England secured a wicket-less collection victory over West Indies within the third T20 Worldwide in St Lucia, giving them a 3-0 lead with two matches remaining.
England bumped into hassle twice whereas chasing a seemingly modest goal of 146, posting 37-3 within the six powerplay overs after which 75-4 within the eleventh over.
However Sam Curran’s 41 and Liam Livingstone’s 39 – Nicholas Pooran was overwhelmed twice for six and eight (Nicholas Pooran) was bowled after which struck by Shimron Hetmyer within the twenty first over – they usually proved to be essential in taking England over the road.
West Indies wicketkeeper Nicholas Pooran bowled Liam Livingstone twice early within the match
Earlier, Saqib Mahmood (3-17) took three extra wickets within the opening powerplay after Jos Buttler claimed his third consecutive toss win wickets, taking his rating within the collection to 9 – eight of which got here throughout some devastating opening spells.
That, coupled with some reckless batting from the West Indies prime order, definitely did not assist the hosts’ trigger as they trailed 37-5, however an enterprising half-century from captain Rovman Powell helped Saved the sport.
Shai Hope (4) was bowled cleanly by Jacob Bethell within the opening over, with Jofra Archer (1-25) Pooran (7) was bowled whereas Roston Chase (7) picked off the wicket of Mahmood at slip – Evin Lewis (3) and Hetmyer (2) have been each soft-fired.
Powell fought again, hitting 4 sixes and three boundaries for 54 off 41 deliveries, to attain an important 73 runs (30 off 28 balls) with Romario Shepherd .
Jamie Overton (3-20) ended the partnership by taking two wickets in a match, with Shepherd off Gurdakshi Mooti (Gudakesh Motie) scored three geese earlier than getting out. The lanky England all-rounder then added the essential scalp of Powell in his subsequent over.
Alzarri Joseph (21 off 19), again within the West Indies squad after serving a two-game suspension, helped spark a late boundary surge however their complete of 145-8 regarded decrease than Par till England bought off to a shaky begin with a reply.
Phil Salt, Jos Buttler and Bethell every performed 4 video games, with Akeal Hosein (4-22) in Having eradicated two winners from the touring facet within the first two T20 matches, Bethell then bowled out Alzarri (1-37).
Sam Curran hit 3 fours and a six in 26-ball 41 to guide England to series-clinching victory
Curran, who averaged 43 with the bat within the earlier ODI collection, made one other worthwhile contribution with the bat, whereas Will Jacks (32) additionally helped regular the ship Ships – though the opener will blame themselves for not delivering on one other respectable begin to the collection.
Terrence Hinds (1-30) dismissed Curran to take his first worldwide wicket, whereas Dan Mousley (8) got here and went cheaply to briefly get England in hassle once more Chaos descended and though Hussain finally added Livingstone late on, early errors proved pricey because the guests slowly crossed the road to take the collection.
Butler praises staff’s effort after collection win
England captain Jos Buttler:
“Successful this collection has been a collective effort and it is unbelievable. We have set the tone properly with the ball – particularly Saqib and Jofra, who took wickets early wicket, placing stress on West Indies.
“I feel we’re in a extremely robust place. There’s clearly some guys that are not right here so there’s quite a lot of competitors for locations and it is nice to see the expansion of the gamers right here.
“I assumed Sam Curran batted very well right now, was very mature and scored very well. Completely different gamers put their fingers up which was nice.”
Powell: Windies not sensible sufficient
West Indies captain Rolphman Powell:
“We stored shedding wickets within the powerplay, shedding wickets in clusters. It is disappointing. It did not go away right now.
“I feel it is our pure selves. We’re hitters and we’ll be aggressive, however we lack the smarts.
“The execution of the ball was proper towards good English batsmen. We now have to catch extra balls and preserve getting higher as people.”
