| 0.0 : The number 1 ranked T20I side, England have shown their depth and quality in this series despite losing many key players including their charismatic skipper, Eoin Morgan. The games have been high-scoring and the English batting order has piled on big runs quite consistently. Both Tom Banton and Jason Roy have shown glimpses of their firepower but it is once again Moeen Ali who has made the maximum impact. The bowling has been on the expensive side but despite all the carnage around him, Adil |
| West Indies, on the other hand, are finally showing the firepower they have in their kitty after disappointing performances in the recent past. They started the series with a dominating win and since then have seen different players stand up at different junctures for them. Nicholas Pooran is finally showing some consistency that West Indies have been expecting from him for a long time now and Rovman Powell with a scintillating century has reminded everyone of how dangerous he can be. West In |
| ... MATCH DAY ⦠|
| Hello and a warm welcome to the fifth and final T20I of what has been an entertaining T20I series between West Indies and England. The series is levelled at 2-2 and we are all set for the decider. Both teams came into this series with an intention to fine-tune their preparation ahead of the T20 World Cup later this year and a hard-fought series win will surely boost their confidence. |
| TOSS - West Indies have won the toss and they have elected to BAT first. |
| West Indies (Playing XI) - Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Nicholas Pooran (WK), Rovman Powell, Jason Holder, Kieron Pollard (C), Fabian Allen (In for Darren Bravo), Romario Shepherd, Odean Smith (In for Dominic Drakes), Akeal Hosein, Sheldon Cottrell. |
| England (Playing XI) - Jason Roy, Tom Banton, James Vince, Moeen Ali (C), Liam Livingstone, Sam Billings (WK), Philip Salt, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood (In for Tymal Mills), Reece Topley. |
| Kieron Pollard, the skipper of West Indies, says that they will bat first. He adds that runs on the board in the final is crucial and they have made two changes to their side. |
| Moeen Ali, the skipper of England, says that they would have bowled first anyways. Tells that they are happy chasing and says generally they chase well in T20 cricket. Mentions that they can take a lot of confidence from the last game. Informs that they have made one change to their side. |
| PITCH REPORT - Mark Butcher says that the short boundary is on the eastern side. He adds that there is nice sheen on this pitch. It looks a little drier but also has some grass on it and might grip a little. He informs that the pitch is still good to bat on and there will be runs on it. |
| 0.1 : Reece Topley to Brandon King, Ohh..some swing for Reece Topley! A full delivery on middle and leg. King looks to flick it but misses. The ball hits his pads. |
| 0.2 : Reece Topley to Brandon King, Fuller again on middle and shaping in. King drives it to mid-wicket. |
| 0.0 : We are set for the decider to begin! The players of England make their way out to the middle. Brandon King and Kyle Mayers to open the batting for West Indies. Reece Topley will start proceedings with the ball. Here we go... |
| 0.3 : Reece Topley to Brandon King, Pulls his length back a little and bowls this on off. King blocks it out this time. |
| 0.4 : Reece Topley to Brandon King, Back of a length, on off. King slaps it back to the bowler. The ball hits Reece Topley's leg and deflects towards the off side for a single. West Indies and King are underway. |
| 0.5 : Reece Topley to Kyle Mayers, On the pads now. Mayers look to clip it but misses. The ball hits his pads and goes towards fine leg. A leg bye taken. |
| 0.6 : Reece Topley to Brandon King, A fuller delivery on off. King drives it wide of mid off for a single. Three runs from the first over. |
| 1.1 : Saqib Mahmood to Brandon King, SIX! Good shot! First maximum of the decider! A length ball, on off. King just lifts this through the line and it goes over long on for a biggie. Poor start from Saqib Mahmood. |
| 0.6 : Who will bowl from the opposite end? Saqib Mahmood it is. |
| 1.2 : Saqib Mahmood to Brandon King, Back of a length, around leg. King pulls it to short fine leg for a single. |
| 1.3 : Saqib Mahmood to Kyle Mayers, Back of a length, on middle. Mayers pulls it over mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 1.4 : Saqib Mahmood to Kyle Mayers, SIX! Mayers joins the party now! Back of a length, around middle. Mayers just pulls it over deep square leg for a biggie. Saqib Mahmood under pressure straightaway! |
