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West Indies versus England T20I series 2022

Poor batting by WI , highly inconsistent team , even in 20 20 they have regressed far too much
 
It was fun till it lasted , WI lack of rotation ability is the reason why they have regressed so much , they simply do not value playing for country any more
 
WI would be disappointed , great lower order hitting , but lack of rotation of strike again cost them the game
 
From being 8 down with 74 required from 29, to 30 required from the final over, to losing the match by a single run!

What a knock by Akeal, 44 from 16. So so close to victory.
 
98-8 after 15.1 overs. Come in Akeal Hosein.

I’m still upset the umpire didn’t give that wide!

Should be able to call up Third umpire for wides too.
 
Second Twenty20 international, Barbados:

England 171-8 (20 overs): Roy 45 (31), Moeen 31 (24)
West Indies 170-8 (20 overs): Hosein 44* (16), Moeen 3-24
England won by one run, series level at 1-1

England dominated the majority of the second T20 against West Indies but ultimately won by just one run after some astonishing late hitting.

West Indies needed a seemingly hopeless 30 from the final over, only for Akeal Hosein to take Saqib Mahmood for 28, including three sixes off the last three balls.

England earlier bounced back from being bowled out for 103 in the first T20 to post 171-8 on a similarly challenging pitch.

They were propelled by Jason Roy taking 24 off Fabian Allen's 11th over, as 107 runs came in the second half of the innings.

Roy made 45, adding 61 with Moeen Ali, who contributed 31, while Chris Jordan once again shone on the island of his birth with a cameo of 27.

Left-arm seamer Reece Topley, playing his first T20 international for nearly six years, trapped Brandon King lbw and athletically ran out Shai Hope to leave West Indies reeling on 6-2.

With excessive turn on offer, spinners Moeen and Adil Rashid mesmerised the hosts in the middle overs, sharing five wickets.

But Romario Shepherd blasted five sixes in his 44 not out, while Hosein's unbeaten 44 came from only 16 balls to make England's margin of victory so much tighter than it should have been.

The five-match series is level at 1-1. The third game is on Wednesday.

Roy ignites England improvement
Given the fright they were given at the end of the match, England were indebted to a batting display vastly improved from Saturday's collapse.

Whereas the tourists struggled to adapt to the conditions in the series opener, on Sunday they were more willing to be patient before unleashing the batting aggression that is their trademark

Roy typified this approach. He lacked fluency as opening partner Tom Banton swept and reverse-swept 25 off 18 balls only to hammer a return catch to left-arm spinner Allen, who then disturbed James Vince's off stump.

Roy had 17 from 23 balls at the halfway stage, but exploded into life with three fours and two sixes in the first over of the second half. One of the maximums, a slog sweep, went out of the ground.

When he fell in the next over, caught at long-on from the bowling of Shepherd, Roy had taken 28 runs off his seven previous deliveries.

Moeen was missed twice - the second a bad drop by Odean Smith - as West Indies failed to match the fielding standards of the previous evening. However, when Moeen and Sam Billings were dismissed in consecutive overs, there was an opening for the hosts.

It was snuffed out by Jordan and captain Eoin Morgan adding 31 at 10 runs an over. It turned out to be just enough.

Windies surge after Topley shines

Topley last played the shortest format for England during their run to the 2016 World Cup final, with a career-threatening back injury then preventing him from featuring in international cricket for four years.

In replacing Tymal Mills he was England's sole change from Saturday and he took only two legal deliveries to make an impact, pinning King with a hooping inswinger.

The run-out of Hope was more spectacular. Parrying a stop in his follow-through, Topley chased the rebound, dived and flicked the ball on to the non-striker's stumps.

He would have had another wicket had Liam Dawson held onto a skier from Nicholas Pooran at mid-wicket.

Still, Moeen and Rashid took control, bowling in tandem for six overs that brought five wickets for 32 runs.

Masterful leg-spinner Rashid had Kieron Pollard and Darren Bravo both lbw on review, while off-spinner Moeen continued his fine all-round display by having Pooran and Odean Smith hole out either side of snaffling a sharp caught and bowled off Jason Holder - 3-24 represented his career-best figures.

