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Pacer Jason Holder took four wickets in four balls to blow up the last over of England’s run chase as West Indies won the fifth Twenty20 game by 17 runs to capture the series 3-2. West Indies won the toss, chose to bat and scored 179-4 at the Kensington Oval. In reply, England were all out for 162 with one ball left after entering the final over at 160-6 and needing 20 runs to win. In that last over, Holder first claimed the wicket of Chris Jordan (7) caught on the fence, immediately followed by the key dismissal of Sam Billings (41 runs off 28 balls) before golden ducks for Adil Rashid and Saqib Mahmood. Holder joined an exclusive club when Mahmood’s inside edge nicked leg stump. Lasith Malinga, Rashid Khan and Curtis Campher are the only other bowlers in men’s cricket to take four-in-four in a T20 international. Holder did not get a chance to go for five wickets in five balls with no England batters left. The all-rounder finished with 5-27 from 2.5 overs.James Vince top-scored for England with 55 off 35 but was one of left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein’s four wickets after holing out. Hosein took 4-30 from four overs. Earlier, West Indies had been frustrated by England’s spinners but captain Kieron Pollard (41 not out off 25) and Rovman Powell (35 not out off 17) shared an undefeated fifth-wicket stand of 74 in just over five overs to give the hosts a reasonable target to set England. The pair added a whopping 66 in the final 24 balls. Rashid (2-17) leapfrogged Jordan as England men’s leading T20 wicket-taker with 81 career wickets. Liam Livingstone collected identical figures as the pair and fellow spinner Moeen Ali yielded just 54 from their 10 overs, with England’s quick repeatedly targeted by West Indies. Jason Holder produced a record-breaking performance when it mattered the most to lead West Indies to a 17-run victory in the decider against England and with that take the five-match T20I series 3-2. The former captain picked up four wickets in four balls in the last over to complete a double hat-trick. He became the first West Indian male cricketer to take a hat-trick in T20Is. Women's star Anisa Mohammed was the first West Indian to take a hat-trick in T20Is, achieving the feat against South Africa in 2018. All-rounder Stafanie Taylor too has a T20I hat-trick in her resume, thanks to her brilliant performance against Pakistan Women in 2021. Holder is the first man from the West Indies to achieve the feat, delivering the goods to help his team beat the visiting English team. In the final over of the match, with England 20 runs to win, Holder removed Chris Jordan, Sam Billings, Adil Rashid and Saqib Mahmood off consecutive deliveries to etch his name in the record books. With the series ties 2-2, it was all to play for at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados. West Indies won the toss and opted to bat. Brandon King and Kyle Mayer's gave their team a brilliant start. However, the hosts lost two quick wickets after the power play that dented their scoring rate. Nicholas Pooran played an uncharacteristically slow knock, scoring 21 off 24 balls. However, Kieron Pollard and Rovman Powell provided the much-needed impetus to the West Indian innings. The duo added 74 runs off just 33 balls, both remaining unbeaten, to power the hosts to 179 for four in their 20 overs. In reply, England lost both openers -- Jason Roy and Tom Banton -- inside the power play, however, some fine hitting from James Vince helped them keep abreast with the required rate. Listen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.comWest Indies, though, kept picking crucil wickets to stop the English from running away with the game. And after Vince fell for a 35-ball 55, the hosts took control of the proceedings. Sam Billings played a brilliant cameo of 41 off just 28 balls to keep England in the hunt but found no support from the others. Holder put the final nail in England's coffin with his double hat-trick as West Indies won the series 3-2.