ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Opener Brandon King lashed a Man-of-the-Match unbeaten half-century whereas captain Rovman Powell added one other, as West Indies brushed apart England by ten runs to take a 2-0 lead within the five-match sequence right here Thursday.
Spiraling at 54 for 4 within the ninth over after being despatched in on the Nationwide Cricket Stadium, West Indies rallied to 176 for seven off their 20 overs, the right-handed King top-scoring with 82 not out off 52 deliveries and Powell clobbering exactly 50 off 28 balls.
In reply, England by no means actually discovered their stride regardless of Sam Curran’s 50 off 32 balls and ended on 166 for seven, the run chase stymied by quick bowler Alzarri Joseph’s spell of three for 39 and left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein’s two for twenty-four.
Left-arm spinner Guadkesh Motie, in solely his second T20 Worldwide and first in two years, additionally pissed off England in an excellent four-over spell that yielded solely 9 runs.
The victory marked West Indies’ third T20I victory on the trot and seventh in ten matches this 12 months.
Nonetheless recent from Tuesday’s four-wicket win within the opener in Barbados final Tuesday, West Indies began nicely earlier than struggling a fast collapse, shedding 4 wickets for 11 runs in 16 deliveries.
King, who punched eight fours and 5 sixes, placed on 43 off 34 balls for the primary wicket with left-hander Kyle Mayers (17) as West Indies flourished within the power-play.
However the slide started when Mayers miss-timed seamer Chris Woakes to cowl within the sixth over and continued when left-hander Nicholas Pooran skied leg-spinner Adil Rashid (2-11) to long-on within the subsequent over for 5.
Shai Hope was deceived by a Rehan Ahmed googly and bowled for one within the eighth over, and Shimron Hetmyer lasted 5 balls for his two earlier than edging Rashid to slide within the subsequent over.
King remained unflappable, nonetheless, placing on a document 80 for the fifth wicket with Powell and an additional 42 for the sixth wicket with Andre Russell (14) because the hosts gathered 108 runs from the final 9 overs.
King reached his eighth T20 Worldwide off 33 balls within the thirteenth over by clearing the ropes at extensive long-on with Rehan, whereas Powell blasted three fours and 5 sixes in racing to a 27-ball fifty – the fifth of his profession.
Powell had single-handedly taken 28 from the seventeenth over bowled by left-arm pacer Curran when he perished to the ultimate supply, holing out to long-on, leaving King to take the innings to its finish.
“I used to be the one who acquired the beginning within the power-play [and] it was tough for brand new batters to return, particularly when the spinners had been bowling,” King stated afterward.
“Provided that I acquired the beginning, I simply tried to take it as deep as potential.”
West Indies struck early, Hosein claiming the prized wicket of Jos Buttler for 2 with the rating on 9, the England captain choosing out Mayers at cowl within the third over.
Opener Phil Salt (25) and Will Jacks (24) stabilized the innings in a 46-run, second-wicket partnership earlier than Joseph accounted for each to catches within the deep, leaving the innings meandering at 65 for 3 within the tenth over.
Promoted to 4 within the order, Curran counter-attacked with 4 fours and three sixes in posting 32 for the fourth wicket with Liam Livingstone (17) and 26 for the sixth with Moeen (22 not out).
When Curran offered Joseph together with his third wicket firstly of the 18th over, England required 43 runs from 17 balls. Nonetheless, seamer Jason Holder despatched down an excellent penultimate, which value solely three runs to damage the guests’ probabilities.
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