From an almost hopeless position - 61 were needed from the final three overs with only two wickets in hand - Shepherd chanced his arm.

He hit Jordan for three sixes in the 18th over, but after Topley was tight in the 19th, the result was barely in doubt going into Mahmood's final set.

Still, Hosein's assault of two fours and three sixes was extraordinary and, although the one-run margin does not tell the story of England's superiority, they were extremely ragged at the death.

It might have been worse for the tourists had Mahmood not got away with a marginal wide decision from the first legal delivery of the over, much to the frustration of Hosein, who ended with the highest score by a number 10 in T20 internationals.

'I thought we were brilliant'

England captain Eoin Morgan: "I was delighted and even with the last quarter, with a relatively inexperienced international side, those are the games you want to play in. For the majority of today I thought we were brilliant."

West Indies captain Kieron Pollard: "I can see the confidence with the guys in the changing room. We will have days like this but my thing is the fight that the guys continue to show."

Player of the match Moeen Ali: "We thought we'd got a really good score but they played well. We paced it better today and each batter gave themselves five or six balls. Chris Jordan played a great knock at the end with the bat."

bbc
 
Congratulations England for winning it… and well done West Indies for coming so close after being under pressure for most of the match, arguably deserved a shot at the Super Over.

Sets up the series nicely.
 
That was a great game of cricket. Jason Roy and Moeen Ali batted well and we saw a master class in leg spin bowling ( or a master class in how not to play it) when Moeen Ali bowled.

Saqib got tonked a fair bit but he is young and inexperienced, no surprise to see Jordan get tonked too. Hopefully England drop him for the next few games because he seems to consistently choke at the death.

It was great to see Reece Topley back in action in the T20i format. Not the quickest but can move the ball and it comes down from a great height. He is lining up for Islamabad United in this years PSL and it boost his brand a bit given he is now a recent international rather than a guy who played 6 years ago.

England should be proud of the way that they came back after the 1st match debacle. Despite the scoreline getting too close for comfort, I think they played as a team whereas the west indies had one fluke innings.

I hope in the next games that David Payne gets a go - he probably won't ever get selected for an international squad again so it would be nice for him to get a couple of caps.
 
England still have a huge strategic issue (and a possible personnel issue with Jordan) around their death bowling. They are a decent side but they can’t win the T20 World Cup again until they sort this out.
 
I think England should win the series 3-2 or 4-1.

Is this England's best T20 lineup? their T20 bowling doesn't look that lethal.
 
After a narrow one-run loss against England in the second T20I, West Indies will be looking to bounce back as they take on the visitors in the third T20I of the five-match series in Barbados.

Overview

West Indies vs England, third T20I
Kensington Oval, Barbados
January 26, 4:00 PM local

West Indies made a strong start in the series with a nine-wicket victory in the first T20I but fell short by just a solitary run while chasing a high total in the second match. Even though the top and middle-order failed badly, the performance of the lower-order came out as a huge positive for the hosts as they took the chase so close from a losing position. Their new-ball bowlers have also been at the top of their game in this series. The only things they would want to improve going into this match are their death bowling and returns from their top-order batters, who haven’t been able to get them off to quick starts in both matches so far.

England, on the other hand, have struggled with their bowling in both matches so far. Their bowling looked toothless while defending a low total in the first T20I and they almost failed to defend a total of 171 in the last match even after dominating for the first 15 overs of the innings. Their performance shows that there is still plenty of work to be done in terms of death bowling in particular. There might be some changes to the line-up too, with players like Saqib Mahmood and Liam Dawson failing to impress in the first two matches. The success of the English top-order will be key to their chances of a win in this match again but it isn’t going to be easy against a side like West Indies, who have been superb with the new ball so far.


Remember the last time

An all-round batting effort got England to a good total of 171/8 in the second T20I. While Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali played excellent knocks of 45 and 31 at the top of the order respectively, Chris Jordan’s 15-ball cameo of 27 gave impetus a much-needed impetus late in the innings.