| 1.5 : Saqib Mahmood to Kyle Mayers, Saqib Mahmood goes back of a length again, around middle. Mayers looks to work it towards the leg side but misses and the ball hits his thigh pad. |
| 1.6 : Saqib Mahmood to Kyle Mayers, FOUR! 19 runs from the over! Back of a length, on middle. Too easy for Mayers. He pulls this hard again towards deep square leg for a boundary. Good timing. |
| 2.1 : Reece Topley to Brandon King, FOUR! Superb shot! Back of a length, around off. King rides the bounce and punches it through cover-point for a boundary. |
| 2.2 : Reece Topley to Brandon King, Fuller on middle. King clips it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 2.3 : Reece Topley to Kyle Mayers, On a length, on middle. Mayers just works it towards the leg side for a single. |
| 2.4 : Reece Topley to Brandon King, A full delivery on off at 137 kph. King drives it to mid off for a single. |
| 2.5 : Reece Topley to Kyle Mayers, A length delivery on middle. Mayers works it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 2.6 : Reece Topley to Brandon King, Back of a length, on off. King defends it with soft hands towards the off side and takes another single. This is good batting. They are rotating the strike quite well. |
| Moeen Ali brings himself into the attack. |
| 3.1 : Moeen Ali to Brandon King, Flatter ball, around off and shorter in length. King looks to cut but misses. |
| 3.2 : Moeen Ali to Brandon King, A missed stumping opportunity here! Slower in the air on middle and turning in. King goes down the track and looks to work it away but misses. Billings behind the stumps, fails to collect it and knocks the stumps only with his hands. |
| 3.3 : Moeen Ali to Brandon King, A flatter delivery on off. King pushes it to covers. |
| 3.4 : Moeen Ali to Brandon King, Shorter in length, on off. King pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 3.5 : Moeen Ali to Kyle Mayers, Leg bye! Flatter ball, around leg. Kyle Mayers misses his flick and gets hit on his pad. The ball rolls towards short fine leg for a leg bye. |
| 3.6 : Moeen Ali to Brandon King, Dot to end the over! A fuller delivery on middle. King sweeps it to short fine leg and Rashid there is quick to collect it and throw it back to the keeper. |
| Chris Jordan comes to bowl now. |
| 4.1 : Chris Jordan to Kyle Mayers, FOUR! Mayers is punishing the short deliveries! Jordan drags this down on off. Mayers is ready on the back foot and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 4.2 : Chris Jordan to Kyle Mayers, A length ball, on off. Mayers defends this solidly now. |
| 4.3 : Chris Jordan to Kyle Mayers, SIX! A pick-up shot! Slightly shorter around leg. Mayers just helps it on its way and plays the 'Natraj shot' yet again and hits it over backward square leg for a maximum. |
| 4.4 : Chris Jordan to Kyle Mayers, A fuller delivery on middle now. Mayers flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 4.5 : Chris Jordan to Kyle Mayers, Short and wide outside off at 134 kph. Mayers cuts it hard towards deep cover for a single. |
| 4.6 : Chris Jordan to Brandon King, A slower delivery to end the over at 118 kph. A length ball on middle. King works it behind square on the leg side for a single. |
| 5.1 : Moeen Ali to Brandon King, SIX! BANG! Tossed up, in the slot, around off. Brandon King gets down on his knee and smacks it way over the long on region for a maximum. |
| 5.2 : Moeen Ali to Brandon King, Flatter ball, turning in from off, on a length. Brandon King tucks it to the leg side for a run. |
| 5.3 : Moeen Ali to Kyle Mayers, Flatter ball, on a length, just outside off and spinning away from the batter. Kyle Mayers stays back and keeps it out. |
| 5.4 : Moeen Ali to Kyle Mayers, On a length, angling in with the arm from middle. Kyle Mayers nudges it to the fielder at mid-wicket. |
| 5.5 : Moeen Ali to Kyle Mayers, FOUR! CUT AWAY! Slightly shorter in length, on off. Kyle Mayers rocks back and cuts it hard past the point fielder to bag a boundary. |
| 5.6 : Moeen Ali to Kyle Mayers, Drifting onto the pads, Kyle Mayers glances it towards the man at short fine leg. No run there. West Indies are 58/0 at the end of the Powerplay. |
| 6.1 : Adil Rashid to Brandon King, Tossed up, on a length, outside off. Brandon King looks for a drive but he misses. |
| 0.0 : Adil Rashid is into the attack now. Can he provide the breakthrough? |
