Phil Salt smashed his third T20I century as England hammered West Indies by eight wickets within the 1st T20I at Kensington Oval on Saturday. With England chasing 183 to win, Salt smashed 103 not out (54) with the assistance of 9 fours and 6 sixes to information the vacationers house with 19 balls to spare. By doing so, Salt registered an enormous T20I document. He’s now the primary batter to attain three centuries in opposition to the identical opposition within the format. Final 12 months, Salt had scored centurires in back-to-back video games in opposition to the Windies.
Recapping the match, Jos Buttler received the toss and elected to bowl first. Batting first, the Rovaman Powell-led facet scored 182/9 in 20 overs with knocks from Nicholas Pooran (38 runs off 29 balls with two fours and three sixes), Romario Shepherd (35* runs from 22 balls with three fours and two sixes), Gudakesh Motie (33 runs in 14 balls with 4 boundaries and two sixes) and Andre Russell (30 runs off 17 balls with 4 sixes).
For England, the choose of the bowler was right-arm seamer, Saqib Mahmood who snapped 4 wickets in his spell of 4 overs the place he conceded 34 runs. Three wickets had been grabbed by leg spinner Adil Rashid in his 4 overs the place he gave away 32 runs. One wicket every was bagged by Jamie Overton and Liam Livingston of their respective spells.
Chasing a complete of 183 runs, Openers Salt and Will Jacks got here out within the center for the guests.
Each batters began off their innings with constructive intent and attacked the opponent bowlers. Each the gamers accomplished their 50-run partnership on the final ball of the fourth over as Salt smashed a boundary on the bowling of right-arm seamer Shamar Joseph.
Within the sixth over, Salt accomplished his fifty in simply 25 balls because the batter smacked a most on left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie’s ball.
In the identical over, England misplaced their first wicket on the rating of 73 as Jacks was despatched again to the pavilion after scoring simply 17 runs from 10 balls with the assistance of two sixes.
The Three Lions skipper Jos Buttler was the subsequent one to fall who went again to the dressing room on the primary ball he confronted on his comeback.
Following Buttler’s departure, debutant Jacob Bethell got here out within the center to bat together with Salt.
The Jos Buttler-led facet accomplished the 100-run mark within the tenth over of the innings.
Within the thirteenth over, Salt and Bethell accomplished their 50-run partnership because the latter hit a boundary on the fourth ball of the over.
Within the fifteenth over, the English facet touched the 150-run mark. Within the subsequent over, Bethell accomplished his half-century.
Salt and Bethell accomplished their 100-run partnership on the primary ball of the seventeenth over. This was the identical ball on which Salt accomplished his century.
England went on to with the match with 3.5 overs remaining within the innings. Each the gamers constructed an unbeaten partnership 107 runs in 61 balls.
(With ANI Inputs)
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