England had been powerless to withstand Rovman Powell as his brawny, six-laden century ushered the West Indies to a 20-run victory and a 2-1 lead within the five-match Twenty20 collection in Barbados
Powell, introduced in for Odean Smith, thumped 10 of the Windies’ 16 sixes en path to a terrific 107 from 53 balls in an innings that shaped the spine of his facet’s 224 for 5, with Nicholas Pooran clubbing 70 off 43 deliveries.
Tom Banton gave a much-changed England hope of pulling off their third-highest chase ever with a 39-ball 73 however his dismissal left the vacationers needing 96 from 45 deliveries earlier than Phil Salt saved their flickering hopes alive.
Salt, one in every of three T20 debutants alongside George Garton and Harry Brook, introduced the equation right down to 36 in an over, flaying the primary two deliveries for six en path to a 22-ball fifty earlier than being bowled spherical his legs.
England, captained by Moeen Ali on Wednesday evening due to a slight quad niggle to Eoin Morgan, now must win each remaining matches to prevail within the collection after 31 maximums on a tough evening for bowlers.
Garton claimed a wicket on his worldwide bow however the left-armer, one in every of three in England’s XI alongside Reece Topley and Tymal Mills, leaked 57 from his 4 overs. Mills was additionally costly, conceding 52 from his allotment.
After Moeen elected to bat first following a slight rain delay, the Windies reached 15 for one in three overs, with Garton’s eventful introduction at worldwide degree beginning by being pushed for 4 earlier than cleansing up Brandon King as he formed to steer the ball down to 3rd man.
Garton, although, found the harsher facet to life on the prime degree with Pooran, whose top-edge off his second ball dropped simply in entrance of quick nice leg, twice pulling over the rope then repeating the dose off Tymal Mills.
Shai Hope departed when he bottom-edged an tried sweep onto his pad however England got an early indication of what was to come back when Powell swept powerfully over the deep midwicket fence.
Livingstone after which Moeen, in his solely over, craned their necks skywards as Powell flayed excessive and straight. Despite the fact that Moeen was shuffling his choices, the boundaries saved flowing with solely Adil Rashid capable of subdue the pair.
After Pooran and Powell had reached their fifties, the latter turbocharged the innings by muscling two successive sixes off Livingstone in an over that yielded 26, together with 5 wides that hardly landed on the lower strip.
Rashid ended a 122-run stand – a Windies report for the third wicket within the format – when Pooran holed out to long-on however there was no let-up for England as Powell reached his first T20 worldwide hundred off solely 51 balls then celebrated by heaving Reece Topley out of the bottom.
Making an attempt to repeat he was caught within the deep off Topley. Three late wickets did not stem the tide because the hosts added 110 within the final seven overs, with issues remaining over England’s dying bowling.
After England failed to search out the boundary within the first 11 balls of the reply, Banton carted Jason Holder again over his head for six whereas Jason Roy did likewise off Sheldon Cottrell.
Roy after which James Vince contributed cameos earlier than departing of their teenagers whereas Moeen made his second duck in three matches. However Banton took down Akeal Hosein, smashing him for sixes over midwicket in every of the gradual left-armer’s first two overs and reached 50 off 29 deliveries shortly earlier than England received to 100 within the eleventh over.
Livingstone toe-ended to extra-cover in a short keep the place he wanted therapy after showing beneath the climate on his comeback following oesophagitis and at this stage England’s hopes appeared to relaxation on Banton’s shoulders.
He dispatched Romario Shepherd for back-to-back straight sixes whereas Kieron Pollard was taken the space earlier than Banton clothed the Windies captain to extensive long-on, throwing his head again in despair as Holder accomplished the catch.
That seemed to be the ultimate nail in England’s coffin however Salt crashed sixes off Hosein, Shepherd then Cottrell within the arc between deep square-leg and long-on earlier than one other couple of successive leg-side fours off Holder.
Brook, Garton and Rashid got here and went and although 38 was wanted from the ultimate six balls, Shepherd provided a few wides earlier than Salt hammered the primary two deliveries of the over for six. Nevertheless, Salt was then cleaned up spherical his legs for 57 off 24 balls to finish England’s problem.
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