| 6.2 : Adil Rashid to Brandon King, Flatter ball, around leg. Brandon King nudges it to the leg side for a single. |
| 6.3 : Adil Rashid to Kyle Mayers, A googly, on a length, around middle and spinning away from the batter. Kyle Mayers defends it out. |
| 6.4 : Adil Rashid to Kyle Mayers, OUT! CAUGHT! Wow! Brilliant tag-team work to take a stunner! England get their first wicket! This was a quicker ball, on a length, around middle. Kyle Mayers hangs back and looks to pull it over the deep mid-wicket region but he mistimes it high in the air towards Jason Roy at deep mid-wicket. Roy takes the catch but he realizes that his momentum is taking him over the ropes. He parries the ball to Philip Salt who comes running in from long on and he takes it |
| Romario Shepherd walks in at number 3. |
| 6.5 : Adil Rashid to Brandon King, Shorter and turning away from middle. King works it towards long on for a single. |
| 6.6 : Adil Rashid to Romario Shepherd, Googly this time! A flatter delivery and turning into Romario Shepherd sharply. Romario Shepherd looks to work it towards the leg side but misses. The ball hits high on his pads. |
| 7.1 : Liam Livingstone to Brandon King, A full delivery on off. King drives it to long off for a single. |
| 7.2 : Liam Livingstone to Romario Shepherd, SIX! BOOM! A juicy full toss, on middle. Romario Shepherd smokes it over the long on region for a maximum. |
| 7.3 : Liam Livingstone to Romario Shepherd, A quicker ball, darted on the pads. Romario Shepherd looks to sweep but he misses and gets hit on his pads. |
| 7.4 : Liam Livingstone to Romario Shepherd, Tossed up, around leg and spinning away from the batter. Romario Shepherd backs away and looks to slog but he misses. |
| 7.5 : Nicholas Pooran is the next man in. |
| Liam Livingstone to Romario Shepherd, OUT! TAKEN! Two wickets in quick succession for England! Livingstone tosses this one up, around off. Romario Shepherd stays back and looks for a slog but the ball spins sharply and it goes off the thick outside edge towards Saqib Mahmood at short third man who takes a simple catch. |
| 7.6 : Liam Livingstone to Nicholas Pooran, WIDE! This time Liam Livingstone drifts down the leg side. Pooran looks to sweep it but misses. Wide called. |
| Liam Livingstone to Nicholas Pooran, Fuller in length, around leg. Nicholas Pooran clips it to deep mid-wicket and takes a single to get off the mark. |
| 8.1 : Adil Rashid to Nicholas Pooran, SIX! WHACKED! Tossed up, fuller in length, on off. Nicholas Pooran gets down on his knee and sends it sailing way over long on for a biggie. |
| 8.2 : Adil Rashid to Nicholas Pooran, A googly, on a length, around leg and spinning away. Nicholas Pooran taps it to the leg side and takes off for a quick run. |
| 8.3 : Adil Rashid to Brandon King, Flatter ball, drifting onto the pads. Brandon King nudges it to the leg side and settles for a single this time. |
| 8.4 : Adil Rashid to Nicholas Pooran, Shorter in length, outside off. Nicholas Pooran rocks back and cuts it towards deep cover for a run. |
| 8.5 : Adil Rashid to Brandon King, A stifled appeal for LBW but the umpire says no! A googly, fuller in length, spinning in sharply. Brandon King looks to play aross the line and he misses to get hit on his pad. That would have easily gone down leg. |
| 8.6 : Adil Rashid to Brandon King, On a length, around middle. Brandon King pushes it back to the bowler. A dot to end the over. |
| 9.1 : Moeen Ali to Nicholas Pooran, Flatter ball, coming on with the arm, from middle. Nicholas Pooran tucks it to the leg side for a single. |
| 9.2 : Moeen Ali to Brandon King, FOUR! TOP SHOT! Just a tad short, around off. Brandon King is quick enough to get back in his crease and pull it in front of square to collect a boundary. Excellent placement from King! He made sure that he hits it wide of the long on fielder. |
| 9.3 : Moeen Ali to Brandon King, Wide! Floated on a length, around middle and turning down leg. Brandon King misses his flick and the umpire calls it as a wide. |
| Moeen Ali to Brandon King, Tossed up, outside off. Brandon King drives hard but straight to the fielder at cover. |
| 9.4 : Moeen Ali to Brandon King, Flighted delivery, fuller and on off. Brandon King prods and keeps it out. |
| 9.5 : Moeen Ali to Brandon King, An overpitched ball, on off. Brandon King jams it out to the off side and hands the strike back to Pooran. |
| 9.6 : Moeen Ali to Nicholas Pooran, Flatter ball, around middle and leg. Nicholas Pooran stays back and turns it to the leg side for a single. |
