Sports Desk. Phil Salt scored his third historic century in T20. With its help, England defeated West Indies by eight wickets in the first T20 of the ongoing five-match series at Kensington Oval, Barbados. Phil Salt has scored all three of his centuries against West Indies. He became the first batsman in the world to do so.
In the match, England won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, West Indies scored 182 runs at the loss of 9 wickets. The start of the host team was very bad. Brandon King was out after scoring three runs. Evin Lewis also departed after scoring 13 runs. 38 runs came from the bat of returning Nicholas Puran. At the same time, Hetmyer returned to the pavilion without opening the account.
Andre Russell played an inning of 30 runs. Romario Shepherd scored unbeaten 35 runs on 22 balls. At the same time, spinner Gudakesh Moti played a 33-run cameo innings. With its help, West Indies was successful in scoring 150 plus. For England, Saqib Mahmood took 4 wickets for 34 in 4 overs. Whereas Adil Rashid took three wickets in 4 overs.
While chasing the target of 183 runs, Phil Salt made the task easy for England. However, Shepherd and Moti gave two quick successes to West Indies. Will Jacques became the victim of Moti after scoring 17 runs. Whereas Jos Buttler was caught by Moti on Shepherd’s ball without opening the account. After this, England did not lose any wicket and easily won the match. Phil Salt remained unbeaten on 103 runs on 54 balls while Jacob Bethel played an unbeaten inning of 58 runs on 36 balls.
