England vs West Indies 2nd T20I: England defeated West Indies 3-0 in the ODI series on home soil, while now the host team’s strong performance continues in the three-match T20 series as well. England has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series by defeating the Windies team in the second T20. In the second T20 match of the series played in Bristol, West Indies scored 196/6 in 20 overs while batting. In response, chasing the target, the English team achieved this target by losing 6 wickets with 3 balls to spare. Former Mumbai Indians fast bowler Luke Wood played an important role in England’s victory.
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West Indies scored a big score with Shai Hope’s captaincy innings
After losing the toss and playing first, West Indies had a very bad start. Evin Lewis fell victim to a golden duck. However, after this Johnson Charles and Shai Hope took charge and added 90 runs for the second wicket. This pair was broken by Adil Rashid.
Hope was dismissed after scoring 49 runs off 38 balls. Sherfane Rutherford could not show anything special and could contribute only 6 runs. The team lost its fourth wicket at a score of 117 in the form of Charles, who managed to score 47 runs. At the same time, Rovman Powell (34) and Jason Holder (29) played important innings and took the team to a respectable score. Luke Wood bowled brilliantly for England and took 2 wickets for 25 runs in his 4 overs spell.
Jos Buttler played a match-winning innings
When the English team came out to chase the target, its start was also not good. The team got the first blow at a score of 9. However, the England team did not suffer much from this. Ben Duckett and Jos Butler batted steadily and scored runs at a fast pace. Duckett was able to score 30 runs in 18 balls. Butler’s wicket fell at a total of 112. He scored 47 runs in 36 balls with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes.
Apart from these, 34 runs came from Brook’s bat. In the last overs, Tom Banton (30*) also played a good innings and led the team to victory by 6 wickets. Alzari Joseph took the maximum of 2 wickets for West Indies.
