West Indies pulled off a sensational run-chase of 219 to earn their first win of the collection in an exhilarating fourth T20 in St Lucia.
Openers Evin Lewis and Shai Hope blasted 136 from the primary 9 overs, earlier than they misplaced three wickets in as many balls to permit England again into rivalry.
Rehan Ahmed had Lewis caught for 68, Hope was run out for 54 and Nicholas Pooran was bowled for a duck, however captain Rovman Powell’s 38 from 23 balls once more shifted the momentum within the hosts’ favour.
Powell’s dismissal within the seventeenth over helped England regain some management, just for Sherfane Rutherford to hit back-to-back sixes within the penultimate over to seal a five-wicket win.
England’s 218-5 was arrange by Phil Salt’s 55 – his sixth T20 rating of fifty or extra towards West Indies – in explosive partnerships of 54 with fellow opener Will Jacks and 48 with Jos Buttler, who made 38.
Jacob Bethell, 21, then continued his eye-catching begin to worldwide cricket with a 22-ball fifty and an unbeaten 62, together with 5 sixes, as England appeared to profit from a flat pitch having misplaced the toss.
Nonetheless, Lewis and Hope responded with class to the cruel therapy their bowlers obtained, reaching their half-centuries from 26 balls and 23 balls respectively.
Powell’s departure and a few economical loss of life overs from Saqib Mahmood and T20 debutant John Turner despatched a number of nerves by means of the West Indies’ dugout however Hope and Lewis’ dynamic stand ensured they have been comfortably forward of the run fee, Rutherford ultimately ending on 29 from 17 balls.
The T20 leg of the tour concludes with the fifth T20 on Sunday on the similar venue, with England having already sealed a collection win by profitable the primary three matches.
