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England All-round performance clinch 3-0 series lead
Sam Curran (41), Liam Livingstone (39) and Will Jacks (32) directed Britain past the end goal by three wickets in a precarious pursue as the guests secured an unassailable 3-0 series lead over the West Indies in St. Lucia on Thursday. Prior, quick bowlers Saqib Mahmood and Jamie Overton picked three wickets each to limit the West Indies to 145 for 8 in the principal innings, a decent complete considering the hosts were 37 for 5 at one phase.
Jos Buttler won the throw for the third consecutive game running as Britain picked to handle on one of the greatest scoring grounds in the West Indies. It didn't take long for Britain to justify their skipper's choice as they got four wickets in the initial four overs. First was Shai Trust, who was run-out in the first over by young person Jacob Bethell while Mahmood hit with his third ball in the second over as Evin Lewis holed out to third man.
Things deteriorated for the West Indies as the perilous Nicholas Pooran played across the line to see his stumps ran through Jofra Bowman before Roston Pursue edged one to slip. Mahmood got his third in the 6th over as Hetmyer skied a draw to profound mid-wicket to leave the hosts rocking at 39 for 5 toward the finish of the PowerPlay.
Rovmann Powell (54) and Romario Shepherd (30) enlisted a 73-run organization in 9.3 overs to attempt to agree with their stance to a good score. They designated legspinner Rehan Ahmed and Livingstone as the hitters scored 26 stumbles into the 10th and tenth over. Powell likewise endure a LBW choice through DRS because of an inside edge. The West Indies captain raised his fifty with a six off Curran yet similarly as the hosts looked set to push for a major score, Overton achieved another bend.
The quick bowler got Shepherd and Motie in the sixteenth over while Powell fell in the eighteenth over. Through Alzarri Joseph and Akeal Hosein, the hosts figured out how to score 23 runs in their last two overs to take them to 145.
In answer, the guests didn't get off to the best of starts either as they lost Phil Salt economically for four - bowled by Hosein. Jacks gradually got his eye in and scored several limits before he saw his chief Buttler got a thick edge directly to his partner while Bethell scored a limit prior to being gotten behind off Joseph. This left the hosts at 42 for 3 after the PowerPlay.
Jacks, who saw his accomplices succumb to low scores, enrolled a 38-run organization with Curran. The left-hander secured two limits off Terrance Hinds to get a few quiet the sightseers' camps. Yet, Jacks fell at a pivotal time punching one directly to cover. Livingstone had a significant beginning to his innings with a six off Joseph prior to being put down two times across two overs, and ensured he capitalized on his respites. Curran then, at that point, hooked into Motie with a six over lengthy off to bring the condition down to 38 off 30 balls.
Hinds took up his lady wicket out Curran yet a six by Dan Mousley and a 16-run eighteenth over by Livingstone passed on Britain with five hurries to get off 12 balls. In spite of the fact that Livingstone fell in the penultimate over, the harm was at that point done Britain went too far serenely.