England vs West Indies: England defeated the West Indies 2-2 in the T20I series to win two out of three matches. Phil Salt, the opener, once again starred in the fourth game played in Trinidad on Tuesday, smashing his second consecutive T20I century at 119 off 57 balls in a convincing 75-run victory. England also scored 267 for three when they batted first, which is the second-highest total by a full squad in T20Is.
Captain Jos Buttler and Salt wrecked havoc on bowlers all over the pitch after losing the toss and being forced to bat first. Both players shared a century-plus partnership for the second game in a row, with Buttler returning to form with a fifty (55 off 29 balls).
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Thanks to the efforts of Will Jacks and Liam Livingstone, who finished with 24 (9) and 54 (21), respectively, England earned their highest-ever total in this format. After hitting an amazing amount of balls, including seven fours and 10 sixes, Salt scored 119.
Prior to the start of the 17th season, all 10 IPL franchises had stated that they had no interest in picking him as of March 22 of the following year, which corresponded with his knock.
Jason Holder and Gudakesh Motie both conceded 55 in their four over stints for the West Indies, while Sherfane Rutherford finished at 23 for his one over.
Rookie Matthew Forde was expensive; he was scoring eighteen runs every over.
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The opening ball saw the home team lose Brandon King before Nicholas Pooran and Kyle Mayers scored 32 runs in the next ten balls. Mayers’ departure was short-lived, as Shai Hope and Pooran took two more West Indies wickets in the powerplay.
Rutherford scared England with his amazing stroke play, hitting 36 off just 15 balls, including two sixes and five fours. When Rovman Powell was bowled out for four balls, Rutherford was out, and Holder returned to the pavilion with the next delivery.
Dangerous Andre Russell went on a rampage and hit a fifty (51 from 25 balls). They lost by 75 runs and were all out at 192 after he struck five sixes, thus he was unable to get his team close to the winning run.
On Thursday, December 21, the fifth and final Twenty20 International will take place at the same venue.
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