In response, West Indies needed to get off to a good start but they kept losing wickets at regular intervals and a loss looked inevitable when they lost their eighth wicket with just 98 runs on the board in the 16th over of the innings. But Romario Shepherd and Akeal Hosein revived their hopes again and took the game right down to the wire.

A win still looked unlikely with West Indies needing 30 runs to win in the final over. But Hosein unleashed an exceptional range of shots to hit two fours and three consecutive sixes off the last three deliveries of the over. Mahmood bowled two wides in the over too and West Indies’ chances of winning kept increasing with every ball and every hit in that over. However, as it turned out, the hosts still fell a run short and that allowed England to level the series.


What they said

Kieron Pollard: "If you lose early wickets, you tend to struggle. But the way the guys fought at the end, tremendous. Akeal batted really well at the end, spare a word for Shepherd. He's really taken some responsibility. It has (being unable to negate spinners) but we will find a way. We will have games like this but the guys will get through. Yeah, those (dropped catches) really count, we lost by one run today, so yeah, those do cost. But having said that, we finished well. It was a good game of cricket and hopefully, the fans enjoyed it."

Eoin Morgan: "Delighted! Even in the last quarter of the game, with an inexperienced international bowler, I thought we did well. With experience, he (Mahmood) will get better. I thought we adapted better to the conditions today. The tracks here aren't those where you can get a fluid tempo to the innings. It was a conscious idea (for the batters to spend some time in the middle). Every team in the world is trying to get better at it (death bowling). It's the hardest job in world cricket. At the end, the ball did skid on. We need to find better ways to execute. Majority of our plans today were to bowl yorkers, we just got it wrong."

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2463071
 
The toss ahead of the third IT20 between West Indies and England, due to begin at 4PM local time (8PM UK), has been delayed due to rain.
 
The toss is coming up at 4pm, weather permitting. The start time will then be 4.20pm. (Local time)
 
These modern day kits of both England (red/blue) and WI (maroon/yellow) are as ugly as hell.
I miss the kits of 1992 which were so easy on the eye.

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Powell one hit away from a 100.

Garton end the spell on debut with 1-57.

Powell 97 (48).
 
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England again struggling at the death.

Some of WI's hitting has been jaw dropping.
 
West Indies finish on 224-5 After 20 overs

Roy, Livingstone, Banton, Moeen will need to play big if England’s to have a chance.
 
Banton played well but the match has fizzled out. Can England do what the West Indies did recently?
 
West Indies won by 20 runs

WI 224/5 (20)

Rovman Powell 107 (53)
Nicholas Pooran 70 (43)

ENG 204/9 (20)

Tom Banton 73 (39)
Phil Salt 57 (24)
 
Third Twenty20 international, Barbados:

West Indies 224-5 (20 overs): Powell 107 (53), Pooran 70 (43)

England 204-9 (20 overs): Banton 73 (39), Salt 57 (24); Shepherd 3-59

West Indies won 20 runs; lead series 2-1

Rovman Powell hit a majestic century to lead West Indies to a 20-run victory over England in the third Twenty20 in Barbados.

Powell struck 107 off 53 balls, including 10 sixes, as he ruthlessly punished wayward bowling by England to record his maiden T20 ton.

He put on 122 for the third wicket with Nicholas Pooran, who smashed 70 off 43, as the hosts posted 224-5, their highest T20 score against England.

In reply, England opener Tom Banton made 73 off 39 and T20 debutant Phil Salt hit 57 off 24.

But the rest of the order failed to fire as the much-changed tourists, without injured captain Eoin Morgan, could only reach 204-9.

West Indies now lead the five-match series 2-1, with the final two games to be played on Saturday and Sunday.

After taking 10 deliveries to play himself in, Powell unleashed his tremendous power - hitting the ball particularly cleanly down the ground in his first appearance of the series.

He dismantled both seam and spin, dispatching the bowlers whenever they missed their lengths.

The Jamaican also showed guile to work good deliveries into gaps in the field in order to scurry ones and twos as he became only the third West Indies batter after Chris Gayle and Evin Lewis to hit a T20 international ton.

Powell, 28, has featured fairly regularly in West Indies' T20 side since his debut in 2017, without ever firmly establishing himself, but they will hope this knock signifies a coming of age.

