West Indies Beat England In 5th T20I series
31 January 2022, 07:00 pm | Updated: 24 November 2024, 05:30 am
West Indies beat England by 17 runs in the fifth and deciding Twenty20 international at the Kensington Oval on Sunday for a 3-2 series win. Akeal Hosein had already slowed England's progress with a format-best four for 30.
James Vince, who holed out for an innings top-score of 55, was among those who fell to the left-arm spinner. England, however, were still in the game, needing 20 runs to reach a target of 180 when all-rounder Holder began to bowl the final over of the match at his Barbados home ground.
Despite starting the over with a no-ball, the towering paceman removed Chris Jordan and Sam Billings with his second and third legitimate deliveries via the aid of catches at deep midwicket by substitute fielder Hayden Walsh Jr.
Holder then had Adil Rashid taken at deep square leg before ending the match when he bowled Saqib Mahmood, with both batsmen out for golden ducks.
The former West Indies captain was named both player of the match and series after taking 15 wickets across the five games -- all at the Kensington Oval.
"I'm pumped up for the moment, I love playing at Kensington Oval," he added. "It's the best place in the world to play cricket".
Brief scores:
West Indies 179-4, 20 overs (Kieron Pollard 41 no, Rovman Powell 35 no; Adil Rashid 2-17, Liam Livingstone 2-17)