WI vs ENG 5th T20I: The fifth T20 match played between West Indies and England was washed out due to rain. Only five overs could be played in this match after which it rained and then the conditions were not suitable for playing.
England took revenge for losing the ODI series in this T20 series. The British won the five-match T20 series 3-1.
Rain Ends 5th T20I, England Secure Series Victory
The West Indies team was batting first in the match. In five overs, the host team scored 44 runs without losing any wickets. It was here that rain knocked and then the match could not be played again. Evin Lewis remained unbeaten on 29 and Shai Hope on 14.
This match was a dead rubber for England, that is, England did not care about defeat or victory in this match because it had already won the series. For West Indies, this match was a match to save its reputation to some extent by reducing the margin of defeat, but the weather did not support it.
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West Indies Miss Chance to Narrow Series Defeat
West Indies created history on Saturday by achieving the target of 219 runs. In this match, the host team wanted to repeat that result. Lewis hit a powerful six towards deep midwicket on the ball of John Turner. After this, he hit a four on mid-on on the very next ball.
Turner took revenge and bowled a bouncer on the very next ball which hit Lewis’s helmet. This ball also proved to be the last ball of the match because it rained and the entire ground was covered with covers. In this match, West Indies won the toss which happened for the first time in this series.
Saqib Mahmood Named Player of the Series
Turner made his debut in the fourth T20 match. This was his second match in which he conceded 20 runs in two overs. England’s Saqib Mahmood was chosen as the Player of the Series. He took the most wickets in this series.
Saqib took a total of nine wickets in this series and during this, his economy was 6.33. At the same time, the average was 10.55. In the first T20 match, he took four wickets for 43 runs. Akil Hossain was the second-highest wicket-taker of the series. This West Indies spinner took eight wickets in the entire series.