He built tremendously on the work of Pooran, who made an early onslaught before taking a relative backseat to Powell.

The left-hander had posted his highest score in T20 internationals before he picked out Liam Livingstone at long on; the Lancashire player also taking a fine sliding catch to end a memorable knock from Powell.

Much-changed England fail to convince
England made five changes from the side which won the second T20, with batter Harry Brook and left-arm pace bowler George Garton making their first international appearances.

Garton started well, producing a fine ball that knocked back Brandon King's off stump, but failed to find that length regularly enough as Pooran and Powell climbed into his bowling.

England's shaky death bowling has come under increased scrutiny in recent months, but they erred throughout the whole innings here - failing to vary their pace well enough to check West Indies' progress.

The rare combination of three left-arm seamers in the same side failed to pay dividends as only Reece Topley (1-30) threatened, while Garton and Tymal Mills were expensive.

Leg-spinner Adil Rashid was excellent as usual in taking 1-25 but fellow spinners Livingstone and Moeen Ali, captaining in place of Morgan who pulled out just before with a slight quad injury, both went at 14 runs per over.

Morgan has placed importance on development over results in this series and the performances of Banton and Salt will give him encouragement.

Banton, who also kept in the absence of Sam Billings through illness, made his highest T20 international score, striking six sixes to give England hope before he picked out Jason Holder off Kieron Pollard.

Salt similarly smashed anything on length in clearing the ropes five times, but was ultimately left with too much to do before he was bowled by a fine yorker from Romario Shepherd in the final over.

'Everything came out of the middle' - reaction
England stand-in captain Moeen Ali: "A fantastic partnership took the game away from us but I'm proud of the way the boys batted at the end.

"We are confident in our side and we said from the start it would be a brilliant series."

Player of the match Rovman Powell: "I know I can strike the ball well. I had a problem against wrist spin and the last seven months I went away and have been working on that and opening up the off side.

"Everything came out of the middle today."

BBC
 
Hmm. Excellent century by Powell. Too much for this second string England.
 
Rovman powell and nic pooran look like some serious talemts in the shorter formats.
 
England’s IT20 batting looks to have really good depth, especially in the A but also in the B and C lineups, and 200 to win would have been a breeze for them last night.

The problem they’ve got, as we also saw in the recent T20 World Cup, is the bowling. They conceded 25 runs too many in this match due to some wayward, rudderless faster bowling. And the same thing nearly cost them the game that they won at the weekend as well.

Moeen and Adil can typically be relied on to stabilise the middle overs and bowl full quota, and Livingstone is usually more effective than he was last night for at least two more overs (and all four of them on a good day), but that still leaves at least eight and as many as ten overs wherein England’s seamers are now quite consistently being creamed all around the ground, and particularly at the death.

Morgan needs to sort the bowling out. Radical changes to personnel are not even necessarily required here, more so tweaks to the strategy and a different, more measured approach being taken at certain crunch points in the game.
 
James with Archer being injured englands white ball seamers rarely look like taking wickets in both T20s and ODIs and i agree morgan has to look at that as otherwise england are pretty much dependant on trying to chase most of the time and hoping their batsmen bail them out.
 
England Men’s captain Eoin Morgan will miss the final two matches of the international Twenty20 series against West Indies with a low-grade quadriceps injury.

Morgan sat out the third T20 in Barbados on Wednesday night after he felt pain in his right quad during the warm-up.
Follow-up testing revealed he sustained a right thigh-muscle injury which, whilst relatively minor, will prevent him from playing further games during the current tour.
 
Cricket West Indies (CWI) is aware that earlier today, voice notes were circulated on social media, and in sections of the regional broadcast media, suggesting that there is a rift within the West Indies Senior Men’s team. Contrary to the unsubstantiated statements, containing unfounded and mischievous allegations, CWI is satisfied that there is no discord between the Team Captain and any member of the West Indies team.

