Cricket Highlights, 16 Dec: West Indies vs England (3^rd T20I) – Salt’s century, Brooke’s rampage in the last over, ENG returned to the series with a breathtaking victory.

West Indies vs England (3rd T20I) – Highlights

England lost the first two of the five-match series against the West Indies. The visiting England had their backs against the wall. The third T20 match of the series was a battle of wits for them. Such a thriller in that match!

England clinched an incredible victory over West Indies by 222 runs at St George’s. They won the match by 7 wickets with one ball to spare in the last over.

The English needed 21 runs in the last over. Brook ran rampant in that over of Andre Russell. In that over he hit 4, 6, 6, 2, 6!

Brook remained unbeaten on 31 runs from 7 balls. Phil Salt did the real work in chasing big runs. This opener scored a century off 51 balls. In the end, he remained unbeaten on 109 runs off 56 balls, which included 9 sixes with 4 fours in the innings!

Apart from this, captain Jos Buttler scored 51 from 34 balls and Liam Livingstone played an innings of 30 runs from 18 balls.

Earlier, after losing the toss and batting, West Indies made a huge collection of 222 runs for 6 wickets. Nicholas Pooran made 82 off 45 balls with 6 fours and sixes. Captain Rovman Powell scored 39 off 21 balls and Sherfan Rutherford scored 29 off 17 balls.

West Indies vs England Scoreboard   

West Indies – 222/6 (20.0)

England – 226/3(19.5)

Result – England won by 7 wickets.

Player of the match – Philip Salt

Philip Salt

West Indies vs England Playing XIs