| 10.1 : Liam Livingstone to Nicholas Pooran, Shorter in length, outside off. Pooran backs away and cuts it to covers. |
| 10.2 : Liam Livingstone to Nicholas Pooran, Shorter again around off. Pooran cuts it to deep point for a couple. |
| 10.3 : Liam Livingstone to Nicholas Pooran, Darted on middle this time. Pooran works it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0.0 : Drinks! West Indies are moving along nicely here despite losing two wickets. The pitch looks a belter and West Indies will be eyeing a score over 200 here. England, on the other hand, need to chip in with wickets to restrict the scoring and so far the spinners have bowled quite well for them. Liam Livingstone comes back to bowl. |
| 10.4 : Liam Livingstone to Brandon King, OUT! TAKEN! Brandon King departs now and the spinners are doing the trick here for England. Shorter length delivery, outside off and it is a nothing ball really. King looks to pull but miscues it. The ball goes high in the air towards long on and Chris Jordan there takes a good catch. So wickets are falling and England would hope that the trend continues. Nicholas Pooran is key here for West Indies going ahead. |
| Kieron Pollard walks out to bat. |
| 10.5 : Liam Livingstone to Kieron Pollard, On the pads. Pollard works it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 10.6 : Liam Livingstone to Nicholas Pooran, Darted on the pads again. Pooran skips down the track and looks to work it towards the leg side. He misses and gets hit on the pads. A leg bye taken towards the leg side. |
| 11.1 : Adil Rashid to Nicholas Pooran, Fuller on middle. Pooran works it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 0.0 : Adil Rashid (2-0-11-1)Â comes back to bowl. |
| 11.2 : Adil Rashid to Kieron Pollard, Shorter and quicker around leg. Pollard looks to pull but misses. The ball hits his pads. |
| 11.3 : Adil Rashid to Kieron Pollard, On the pads now. Pollard works it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 11.4 : Adil Rashid to Nicholas Pooran, Fuller on middle. Pooran pushes it to long on for a single. |
| 11.5 : Adil Rashid to Kieron Pollard, Fuller on middle. Pollard works it to deep mid-wicket for a single. Runs coming only in singles at the moment for West Indies. |
| 11.6 : Adil Rashid to Nicholas Pooran, This is pushed quicker on off. Pooran drives it to covers now. |
| 12.1 : Chris Jordan to Kieron Pollard, On a length, on middle. Pollard works it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 12.2 : Chris Jordan to Nicholas Pooran, A length ball, outside off. Pooran steers it to short third man now. |
| 12.3 : Chris Jordan to Nicholas Pooran, A fuller delivery on middle. Pooran eases it down to long on for a single. |
| 12.4 : Chris Jordan to Kieron Pollard, Just a single again! A fuller delivery on middle. Pollard flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 12.5 : Chris Jordan to Nicholas Pooran, A dot ball now! On a length, outside off. Pooran looks to cut but misses. This is a good over so far by Jordan. Can he end it well? |
| 12.6 : Chris Jordan to Nicholas Pooran, Yes, he does! A full delivery on middle at 140 kph. Pooran flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 13.1 : Liam Livingstone to Nicholas Pooran, Quicker and fuller outside off. Pooran looks to drive but misses. |
| 13.2 : Liam Livingstone to Nicholas Pooran, WIDE! Full and down the leg side now. Pooran looks to sweep it but misses. |
| Liam Livingstone to Nicholas Pooran, Shorter and around off. Pooran cuts it to point now. |
| 13.3 : Liam Livingstone to Nicholas Pooran, Shorter and flatter outside off. Pooran slaps it to deep extra-cover for a single. |
| 13.4 : Liam Livingstone to Kieron Pollard, A leg-spinner this time. He bowls this on off and the ball turns away to beat Pollard as he looks to go inside-out over covers. Terrific bowling! |
| 13.5 : Liam Livingstone to Kieron Pollard, Pushed quicker on middle. Pollard pushes it to long on for a single. |
| 13.6 : Liam Livingstone to Nicholas Pooran, A fuller delivery on off. Pooran plays it towards deep point for a single. This is an excellent passage of play for England. |
| 14.1 : Adil Rashid to Nicholas Pooran, Nicely tossed up, outside off. It is a googly. Pooran goes for a big slog-sweep but misses. |
| 14.2 : Adil Rashid to Nicholas Pooran, On the pads now. Pooran works it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 14.3 : Adil Rashid to Kieron Pollard, Shorter and around middle. Pollard pulls it to short fine leg for a single. The pressure is building up on the batters. |
