Tag: England tour of West Indies

West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl first vs EnglandIn West Indies' most recent T20I series, against India in August, they took a two-nil lead, lost the next two matches and won the decider to clinch the trophy. They will bowl first in Tarouba on Thursday night, as they hope to repeat the trick against England.They have made two changes for the finale, bringing Johnson Charles and Oshane Thomas into the side for their first appearances of the series. Charles will open the batting alongside Brandon King, with Kyle Mayers making way, while Matthew Forde sits out after an expensive debut on Thursday."It looks a pretty good wicket," said Rovman Powell, West Indies' captain, confirming their selection changes after a heavy defeat. "We've sat down over the last 24 hours or so and come up...

England 267 for 3 (Salt 119, Buttler 55, Livingstone 54*) beat West Indies 192 (Russell 51, Pooran 39, Topley 3-37) by 75 runsWhoever said "don't answer back" had never been overlooked for a big pay cheque, or found the belligerence of Phil Salt. Responding to his IPL auction snub and resuming where his unbeaten century in the third match had kept England alive in this series, Salt thrashed a 57-ball 119 to set West Indies an eye-watering target of 268 if they wanted to end it now. They couldn't, falling to a 75-run defeat in Taruouba as England drew level at 2-2, setting up a decider at the same ground on Thursday.After losing the toss and admitting he would have liked to chase too, England captain Jos Buttler combined with Salt for a second century opening stand in a row to set England ...