Shai Hope’s unbeaten 43 guided the West Indies to a tense four-wicket win over England within the remaining T20 worldwide and a 3-2 sequence victory.
England’s innings by no means actually obtained going after they have been inserted to bat after shedding the toss, with gradual left-armer Gudakesh Motie taking career-best T20I figures of 3-24 because the vacationers have been skittled out for 132 with three balls of their 20 overs remaining.
Phil Salt once more led the way in which for England, however even he might solely handle 38 following his match-winning centuries within the third and fourth matches of the sequence which had confirmed pivotal in establishing a decider within the final recreation of the tour.
Spectacular four-over spells from seamer Reece Topley (2-17) and spinner Adil Rashid (2-21) stored England within the hunt through the West Indies’ reply, as did Sam Curran’s beautiful penultimate over, however a six from Hope with 4 balls of the sport left sealed the match and a sequence victory in spectacular fashion.
England stumble batting first
England made an honest begin after being made to bat first, however Rovman Powell’s determination to rotate his bowlers early on yielded an early breakthrough within the fourth over as Buttler’s tried scoop off Jason Holder noticed the England skipper caught by Oshane Thomas at quick advantageous leg for a run-a-ball 11.
Will Jacks adopted him again to the pavilion for simply seven within the following over, being bowled by Akeal Hosein only one ball after placing the primary six of the innings with a hefty shot again down the bottom which evaded the leaping Andre Russell on the boundary.
Opener Salt was decided to steer the rebuilding job for England, but the back-to-back centurion was on his method within the seventh over after smiting 38 from simply 22 balls as he was bowled by an outstanding supply from Gudakesh Motie which spun previous the surface fringe of his bat.
The left-armer accounted for Harry Brook for simply seven two overs later as properly, being top-edged to wicketkeeper Nicholas Pooran, whereas fellow gradual bowler Hosein claimed his second wicket within the fifteenth over after Andre Russell and Powell mixed on the boundary for the latter to make the catch off Moeen Ali, who departed after a brisk 23 from 21 balls.
England’s final 5 wickets fell for simply 22 runs. Livingstone (28) turned Motie’s third scalp of the innings when he airily prodded one again to the bowler within the seventeenth over, after which two wickets in as many balls from seamer Russell put the hosts firmly in cost.
First, he bowled Chris Woakes for seven with an outstanding yorker coming across the wicket to the right-hander after which had Rehan Ahmed on his method for a golden duck with a superb caught and bowled.
Adil Rashid being run out for one on the lookout for a second run and Curran (12) hitting Holder to Sherfane Rutherford within the deep noticed England’s innings come to a detailed within the remaining over, leaving the West Indies chasing 133 for victory.
Bowlers shine, however Hope springs everlasting
Seemingly up in opposition to it of their efforts to grab a sequence win, Topley made a breakthrough for England within the third over of the reply as opener Brandon King skied one as much as Buttler to depart for simply three.
New batter Pooran, who was maybe lucky not develop into one other Topley wicket when he was given not out for a caught behind and England opted to not overview regardless of later TV replays exhibiting they could have had a case, made 10 earlier than being bowled by the Chris Woakes the next over.
The world’s No 1 T20I bowler Rashid obtained in on the act too, placing with the ultimate ball of his first over as Johnson Charles chased a large full toss and slapped it straight to Buttler at mid-off, and picked up a second in his remaining over when Rutherford was caught at additional cowl by Curran for 30.
Topley returned to get dwelling skipper Powell out for simply eight, caught low by Rashid within the seventeenth over after which Curran got here to the fore with an outstanding six balls two overs later which noticed him take away the big-hitting Russell for eight, caught within the deep by Livingstone and go for simply two runs from it.
That left the West Indies needing 9 from the ultimate over, however England’s hopes have been snuffed out when Hope obtained after a wider supply from Woakes and hammered all of it the way in which for six to disclaim Buttler’s facet an unbelievable sequence victory after recovering from 2-0 all the way down to power a decider.
What they mentioned
Participant of the sequence Phil Salt:
“It is disappointing to come out on the wrong end of the series. We took it as deep as we could but Shai [Hope] played a good knock. I think we will be better off for the experiences we have had here.
“I’m having fun with the conversations I’ve had with Jos [Buttler] and studying off him. Worldwide cricket has been a studying curve for me up to now and I’m going to maintain making an attempt to absorb as a lot as I can.”
England captain Jos Buttler:
“The situations have been completely different [to Tuesday], used wicket, and we in all probability did not fairly handle to adapt shortly sufficient. I assumed 160 would have been a very good rating to defend.
“I thought it was a fantastic effort. We needed wickets to win the game and we did well to hang on in as long as we did. If we had had more runs to play with it would have allowed us to put more pressure on the opposition.”
What’s subsequent?
England’s Take a look at group return to motion subsequent month after they head to India for a five-match sequence, beginning with the primary Take a look at in Hyderabad on January 25. The following motion for the white-ball facet is on dwelling soil in Could when Pakistan head to England for a four-match T20I sequence forward of subsequent yr’s World Cup.