| 14.4 : Adil Rashid to Nicholas Pooran, OUT! BOWLED! Nicholas Pooran departs. Boundaries were not coming and Pooran perishes in a bid to find one. A nicely tossed up delivery on middle and it is agoogly again. Pooran makes room and goes on his knee and looks to go big downtown but misses completly. The ball shatters the stumps and Nicholas Pooran has to walk back. A big wicket in the context of this game. |
| Rovman Powell is the new man in at number 6. |
| 14.5 : Adil Rashid to Rovman Powell, Almost another one! A shorter length delivery around middle. Powell looks to work it towards the leg side but gets a leading edge and the ball falls just short of Rashid. |
| 14.6 : Adil Rashid to Rovman Powell, Tentative from Rovman Powell! A full toss on off. Powell looks to work it away but gets the inside edge onto his pads. The ball was there to hit but Rovman Powell was in mood to just play it cautiously. |
| 15.1 : Saqib Mahmood to Kieron Pollard, Wide! Mahmood starts with a wayward ball, down leg. Kieron Pollard misses his flick and the umpire calls it as a wide. |
| Saqib Mahmood to Kieron Pollard, Back of a length, outside off. Kieron Pollard cuts it towards deep cover for a couple of runs. |
| 15.2 : Saqib Mahmood to Kieron Pollard, A yorker, outside off. Kieron Pollard digs it out towards point and takes off for a run. |
| 15.3 : Saqib Mahmood to Rovman Powell, Another full ball, around off. Rovman Powell squeezes it out back to the bowler who fumbles and concedes a single. |
| 15.4 : Saqib Mahmood to Kieron Pollard, A length ball, around off. Kieron Pollard flicks it towards deep mid-wicket for a run. |
| 15.5 : Saqib Mahmood to Rovman Powell, No ball! Oh, dear! That must have surely slipped off his hands! A beamer, around middle. Rovman Powell ducks underneath and the umpire signals a no ball for the height. Free Hit to follow. |
| Saqib Mahmood to Rovman Powell, Great comeback from Mahmood! A yorker, outside off. Rovman Powell offers no shot to that one. |
| 15.6 : Saqib Mahmood to Rovman Powell, Full ball, around off. Rovman Powell drills it straight down the ground towards long off and takes a single. |
| Reece Topley (2-0-11-0)Â is brought back into the attack now. |
| 16.1 : Reece Topley to Rovman Powell, A slower ball, on a length, around off. Rovman Powell backs away and pulls it without any timing towards wide long on for a couple of runs. |
| 16.2 : Reece Topley to Rovman Powell, SIX! That sounded really good! A slower ball, into the wicket, around off. Rovman Powell waits for the ball to arrive and then slashes it hard over the deep mid-wicket region for a biggie. West Indies need more of these! |
| 16.3 : Reece Topley to Rovman Powell, Fuller in length, around off. Rovman Powell drills it down to long off for a run. |
| 16.4 : Reece Topley to Kieron Pollard, FOUR! A welcome boundary for Kieron Pollard! A full ball, around middle. Pollard heaves it behind square on the leg side and the ball races away to the fence. |
| 16.5 : Reece Topley to Kieron Pollard, On a length, around middle. Kieron Pollard tucks it to the leg side and settles for a run. |
| 16.6 : Reece Topley to Rovman Powell, FOUR! STREAKY! Topley serves a yorker, around leg. Rovman Powell is quick to get his bat down in time to block it. It goes off the outside edge past the diving keeper and into the fence. Good over for the hosts! |
| 17.1 : Chris Jordan to Kieron Pollard, A full ball, outside off. Kieron Pollard reaches out and strokes it towards long off for a single. |
| 0.0 : Chris Jordan (2-0-18-0)Â is back into the attack. |
| 17.2 : Chris Jordan to Rovman Powell, Well bowled! Into the blockhole, around middle. Rovman Powell squeezes it out towards long on for only a single. |
| 17.3 : Chris Jordan to Kieron Pollard, Another full ball, around middle. Kieron Pollard drills it towards long on and hands the strike back to Rovman Powell. |
| 17.4 : Chris Jordan to Rovman Powell, SIX! WOW! What a clean strike! This is another full ball, on off. Rovman Powell gets low and just whacks it over the deep mid-wicket fence for a maximum. A flat six from Powell! |
| 17.5 : Chris Jordan to Rovman Powell, SIX! SMASHED! Jordan goes for a yorker but ends up bowling a half-volley, around off. Rovman Powell gets low and goes over long off to collect another maximum. Brute force from Powell! |
| 17.6 : Chris Jordan to Rovman Powell, Nails his yorker this time! A pinpoint yorker, around off. Powell digs it out watchfully. A dot to end the over. |
