West Indies chase down 219 to beat England by 5 wickets in 4th T20

The West Indies’ assured commencement was shaken erstwhile Lewis, Hope and Nicholas Pooran fell to consecutive balls successful the 10th over. But skipper Roston Chase enactment the innings backmost connected way with 38 from 23 balls and Sherfane Rutherford competed the pursuit with successive sixes and an implicit to spare.

There were 32 sixes successful the match, 16 from each team.

“We had to measure the conditions. That’s 1 happening we struggled with successful the archetypal 3 games successful the powerfulness play,” Hope said. “We’ve been losing immoderate aboriginal wickets truthful the main happening was to effort and recognize what was the champion remedy, to recognize the conditions and travel retired of the powerfulness play connected top.” England already had won the five-match bid aft winning the archetypal 3 matches by 8 wickets, 7 wickets and 3 wickets respectively. Every lucifer successful the bid and successful the previous
three-match one-day bid has been won by the squad winning the toss.

After being sent in, Phil Salt and Jacob Bethell who some person heavy roots successful the Caribbean made swift fractional centuries arsenic England made 218-5 to adjacent the highest first
innings full astatine the Darren Sammy Stadium.

Bethell who was calved and raised successful Barbados made an unbeaten 62 from 32 balls portion Salt who was calved successful Wales but raised successful Barbados made 55 from 35 balls astatine the apical of the order.

Will Jacks (25), Jos Buttler (38) and Sam Curran (24) besides contributed to England’s innings of 218-5.

The West Indies made a speedy commencement successful pursuit of that total. Hope reached his fractional period from 23 balls, the West Indies were 69-0 aft the powerfulness play and their 100 came up successful lone 7.3 overs.

Lewis was much watchful than Hope astatine archetypal but erstwhile helium began to deed retired it was with tremendous power. He reached his fractional period from 26 balls and the longest of his sixes traveled 105 meters.

The period concern betwixt Hope and Lewis came from lone 45 balls and they had looked impregnable until Lewis played an awkward changeable to a shot from Rehan Ahmed which helium skewed to Dan Mousley.

Hope was tally retired adjacent shot for the 2nd clip successful consecutive matches and Pooran was bowled archetypal shot arsenic the West Indies slumped to 136-3.

Powell restored immoderate of the aboriginal momentum with his 38 earlier falling lbw to John Turner successful his T20 debut. The West Indies needed 21 from the the past 3 overs with 5 wickets successful hand, past 15 from two.

After edging towards the people successful singles, Rutherford yet recovered the mediate and blasted consecutive sixes from Mousely to clinch the win.