CWI President Ricky Skerritt said: “I view this as a malicious attack on the credibility of the West Indies Captain, designed to sow division within our team that has just recorded three very impressive T20I performances against very strong opponents, including two outstanding wins and one heroic comeback to get within one run of victory. This clear attempt by well-known mischief makers to discredit the Captain and to derail the Team’s momentum in the ongoing Betway T20I Series should not be tolerated or encouraged.”
 
England’s IT20 batting looks to have really good depth, especially in the A but also in the B and C lineups, and 200 to win would have been a breeze for them last night.

The problem they’ve got, as we also saw in the recent T20 World Cup, is the bowling. They conceded 25 runs too many in this match due to some wayward, rudderless faster bowling. And the same thing nearly cost them the game that they won at the weekend as well.

Moeen and Adil can typically be relied on to stabilise the middle overs and bowl full quota, and Livingstone is usually more effective than he was last night for at least two more overs (and all four of them on a good day), but that still leaves at least eight and as many as ten overs wherein England’s seamers are now quite consistently being creamed all around the ground, and particularly at the death.

Morgan needs to sort the bowling out. Radical changes to personnel are not even necessarily required here, more so tweaks to the strategy and a different, more measured approach being taken at certain crunch points in the game.

Transition period perhaps. Morgan himself will bow out soon.
 
England’s IT20 batting looks to have really good depth, especially in the A but also in the B and C lineups, and 200 to win would have been a breeze for them last night.

The problem they’ve got, as we also saw in the recent T20 World Cup, is the bowling. They conceded 25 runs too many in this match due to some wayward, rudderless faster bowling. And the same thing nearly cost them the game that they won at the weekend as well.

Moeen and Adil can typically be relied on to stabilise the middle overs and bowl full quota, and Livingstone is usually more effective than he was last night for at least two more overs (and all four of them on a good day), but that still leaves at least eight and as many as ten overs wherein England’s seamers are now quite consistently being creamed all around the ground, and particularly at the death.

Morgan needs to sort the bowling out. Radical changes to personnel are not even necessarily required here, more so tweaks to the strategy and a different, more measured approach being taken at certain crunch points in the game.

James with Archer being injured englands white ball seamers rarely look like taking wickets in both T20s and ODIs and i agree morgan has to look at that as otherwise england are pretty much dependant on trying to chase most of the time and hoping their batsmen bail them out.

Transition period perhaps. Morgan himself will bow out soon.

Even without Archer, England still have some solid options which need some fine tuning.

Saq has massive potential in Tests/ODI’s but we’ve seen he can be effective in T20’s to, especially at the death despite some recent mishaps, the experiences will help him.

Topley, the Currans, Wood and Woakes all make up a decent attack. On the Batting front there is amazing depth, maybe not as much on the bowling front but as one of you’ve said, strategy is key and how we make the most of the available resources.
 
Even without Archer, England still have some solid options which need some fine tuning.

Saq has massive potential in Tests/ODI’s but we’ve seen he can be effective in T20’s to, especially at the death despite some recent mishaps, the experiences will help him.

Topley, the Currans, Wood and Woakes all make up a decent attack. On the Batting front there is amazing depth, maybe not as much on the bowling front but as one of you’ve said, strategy is key and how we make the most of the available resources.

Morgan officially injured and ruled out for the weekend now, so we are being captained by Mo; am hoping that he can do some work to fine tune the engine room in the bowling stakes and mastermind a victory in at least one of the remaining two games.
 
Cricket West Indies (CWI) is aware that earlier today, voice notes were circulated on social media, and in sections of the regional broadcast media, suggesting that there is a rift within the West Indies Senior Men’s team. Contrary to the unsubstantiated statements, containing unfounded and mischievous allegations, CWI is satisfied that there is no discord between the Team Captain and any member of the West Indies team.

CWI President Ricky Skerritt said: “I view this as a malicious attack on the credibility of the West Indies Captain, designed to sow division within our team that has just recorded three very impressive T20I performances against very strong opponents, including two outstanding wins and one heroic comeback to get within one run of victory. This clear attempt by well-known mischief makers to discredit the Captain and to derail the Team’s momentum in the ongoing Betway T20I Series should not be tolerated or encouraged.”

