Jose Butler hit 96 runs and Liam Dawson took 4 wickets, England defeated West Indies by 21 runs in the first T20 match
ENG vs Wi 1st T20I: England won the match by 21 runs by defeating West Indies by 21 runs in the first T20 match played at Rivaride Ground, Czeter Lee Street on Friday 6 June. In this match, Jos Buttler and Liam Dawson were the victory of the English team who rocked their performance.
Yes, this happened. In fact, in the first T20 International played at the Rivaraside Ground, England captain Harry Brook won the toss and decided to bat first, after which the veteran player Jose Butler played a brilliant 96 runs, batting at number-3, batting on number-3, hitting 6 fours and 4 sixes on 59 balls.
Apart from Jose, wicketkeeper Batter Jamie Smith hit 38 runs with 4 fours and 2 sixes on 20 balls, while Jacob Bethel batted on number-6 and scored 23 runs with the help of 1 six on 23 balls. On the basis of these innings, England was successful in scoring 188 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs.
Talk about the Caribbean bowlers, then Romario Shepherd gave 2 witches for 33 runs in 4 overs. Aljari Joseph, Andre Russell, and Vaston Chase took one wicket each.
From here, now the West Indies had a target of 189 runs to win this match, chasing it, he could score 167 runs after losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. Evin Lewis was the highest run -scorer for the team to open 39 runs with the help of 3 fours and 3 sixes on 23 balls while opening. Apart from him, Roston Chase Kelly on 20 balls. Johnson Charles 18, Romario Shepherd 16, Andre Russell 15 and Rowman Powell were dismissed for 13 runs. Jason Holder also scored an unbeaten 16 runs at 13 balls.
Significantly, in this entire match, Liam Dawson was the most successful bowler in front of whom Carryibai Batters kneeled. Dawson took 4 wickets for just 20 runs in 4 overs. Apart from him, Matthew Pots and Jacob Bethal took 2-2 wickets and Adil Rashid also took one wicket.
Liam Dawson was also awarded the Player of the Match award for his superb bowling. Let us know that after winning this match, now the English team has been ahead 1-0 in the three-match T20 series.
