England have been set an enormous 225 to take the lead of their Twenty20 collection towards the West Indies after coming beneath some sustained punishment from Rovman Powell’s titanic 107 from 53 balls.
Moeen Ali got here in as captain within the absence of Eoin Morgan who suffered a quad niggle within the warm-up, whereas the vacationers handed T20 debuts to Phil Salt, Harry Brook and George Garton for this third T20 in Barbados.
Garton took his maiden worldwide wicket in his first over however the left-armer, considered one of three in England’s XI alongside Reece Topley and the returning Tymal Mills was not alone in coming beneath some strain.
The Windies hammered 16 sixes of their 224 for 5, with 10 of them coming from the blade of Powell – launched on the expense of Odean Smith – whereas Nicholas Pooran overcame a rocky begin to rating 70 off 43 deliveries.
Topley and Adil Rashid have been tidy, conceding a mixed 55 of their four-over allotments and taking a wicket apiece, however Garton and Mills conceded greater than 50 every, with Liam Livingstone additionally costly on his comeback.
Garton made an eventful begin to life for England after they elected to bowl first. His first ball, a low full toss, was drilled again previous him whereas Brandon King added one other 4 earlier than being bowled, overwhelmed for tempo whereas in search of to information the ball down to 3rd.
Topley gave Pooran a little bit of a working over however the Windies batter discovered Garton extra to his liking, twice clearing the leg-side fence both aspect of driving a slower ball by the covers for 4 in an over that yielded 19.
Mills additionally got here in for some punishment from Pooran, with a shorter supply effortlessly pulled over lengthy leg for six however the mix-and-match spin of Livingstone put the brakes on, with Shai Hope’s sweep taking a backside edge on to his pad, leaving wicketkeeper Tom Banton to take a looping catch.
Powell swiped his second ball for six because the Windies ended the powerplay on 54 for 2.
Each Livingstone and Moeen then felt the wrath of Powell, who cleared the straight boundaries off each bowlers earlier than getting a 4 off an ungainly pull from England’s stand-in skipper.
The returning Mills adopted up a no-ball waist-high full toss with a supply straight in Powell’s arc, the Jamaican taking full benefit and clearing the long-on rope by a long way with the free hit.
Pooran and Powell have been displaying some restraint towards Rashid however there was no such luck for Garton when he got here again within the twelfth over, with Pooran as soon as once more hitting excessive over midwicket because the Windies reached 111 for 2.
The Windies pair each handed their fifties earlier than Powell muscled Livingstone twice over the rope, the England bowler throwing in 5 wides with a supply that hardly landed on the reduce strip as he conceded 26 within the over.
Rashid ended a 122-run stand – a Windies file for the third wicket within the format – when Pooran holed out to long-on there was no let-up for England as Romario Shepherd clobbered his second ball for six.
Powell reached his first T20 worldwide hundred off solely 51 balls then celebrated by heaving Topley out the bottom. Making an attempt to repeat he merely picked out long-off, however solely after the Windies had handed 200.
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