England cruised to victory of their opening T20 match in opposition to the West Indies on the Banks Houses Riverside Stadium in Durham.
Jos Buttler’s 96 powered the Three Lions to victory by 21 runs in what was his first T20 worldwide since handing the white-ball captaincy to Harry Brook.
He was properly supported by Jamie Smith, who added 38, and Jacob Bethell who chipped in with a run-a-ball unbeaten 23. Their efforts helped England submit a formidable rating of 188 – the second-highest T20 ever at this floor.
Dawson Returns With a Bang
Spin proved to be the simplest weapon for each side, however the choose of the bowlers was with out query Liam Dawson.
Showing in his first worldwide match for practically three years, Dawson placed on a present, taking 4 wickets for simply 20 runs in his 4 overs.
He kicked off England’s bowling success by eradicating Johnson Charles through a stumping, earlier than securing the essential wickets of Roston Chase, Sherfane Rutherford, and Rovman Powell within the center overs.
Though he solely took one wicket, Adil Rashid additionally impressed, sustaining a good line all through his 4 overs, conceding simply 22 runs.
West Indies Falter Underneath Strain
West Indies had been at 91-3 with one ball remaining within the tenth over, and had already taken 24 off Jacob Bethell within the over.
That included two sixes, and Evin Lewis fancied his possibilities of hitting one other boundary to finish the over.
But it surely was one massive hit too many, as he was caught by Ben Duckett on the boundary, triggering the West Indies collapse.
Rutherford fell shortly after for simply two runs, with the remaining batters tumbling like dominos together with Powell, Russell and Motie, with all of them falling to spin.
Romario Shepherd and Jason Holder supplied just a few late boundaries, however finally it was too late.
Matthew Potts struggled all through the sport along with his line, however managed to get the wicket of Shepherd with the ultimate ball of the match.
West Indies completed on 167 runs, and can want a stronger displaying with each the bat and ball if they’re to stage the sequence.
The second T20 takes place on Sunday, June eighth, in Bristol.