| 18.1 : Reece Topley to Kieron Pollard, SIX! Pollard joins the party now! A full ball, around middle. Pollard hangs back and whacks it over deep mid-wicket region for a biggie. Great start to the over for West Indies! |
| 18.2 : Reece Topley to Kieron Pollard, Good running! Full ball, outside off. Kieron Pollard drags it wide of long off and comes back for the second run. |
| 18.3 : Reece Topley to Kieron Pollard, Into the blockhole, around leg. Pollard digs it out to the leg side and scampers through for the second run. |
| 18.4 : Reece Topley to Kieron Pollard, Good-length ball, around middle. Kieron Pollard miscues his pull towards deep square leg. He comes back for the second run yet again. Good intent shown by these two batters. |
| 18.5 : Reece Topley to Kieron Pollard, A full toss, around middle. just below the waist. Kieron Pollard works it towards deep mid-wicket for a run. |
| 18.6 : Reece Topley to Rovman Powell, Wide! A full ball, way down leg. Rovman Powell misses his flick and the umpire calls it as a wide. |
| Reece Topley to Rovman Powell, Top delivery to end the over from Topley! He serves a yorker, around leg. Rovman Powell looks to play the helicopter shot but he fails to do so and the ball hits him low on his pad. |
| 19.1 : Chris Jordan to Kieron Pollard, SIX! In the arc, and it goes out of the park! Full ball, around off. Kieron Pollard clears his front leg and goes over long off to fetch himself a maximum. |
| 19.2 : Chris Jordan to Kieron Pollard, Full-length delivery, outside off. Kieron Pollard drills it towards long off and manages only a run. |
| 19.3 : Chris Jordan to Rovman Powell, SIX! WOW! This is serious shot from Powell! What an innings he is playing here for West Indies! This was a full ball, around off. Powell clears his front leg and whips it nonchalantly over the deep mid-wicket fence for a biggie. |
| 19.4 : Chris Jordan to Rovman Powell, TWO WIDES! A full ball, down leg. Rovman Powell misses his whip on the leg side and Sam Billings behind the sticks does well to grab it by diving to his left. The batters sneak in a bye though. |
| Chris Jordan to Kieron Pollard, Full ball, around middle. Kieron Pollard drags it wide of long on and comes back for the second run. |
| 19.5 : Chris Jordan to Kieron Pollard, Another full ball, outside off. Kieron Pollard drills it straight to the fielder at long off. A single taken. |
| 19.6 : Adil Rashid is up for a quick chat. He says that it was a pretty good performance with the ball from them. Tells that they have a good batting lineup and they are confident of chasing it down as it is a small ground and the pitch is good to bat on. Mentions that he is lucky that things went his way in this game. |
| Right then! England need 180 to clinch this series. The bowlers have done a good job and it is upto their batters now to take them home. Can West Indies defend this one? Stay tuned to find out. |
| ...THE RUN CHASE⦠|
| Chris Jordan to Rovman Powell, A full ball, around off. Rovman Powell looks to slog but it goes off the inside half of the blade towards square leg for a run. West Indies finish with 179/4. |
| England have done well to restrict West Indies to 179 here. The pitch looks good and West Indies will be disappointed with the way they batted in the middle overs. There was some turn for English spinners and West Indies spinners would look to exploit it. Overall, England will go back as the happier side. |
| England bowling was all about their spinners. All three of them were simply brilliant but Rashid was the stand-out performer yet again. He provided the first breakthrough when things were drifting away from England and then came back to dismiss the dangerous Nicholas Pooran. England pacers leaked some runs in the end but overall it has been a decent performance by the English bowlers. |
| This was the same pitch where Rovman Powell scored that scintillating century a couple of games back and the stage was set for another big total. West Indies openers started with a bang and the hosts got off to a flier in the Powerplay. However, things changed drastically in the middle overs as West Indies lost some wickets and Pooran and Pollard failed to get going against spinners. West Indies had such a strong and long batting lineup and they did manage to find boundaries at the death. A |
|  We are back for the chase! England's reply will determine the result of the series. West Indies players are out there in the middle. Jason Roy and Tom Banton are the openers for England. |
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