England registered its first T20 series win over West Indies in five years, defeated by three wickets

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Tezzbuzz|15-11-2024

England 1st T20 series win over West Indies in 5 years news In Hindi

England won the third T20 match of the five-match series by three wickets.

England first T20 series win over West Indies in five years news in Hindi: Thanks to Saqib Mahmood's brilliant bowling (3/17), England registered its first T20 series win over West Indies on Caribbean soil in five years. England won the third T20 match of the five-match series by three wickets.

Chasing 146 to win, England got off to a poor start and lost wicketkeeper batsman Phil Salt (4 runs off 8 balls), Jos Buttler (4 runs off 5 balls) and Jacob Bethel (4 runs off 2 balls). Lost inside the powerplay itself. Akeal Hosein was the main troublemaker for England as the left-arm orthodox bowler dismissed Salt and Buttler before they could take the game.

However, the batting pair of Will Jacques and Sam Curran restored order to some extent by making a partnership of 38 runs for the fourth wicket and saved England from danger. Jacques, contrary to his nature, played a calm innings and scored 32 runs off 33 balls with three fours before being dismissed by Gudakesh Moti.

After Jacques' departure, Curran along with Liam Livingstone added 39 more runs for the fifth wicket and pulled the game out of the hosts' grasp. Curran's reply innings (41 runs off 26 balls) badly rattled West Indies and allowed Livingstone to bide his time at the crease.

West Indies took several wickets in the end but it was not enough to make a comeback and the visitors achieved the target with four balls to spare.

Earlier in the day, England took the right decision at the toss and sent West Indies in to bat first. The decision worked wonders in the tourists' favour, as they took the hosts to the mat in no time.

Shakib and Jamie Overton (3/20) destroyed the West Indies batting line-up. The men in maroon lost their five wickets inside the powerplay when there were just 37 runs on the board and after that they were only playing catch-up cricket.

West Indies scored a respectable score of 145 runs in 20 overs with a brilliant half-century from captain Rovman Powell (54 runs off 41 balls) and important contributions from Romario Shepherd (30 runs off 28 balls) and Alzarri Joseph (21* runs off 19 balls). .

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