England has been improving their white-ball form day by day. They now have two wins in the last five T20Is and four straight wins, including 3 ODIs, against West Indies. On the other hand, West Indies are not improving their form in the shortest format, which they ruled in the history of cricket — but that’s history now. At present, West Indies are the weakest Test-playing nation, and it’s a fact. Both teams played their last match against each other where England defeated West Indies by 21 runs.
England will be grateful to Jos Buttler and Liam Dawson for their outstanding performances. Batting first, England posted a total of 188 runs, which was above the par score for the ground. Jos Buttler nearly scored a hundred, missing it by four runs. Romario Shepherd took two wickets for the West Indies.
In the chase, West Indies started well until the loss of the first wicket. However, as soon as the first wicket fell, Liam Dawson took charge of the bowling and dismissed four West Indies batters. Jacob Bethell and Matthew Potts also contributed with two wickets each. Evin Lewis was the top scorer for West Indies with his 39 off 23 balls.
County Ground, Bristol is a batting-friendly ground where scoring runs is relatively easy. Teams often score 160+ here. The highest score of 242 runs has also been scored on this ground. The team that wins the toss usually prefers to bowl first because the pitch becomes even better later. The matches here are high-scoring and entertaining.
The white ball matches between England and West Indies are always entertaining. Both teams have faced each other 36 times so far, in which West Indies have won 18 matches with a slight edge, and England have won 17. Just one match had no result; in all the others, we got to see a solid fight.
In the last match, England batted first and made 188 runs, in which Jos Buttler scored 96 runs in just 59 balls. Evin Lewis made 39 for West Indies, but Liam Dawson's 4 wickets made sure that West Indies could only score 167 runs. England won the match by 21 runs.
Jamie Smith, Ben Duckett, Jos Buttler(w), Harry Brook(c), Tom Banton, Jacob Bethell, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Brydon Carse, Adil Rashid, Matthew Potts
Injury Update: Phil Salt, Jamie Overton (Unavailable)
Johnson Charles, Evin Lewis, Shai Hope(w/c), Roston Chase, Sherfane Rutherford, Rovman Powell, Jason Holder, Andre Russell, Romario Shepherd, Gudakesh Motie, Alzarri Joseph
Injury Updates: None
Keeper: Jos Buttler, Jamie Smith
Batters: Bun Duckett, Ewin Lewis, Jacob Bethell
All-rounders: Andre Russell, Liam Dawson, Romario Shepherd
Bowlers: Adil Rashid, Alzarri Joseph, Matthew Potts
Jos Buttler
Andre Russell
Liam Dawson
Jamie Smith
Keeper: Jos Buttler, Shai Hope, Jamie Smith
Batters: Bun Duckett, Ewin Lewis, Harry Brook, Sherfane Rutherford
All-rounders: Andre Russell, Romario Shepherd, Liam Dawson
Bowlers: Adil Rashid
Ben Duckett
Sherfane Rutherford
Romario Shepherd
Harry Brook
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