-0-20-0) is back for his final over. |
| 15.1 : Saqib Mahmood to Rovman Powell, Short of a good length, over the top of middle, Rovman Powell stands tall and pulls it along the ground to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 15.2 : Saqib Mahmood to Sherfane Rutherford, Back of a length, on the middle and leg, Sherfane Rutherford gets on his toes and punches it to the left of the bowler. |
| 15.3 : Saqib Mahmood to Sherfane Rutherford, Keeps the line of attack on the stumps, does Saqib, on a good length, Sherfane Rutherford nudges it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 15.4 : Saqib Mahmood to Rovman Powell, Nice bowling! Straight and full, on off, Rovman Powell takes a half stride ahead and pushes it gently back to the bowler. |
| 15.5 : Saqib Mahmood to Rovman Powell, Back of a length, over the top of middle, Rovman Powell stays on the back foot and punches it through the vacant mid on region for an easy single. |
| 15.6 : Saqib Mahmood to Sherfane Rutherford, Nice and full, angling on the leg stump, Sherfane Rutherford tilts ahead and flicks it with soft hands to deep mid-wicket for a single. Saqib Mahmood remains wicketless but nonetheless, this is another fantastic spell of bowling from him. Just four runs from his last over. West Indies need 24 off the last 4 overs. |
| 16.1 : John Turner to Sherfane Rutherford, Fires it fuller and on the toes, Sherfane Rutherford flicks it nicely to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 16.2 : John Turner to Rovman Powell, Turner hits the deck hard, around off, Rovman Powell covers the stumps and pats it back to the bowler. |
| 0.0 : Roston Chase is the new batter in. |
| 16.3 : John Turner to Rovman Powell, OUT! LBW! A huge, huge appeal for LBW and up goes the finger this time. Rovman Powell checks his shot and eventually goes for a review to challenge the on-field decision. |
| 16.4 : John Turner to Roston Chase, Almot half-tracker around off, Roston Chase punches it through covers for a single. |
| 16.5 : John Turner to Sherfane Rutherford, Fires it fuller and on the middle and leg, Sherfane Rutherford flicks it along the ground to long on for a single. |
| 16.6 : John Turner to Roston Chase, A crucial dot to end the over. Back of a length, just around off, Roston Chase stands tall and only manages to hit it back to the bowler. Fantastic last couple of overs for England as they keep hanging around. A wicket a just three runs from this one. West Indies need 21 off 18 now. |
| 17.1 : Sam Curran to Sherfane Rutherford, A very important dot delivery to begin with! Sam Curran steams in from over the stumps, lands it full and it deviates away from the deck, outside off, and zips past the outside edge of the batter. |
| 17.2 : Sam Curran to Sherfane Rutherford, IN THE AIR...LANDS SAFE! Sam Curran hits the deck hard, outside off. It skids through and comes off very quickly at the batter. Rutherford is a bit late to execute the pull shot but does go through and ends up slicing it off the willow. It swirls up in the night sky for a long, long time over mid on. Four fielders including Jos Buttler converge to take the catch but it lands with pin-point precision in the no-man's land. A single taken. |
| 17.3 : Sam Curran to Roston Chase, 1 run. |
| 17.4 : Sam Curran to Sherfane Rutherford, 1 run. |
| 17.5 : Sam Curran to Roston Chase, This is good running! Sam Curran switches to around the stumps, delivers a length ball on the off stump. Chase flicks off the inner half of the bat to the left of deep backward square leg for a couple of runs. |
| 17.6 : Sam Curran to Roston Chase, 1 run. |
| 0.0 : Dan Mousley to bowl the crucial penultimate over of the chase. |
| 18.1 : Dan Mousley to Roston Chase, Dan Mousley fires it in, full and on the middle and leg, Roston Chase swings hard and it goes off the inside edge of the bat and runs to the deep fine region. The batters scamper for the second quickly. Good running! |
| 18.2 : Dan Mousley to Roston Chase, 1 run. |
| 0.0 : Halt! The dew is really starting to set in and that ball has picked up a lot of it as well. The umpires decide to change the ball. |
| 18.3 : Dan Mousley to Sherfane Rutherford, 1 run. |
| 18.4 : Dan Mousley to Roston Chase, 1 run. |
| 18.5 : Dan Mousley to Sherfane Rutherford, SIX! That makes things a lot easier for the hosts now! |
| 18.6 : Dan Mousley to Sherfane Rutherford, SIX! RUTHERFORD FINISHES OFF WITH SOME MUSCLE POWER AND WEST INDIES HAVE DONE THE MOST UNTHINKABLE! A juicy full toss from Dan Mousley, on the body, Sherfane Rutherford stays inside the crease, waits for the ball to arrive and smokes it out of the park behind deep mid-wicket for a monstrous six. |
| 0.0 : Pheww! That got much closer than it should have but Sherfane Rutherford has made sure that West Indies do get that consolation win and it is also the highest successful run chase at this venue and a sensational one at that as well. |
| The standout for the Windies was that opening stand of 136 runs as both Shai Hope and Evin Lewis struck the ball with disdain and brought up a couple of fifties as well. However, the highly-rated duo of Nicholas Pooran and Shimron Hetmyer flopped once again and that is a real concern for the hosts. Another positive was the knock skipper Rovman Powell played and he is really starting to handle the pressure in that middle order but he couldn't see them through as it was a shaky Rutherford who |
| England began as well as one could with just 5 runs off the first two overs including a maiden. However, soon enough, their bowlers were treated to a barrage of boundaries with Liam Livingstone bearing the brunt the most as he went for 30 in his first over. Then came the over from Rehan Ahmed that gave England a lifeline as three wickets fell in three consecutive deliveries but they were still up against it. Saqib Mahmood had another fine game but England missed his wickets up top but they st |
| Earlier in the day, Rovman Powell finally won the toss and got his wish of bowling first but things seemed to be going downhill right from the start as Phil Salt and Will Jacks launched an onslaught in the first 5 overs. West Indies did pick up timely wickets to get back into the game but the top order had done its job and then Jacob Bethell made a fine 62 to ensure England got to 200 runs and then some. Alzarri Joseph was the standout bowler for the hosts but Gudakesh Motie too made a f |
| The presentation ceremony... |
| Shai Hope is the PLAYER OF THE MATCH for his stellar knock. Shai Hope says they failed to assess conditions in the previous matches an  says they just tried to understand the situation well this time around and stayed on the top in the powerplay. Mentions that he just tries to do what the team requires at the particular moment. On being asked about his preferential position to bat, he says he is flexible enough to bat at any position his team needs. |
| Jos Buttler, the captain of England says that it was an excellent wicket and they got off to a fine start and needed at least 220 on the board. Adds that the opposition batted really well and they had to make changes to the field positions and force them to do something different. On Jamie Overton, he says that they are just trying to manage his workload and hence he could not bowl today. On Rehan Ahmed, Buttler says that leg-spinners are like gold dust in this format and was happy with how he |
| Rovman Powell, the captain of West Indies says that the guys were more committed in this game. Says they try to play their best combination and also says that they were forced to use only five bowlers in this game. He says that Alzarri Joseph is a spearhead of their bowlers and also states that the others need to reach his standards. Ends by saying that there's still a lot to play for and they just want to play for the people of St Lucia who come out in huge numbers to support them. |
| Right then, we are done with the 4th T20I and West Indies do have a win on the board. But there's still one more game before this tour rounds up. The 5th and final T20I will be played right here in Gros Islet and within 24 hours as well. That game will begin at 8 pm GMT on Sunday, 17 November but you can join us a lot sooner for the build-up. Cheers! |
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