England’s seven-wicket victory thus stored the five-match T20I sequence alive, with the Windies main 2-1.
Brook’s explosive late innings, that includes 24 runs off the ultimate over, sealed the victory for England. The 24-year-old Yorkshireman secured the win with a six off West Indies bowler Andre Russell over third man.
The guests required 21 runs within the closing over, and Brook delivered by smashing 4, 6, 6, 2, 6 off Andre Russell to win the match for his crew.
Earlier than that, Salt rating a century off simply 56 balls, together with 4 fours and 9 sixes.
Though England had a powerful begin of their pursuit of the 223-run goal, a decent bowling spell from West Indies and the dismissal of skipper Jos Buttler momentarily slowed down the run price, placing the hosts in a good place.
Nonetheless, a spectacular comeback by England, highlighted by Liam Livingstone’s brisk 30 off 18 balls and Brook’s late heroics, secured a exceptional victory for the vacationers.
“It feels prefer it’s been a very long time coming in an England shirt,” Salt stated of his century. “It is particular to do it right this moment with the sequence on the road. Brooky got here in and performed a hell of a knock on the finish.”
West Indies appeared poised to safe the sequence victory, courtesy Nicholas Pooran‘s explosive 82 off 45 balls, rescuing the house aspect from a shaky begin.
Pooran’s stellar efficiency got here in response to England’s early blows, lowering the hosts to eight for two with the dismissals of openers Brandon King and Kyle Mayers.
Pooran’s innings served as the point of interest of a sustained middle-order assault, complemented by contributions from Rovman Powell (39), Sherfane Rutherford (29) and Shai Hope (26).
The West Indies middle-order dismissed England bowlers with a wide ranging show of energy hitting that resulted in additional sixes (16) than boundaries (14).
In an try to show the tide, England made two adjustments to the aspect that suffered a 10-run defeat within the second T20I on Thursday, bringing in Reece Topley and Gus Atkinson rather than Rehan Ahmed and Chris Woakes. Nonetheless, each Topley and Atkinson struggled to make a major influence with the ball.
Whereas Topley managed an early breakthrough by dismissing Mayers for a duck, he conceded 32 runs from his 4 overs at an economic system price of eight runs per over. Atkinson, however, confronted a troublesome time, conceding 33 runs off two overs.
The fourth recreation of the sequence is scheduled to happen in Trinidad & Tobago on Tuesday.
Temporary Scores:
West Indies 222 for six (Pooran 82, Powell 39, Rutherford 29; Ali 1 for 26, Rashid 2 for 32)
England 226 for 3 in 19.5 overs (Salt 109 not out, Buttler 51, Brook 31 not out; Motie 1 for 30, Holder 1 for52)
(With AFP inputs)
