England beats West Indies in third consecutive T20: Takes unassailable 3-0 lead in series; Saqib-Overton 3-3 wickets

England’s James Overton and Ryan Ahmed celebrating victory. The team won this match by 3 wickets.

England has achieved its third consecutive win in the T-20 series against West Indies. The team won the match played on Thursday night by 3 wickets. With this victory, the team has achieved an unassailable 3-0 lead in the 5-match series. The next match of the series will be played on 16 November in Gros Islet, St. Lucia.

Here the English team won the toss and decided to field. Batting first, West Indies scored 145 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. English batsmen achieved the target of 146 runs for 7 wickets in 19.2 overs. England’s Saqib Mahmood was chosen player of the match. He took 3 wickets for 17 runs.

ODI series was in the name of West Indies The ODI series of England’s Caribbean tour was won by England. The hosts won it 2-1.

Match report from here…

Windies lost 5 wickets at 37, bad start Windies had a bad start after losing the toss and coming to bat. The top-5 batsmen of the team could not reach double digits. Shai Hope (4 runs) was run out in the first over of the innings. At the same time, Saqib Mahmood got opener Evan Lewis (3 runs) caught by Joffra Archer in the second over of his spell.

In the very next over, Joffra Archer bowled Nicholas Pooran. Then in the next over, Mahmood sent Roston Chase to the pavilion. Both scored equal 7-7 runs. Whereas Shimoran Hetmyer (2 runs) became the victim of Mahmood in the last over of the powerplay. Here the team had lost 5 wickets in scoring 37 runs.

Captain Powell’s fifty, took over the innings with Shepherd After the early dismissal of the initial batsmen, captain Rovman Powell took over the innings with Romario Shepherd. He played an inning of 54 runs on 41 balls and made a half-century partnership of 73 runs with Shepherd, taking the team beyond 100.

When Romario Shepherd was out after scoring 30 runs, the team’s score was 110 runs. Here James Overton made a comeback for the English team by taking 2 wickets in the 16th over. In the end, Alzarri Joseph played an innings of 21 runs on 19 balls, taking the team’s final score to 145/8.

England’s run chase from here…

Phil Salt out after scoring 4 runs, was better than West Indies in powerplay England made a mixed start to chase 146 runs. The team lost the first wicket on the score of 14 runs. Here Phil Salt returned to the pavilion after scoring 4 runs. He was bowled by Akil Hussain. In such a situation, Will Jacques (32 runs) took the innings forward.

Captain Jos Buttler (4 runs) was also out on the team score of 32 runs. He was guided by Gudkesh Moti. By the end of the powerplay, Jacob Bethel (4 runs) also returned to the pavilion. Here the team had scored 37 runs. After the end of the powerplay, the team’s score was 42/3. It would have been 42/4 had Will Jacques not been caught by captain Rovman Powell in the 5th over.

England reached the target with small partnerships In the run chase, the England team lost wickets at regular intervals, but the English batsmen kept making small partnerships. After losing three wickets at 42/3, Sam Curran made important partnerships of 38 runs with Will Jacques and 39 runs with Livingston. There was a partnership of 20 runs in the lower order also.

Mahmood chosen player of the match against West Indies England defeated West Indies by 3 wickets in the match played on Thursday night. England’s Saqib Mahmood was chosen player of the match. He took 3 wickets for 17 runs. After this they were searched extensively. See Google Trends below…

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