Andre Russell took three wickets and produced an unbeaten partnership with captain Rovman Powell to the lead the West Indies to a four-wicket victory over England within the series-opening T20 in Bridgetown.
Phil Salt (40) bought England off to a flying begin after sharing a 77-run partnership with Jos Buttler (39) contained in the opening six overs, having misplaced the toss and being despatched to bat first, just for the West Indies to hit again and bowl the guests out for 171 inside 19.3 overs.
Rehan Ahmed (3-39) took two wickets in successive balls to go away West Indies struggling at 123-6 in reply, following a brief climate delay, with Adil Rashid (2-14) additionally impressing as he marked his a centesimal T20I look by changing into the primary England males’s participant to succeed in 100 T20I wickets.
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Adil Rashid (centre) claimed the wickets of Kyle Mayers (35) and Shimron Hetmyer (1)
Powell and Russell (29no) then led the cost with an unbeaten 49-run seventh-wicket stand from simply 21 balls, because the West Indies chased down their victory goal with 11 balls to spare to maneuver 1-0 up within the five-match sequence.
West Indies seize sequence opener
Salt smashed six boundaries and one six throughout his outing however was caught at deep midwicket by an excellent juggling catch from Shimron Hetmyer, who additionally had skipper Buttler caught at cow nook, as England did not construct on a quick begin that noticed them 112-2 halfway by means of their innings.
Will Jacks (17) fired two sixes in his quickfire innings earlier than being eliminated by Alzarri Joseph (3-54), who conceded 25 runs from his first over – the most costly of his profession – however managed to complete on extra respectable figures after mopping up the tail.
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England’s Will Jacks, proper, celebrates with captain Jos Buttler after hitting a six off Alzarri Joseph
Romario Shepherd (2-22) introduced an finish to Ben Duckett’s (14) cameo within the 14th over with a slower ball that was ramped to 3rd and struck once more within the 18th over to dismiss Sam Curran (13), but it surely was the terrific leaping catch from Joseph at long-off that invited the applause of the group on the Kensington Oval.
Brook (one) edged behind to Pooran while Liam Livingstone (27) chopped an off-cutter from Russell (3-19) on to his stumps, with Russell – enjoying in his first worldwide for the reason that 2021 T20 World Cup – hanging once more 4 balls later to have Ahmed (one) caught at long-off by Powell.
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Andre Russell was awarded participant of the match on his return to worldwide cricket
Joseph then completed strongly by dismissing Rashid (0) within the ultimate over, with Tymal Mills (0) then caught behind from the subsequent ball to go away England all out for 171.
Brandon King (22) and Kyle Mayers (35) placed on a gradual 32-run partnership in reply earlier than the previous smashed a brief ball at Duckett, who accomplished an incredible leaping catch, because the West Indies amassed 78 runs inside the primary six overs.
Ahmed (3-39) had Nicholas Pooran (13) out caught and bowled to maneuver the sport again in direction of England, with Rashid claiming his landmark wicket within the subsequent over when he had Hetmyer (one) caught at mid-wicket by Duckett simply earlier than a 40-minute rain delay.
Ahmed had Shai Hope (36) caught at large long-on and put to make use of the slip Butter provided him to dismiss Shepherd (0) for a golden duck, leaving the hosts nonetheless needing 49, earlier than costly overs from Livingstone and Mills noticed the West Indies add 32 inside two overs and transfer momentum again of their favour.
Russell hit Rashid for a six after which 4 to convey the required runs right down to 4 runs earlier than carving Sam Curran (0-23) to the backward level boundary to finish a successful begin to the sequence.
Buttler: ‘We need to maintain pushing boundaries’
England’s captain Jos Buttler:
“It was at all times going to get tougher, the pitch, with the way in which it performed. I believed the West Indies tailored with the taking the tempo off the ball however, from the place we have been in, we have been searching for a rating of 200.
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Jos Buttler scored 39 in England’s four-wicket loss
“We need to maintain pushing the boundaries and attempt to be as optimistic as we are able to. But it surely’s about discovering methods to maintain scoring in that manner.
“Immediately, because it bought tougher and tougher, discovering methods to minimise dot balls and decide off sure areas. Getting these additional 20, 25 runs in an retro manner aswell, in order that’s one thing we are able to replicate on and do nicely.”
What’s subsequent?
The five-match T20 worldwide sequence now heads to Grenada for back-to-back matches on Thursday and Saturday, each beginning at 5.30pm GMT. They then transfer to Trinidad and Tobago for the ultimate two fixtures on December 19 and December 21, each 10pm begins. Stream Sky Sports activities with NOW