England’s rising T20I sensation Phil Salt responded with a record-breaking century within the 4th T20I in opposition to West Indies on the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad following his IPL auction snub and helped England draw level with the hosts on Wednesday, December 20.
Salt aggregated 119 runs off 57 balls and went previous Alex Hales to notch up the very best particular person rating for England in T20I cricket and helped the guests trump the Windies by 75 runs.Â
Though he failed to appeal to any bidders on the IPL 2024 auction, Salt hogged the limelight on the Brian Lara Stadium as England posted the second-highest T20I rating by an ICC full-member nation after being invited to bat first.
The 21-year-old moved previous Liam Livingstone to rating probably the most a whole bunch (2) for England in T20Is and likewise pipped the latter to smash probably the most sixes (10) for England in a T20I innings.
The Bodelwyddan-born additionally shattered Hales’ England document for accumulating probably the most runs in boundaries in a T20I innings as he gathered 88 runs in whole in opposition to the hapless Windies assault.
While Salt was unstoppable, his skipper Jos Buttler too launched an onslaught early on and took the West Indian bowling assault to job.
Buttler scored 55 runs off 29 balls to rack up a 117-run stand for the opening wicket in simply 59 balls. Buttler’s power-packed efficiency noticed him ease previous his former teammate Eoin Morgan by way of gamers to hit probably the most variety of sixes (123) in T20Is for England.
In reply, West Indies tried to match England’s batting tempo however fell quick as barring Andre Russell (51 off 25 balls) nobody may final lengthy sufficient to steer them nearer to the goal.
But the West Indian batters threw sufficient punches to arrange just a few extra information and entertain the group that had gathered on the venue to relish the sport.
West Indies’ reply of 192 took the general match combination to 459 – the very best between the 2 groups in T20I historical past. The match witnessed 33 maximums – the third most variety of sixes ever recorded in T20I historical past.
The five-match sequence now hangs in steadiness 2-2 with the decider to be performed on the similar venue on Thursday.