It's nonsense coming from the Dave Cameron camp trying to undermine the current CWI admin.

That cancerous individual will not leave West Indies cricket alone. No reports of Odean Smith himself making a complaint either according to WI sources I've read.
 
With England captain Eoin Morgan ruled out of the last two T20Is, West Indies have a great chance to seal the series in the fourth T20I in Barbados.

Overview

West Indies vs England, 4th T20I
Kensington Oval, Barbados
January 29, 4:00 PM local

With three matches played out of the five T20Is between England and West Indies, the hosts have an upper hand with a 2-1 lead in the five-match series. West Indies have outplayed England in almost all three matches apart from the second T20I where England won the match by only one run.

With the absence of some big names in the England squad, the team has struggled to find the right balance. And now the England captain too has been ruled out of the remaining two T20Is with a low-grade quadriceps injury. Although Morgan hasn't been in good form in the first two matches he played, a regular captain’s presence in the team is always an advantage for a touring side.

The fourth T20I will be a perfect opportunity for West Indies to seal the series. The hosts will expect more from the two openers, especially Shai Hope who hasn't been able to score big in any of the matches. The middle-order looks pretty solid with Pooran back in form and Rovman Powell’s addition, who got a 51-ball century in the third T20I.

The in-form West Indies middle-order gives a cushion to the top-order batters to play freely. The bowling department has successfully done its job in almost all the matches and will look to continue their form heading into the final two ODIs.

Remember the last time

After winning the toss, West Indies were put in to bat first by England skipper Moeen Ali. The plan did seem to work for England when they got cheap wickets of openers Brandon King and Shai Hope, but West Indies middle-order batsmen had already made their mind to attack England bowlers. Pooran straightaway started dealing with sixes followed by Powell’s brilliant batting display that saw his score a stunning century. West Indies dominating batting display in the first innings helped them put a strong total of 224-5 on the board.

West Indies' party would have been spoiled had they not taken the wicket of Tom Banton. None of the West Indies bowlers had answers to Banton’s clean hitting. From the start of the innings, Banton looked in great touch as he took the to Akeal Hosein in his first over and didn't let him settle. Debutant Phil Salt’s too was in cracking touch. His brilliant half-century towards the end of the innings was the only resistance from the England batters as the visitors fell short by 20 runs.

What they said

Kieron Pollard (West Indies captain): "The challenge for us is to replicate this performance in the next game, the good thing is we can celebrate this win for a longer time. England are making changes, so we will have to come back and do exactly the same thing on Saturday.”

Moeen Ali (Stand-in England captain): “I’m not sure that too many all-rounders captain in T20 cricket, but I feel like I’ve always been ready to captain teams. Wednesday happened just before the toss, there were five changes and it just felt there was a lot going on. I didn’t feel like I had time to prepare and think about it too much, which sometimes can help. Hopefully going forward it’ll be a little bit easier and calmer.”

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2466910
 
West Indies have won the toss and have opted to field

West Indies (Playing XI): Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Rovman Powell, Darren Bravo, Nicholas Pooran(w), Kieron Pollard(c), Romario Shepherd, Jason Holder, Dominic Drakes, Akeal Hosein, Sheldon Cottrell

England (Playing XI): Jason Roy, Tom Banton(w), James Vince, Moeen Ali(c), Liam Livingstone, Sam Billings, Philip Salt, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Tymal Mills, Reece Topley
 
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WI lose one of their two reviews in the first over.
 
LIVE

4th T20I (D/N), Bridgetown, Jan 29 2022, England tour of West Indies

ENG 13/1
(2.5/20 ov)

WI Yet to bat

West Indies chose to field.

CRR: 4.58
 
This is going to be a run fest. Hope Vince can go the distance here as is he great batsman to watch when in full flow.
 
LIVE

ENG 74/1
(8.4/20 ov)

West Indies chose to field.

CRR: 8.42
• Last 5 ov (RR): 58/0 (11.60)
 
Dot balls is key here , because England bat deep , If WI bowlers keep them under 10 an over here , they would be happy
 
The umpiring has been absolutely shocking so far. There's been more than an overs worth of clear wides that haven't been called.
 
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