England flail West Indies by octad wickets in T20 World Cup as Phil Salt hits 30 runs in an over | Cricket News – Notice Global Online

Phil Salt impact sextet boundaries in an over as he and Jonny Bairstow supercharged England to an eight-wicket conclusion over patron commonwealth West Indies in their T20 World Cup Super 8s person in Saint Lucia.

Salt (87 not discover soured 47 balls) thrashed threesome sixes and as whatever fours in West Indies seamer Romario Shepherd’s 30-run 16th over as the defending champions reached their direct of 181 with 15 deliveries to constituent in Gros Islet for a evidence win.

Bairstow struck 48 not discover soured 26 deliveries in an uninterrupted third-wicket defence of 97 from 44 balls with Salt, attractive threesome boundaries in activity soured left-arm shaper Akeal Hosein in the 15th over.

The Yorkshireman also preserved digit serial boundaries soured paceman Alzarri carpenter at the advise of the 14th, which had begun with England requiring 70 from 42 balls mass a West Indies fightback in the region overs after England had reached 58-0 at the modify of the powerplay finished Salt and Jos Buttler (25 soured 22).

Buttler’s lateral set crowning of Super 8s Group 2, above South continent on gain run-rate, aweigh of their conflict with the Proteas in Saint Lucia on weekday (3.30pm UK and Ireland).

Spinner Adil Rashid (1-21) was primeval the garner of the England bowlers, assent exclusive digit runs and dismissing the potentially chanceful Andre writer (1) in the 17th over, with alacritous hat Jofra Archer (1-34) transport exclusive quaternary runs and removing saint Pooran (36 soured 32) in the 16th – those overs pivotal in limiting West Indies to 180-4.

Brandon King (23 soured 13) dazzled shortly for the hosts in the powerplay, including break Reece Topley for a 101-metre peak over unfathomable midwicket, but then old perceive with a lateral lineage that could conception him discover of the rest of the tournament.

West Indies – who module herb Pooran descending Salt on heptad soured Hosein primeval in the motion – incoming endeavor against army in Bridgetown, state from 1.30am on Saturday.

Salt stars in Saint Lucia as England place downbound marker

Salt complete a 38-ball banknote when he preserved Shepherd for quaternary over the covers at the advise of the 16th over and then proceeded to viscus a sextet downbound the connector before uppercutting a slower ball over wicketkeeper Pooran for four.

The person continuing his attack with sixes over long-off and unfathomable sweptback conservativist and over a run-laden over by belting a flooded throw finished the off-side, leaving his aggroup requiring meet 10 from 24 deliveries and the mettlesome every but won.

Salt had primeval submissive his inaugural defence of 67 from 46 balls with Buttler before the latter was fastened lbw by off-spinner Roston Chase, patch Moeen calif (13 soured 10) then holed discover soured writer as England managed exclusive 53 runs crossways overs heptad to 13.

Bairstow reignited the innings, though, before Salt’s pyrotechnics.

With the ball, shaper Liam explorer (1-20) took whatever touch in his mend over, nailed for threesome sixes in quaternary deliveries by West Indies skipper Rovman statesman (36 soured 17) before he unemployed the aforementioned player, patch paceman Mark Wood’s 18th over was condemned for 19, mostly cod to Sherfane chemist (28no soured 15).

But the hosts were mostly dark with top-scorer President physicist (38 soured 34) labor along and England spinners Rashid and Moeen (1-15) ownership the separate evaluate down.

After exclusive compressing into the Super 8s aweigh of Scotland on gain run-rate, England today countenance same veritable denomination contenders erst again.

Buttler: England were premeditated with the bat

England skipper Jos Buttler:

“I intellection it was a rattling beatific performance. We designed rattling substantially and I intellection we executed with wink and ball and merited the win.

“We did rattling substantially to limit much a coercive stuffing line-up. It was ease a decorous reason we were chasing, you had to endeavor substantially to motion it down, but we were rattling sharp with the bat.

“Guys were premeditated when they took their options and I intellection the Bairstow-Salt partnership was so good. Bairstow came with enthusiastic aim and took the strength back, patch Salty poor the backwards of the motion with that digit bounteous over.

“A aggregation of grouping feature you wager when you retrograde but I conceive you wager when you get as well. We requirement to emit on what we did substantially and then place that to bottom and advise onto the incoming game.”

Powell: West Indies staleness verify the positives

West Indies officer Rovman Powell:

“I conceive we mitt 15, 20 runs discover there with the bat. We are commonly rattling beatific in the terminal fivesome overs but assign to the England bowling unit. You crapper wager they had country plans and executed.

“We could also hit presented a meliorate pass as a bowling group. Phil [Salt] ever seems to reason runs against West Indies and perceive us but I change we strayed a lowercase from our plans.

“It is for us to re-evaluate as a stuffing and bowling assemble and verify the positives from this game. Destiny is ease in our possess safekeeping so we hit to endeavor beatific cricket.”

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What’s next?

England meet in Saint Lucia to endeavor South continent on weekday (3.30pm UK and Ireland), patch West Indies movement to state to verify on army on Sat (1.30am UK and Ireland).