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| Fourth Twenty20 worldwide, Barbados: |
| England 193-6 (20 overs): Moeen 63 (28), Roy 52 (42); Holder 3-44 |
| West Indies 159-5 (20 overs): Mayers 40 (23), Holder 36 (24); Moeen 2-28 |
| England gained by 34 runs; sequence stage at 2-2 |
| Scorecard |
Moeen Ali produced a exceptional all-round show to steer England to victory within the fourth Twenty20 in Barbados.
Stand-in captain Moeen struck a brutal 63 from 28 balls as England posted an imposing 193-6.
The all-rounder then took 2-28 in West Indies’ reply because the hosts fell 34 runs brief.
The sequence is completely poised at 2-2, with the ultimate sport to be performed on the identical venue on Sunday (20:00 GMT).
Having misplaced the toss, England began steadily on a gradual pitch earlier than Jason Roy capitalised on some free West Indies bowling.
Roy hit three sixes in his 52, a nice effort from the opener regardless of looking of kinds for a lot of his innings.
The bowling of Jason Holder and Kieron Pollard troubled England’s batters with nagging consistency earlier than Moeen’s onslaught propelled England to their match-winning whole.
There have been cameos from Kyle Mayers, Nicholas Pooran and Holder in West Indies’ reply however in distinction to England, none had been in a position to put up a big rating.
Moeen’s magic conjures up England
Roy’s 34-ball fifty on the prime of the order set a platform from which his teammates may speed up, James Vince chipped in with one other elegant knock of 34 and Sam Billings hit two sixes from the final two balls to spice up the vacationers’ whole additional.
However the magnificence of Moeen stole the present from all of them.
The trendy left-hander was a pleasure to look at, the spotlight being 4 consecutive sixes from Jason Holder’s third over – whose figures learn 1-3 earlier than the England all-rounder intervened.
England hammered 15 sixes in whole and Moeen accounted for seven of them.
He was assisted by some inconsistent West Indies bowling – full deliveries sailed again over their heads, shorter ones had been pulled ferociously into the stands.
However the truth that he was batting on a pitch that seemed two-paced and providing some uneven bounce made his effort much more spectacular.
And as if a match-winning contribution with the bat wasn’t sufficient, Moeen then went on to take away each West Indies openers together with his off-spin, breaking a blistering opening stand of 64 from Mayers and Brandon King.
Extra to observe.
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