Jason Holder's hat-trick: In the last T20 against England, Holder took 4 wickets in 4 balls; West Indies capture the series
Jason Holder has become the first West Indies bowler to take a hat-trick. In the last T20 match against England, he took 4 wickets in four balls to turn the match in West Indies' court. He took 5 wickets for 27 runs in 2.5 overs in this match.
West Indies won the match by 17 runs and captured the series. Holder took a hat-trick in the last match of the five-match T20 series being played between West Indies and England. England needed 20 runs from 6 balls to win the match.
Jason Holder came to bowl the last over for West Indies. The first ball of the over was a no-ball. England got two runs. No run scored on the next ball. On the second ball, Jason dismissed Jordan. He was caught by Hayden Walls. On the third ball, he sent Sam Billings to the pavilion by getting caught by Hayden Walsh. On the fourth ball, he completed his hat-trick by dismissing Adil Rashid. O den Smith caught Rashid.
Holder did not stop here and on the 5th ball, he bowled Shake Mahmood to take his fourth wicket and also gave West Indies a 17-run victory.
West Indies won the series 3-2
West Indies won the last T20 match and won the series 3-2. Before this match, both the teams were tied in the series by winning 2-2 matches. West Indies won the first match by 9 wickets. England won the second match by 1 run. The third match was won by West Indies by 20 runs, while the fourth match was won by England by 34 runs to level the series.
West Indies set a target of 180 runs
Batting first after winning the toss, the Caribbean team scored 179 for 4 wickets. Brendan King (34) and Kyle Meyers (31) got off to a great start. After this, captain Kieran Pollard scored an unbeaten 41 and Roman Powell scored 35 runs in 17 balls.
Chasing the target of 180 runs, the English team, apart from Jason Holder, succumbed to Adeel Hussain. Hussain took 4 wickets for 30 runs. James Vince scored the highest 55 runs for England. Apart from these, Sam Billings scored 41 runs in 28 balls.
Announcement of West Indies team for T20 series: West Indies placed bets on 16 players in the home series against England; Gayle and Lewis did not get a chance again
West Indies has announced the squad for the 3 T20 match series against India. West Indies have bet only on the players playing in the 5 T20 match series against England. 20 Cricket's explosive batsmen Chris Gayle and Evian Lewis have not got another chance. There are 16 players in the team and the captain of the team is Kieron Pollard and the vice-captain is Nicholas Poo ran.
Earlier, West Indies had announced the ODI squad for the 3-match ODI series. The command of the ODI team has also been handed over to Pollard.
The T20 series between India and West Indies is to start in Kolkata on February 16. At the same time, before the T20 series, West Indies also have to play an ODI series on the Indian tour. The ODI series will be played in Ahmedabad from 6-11 February.
What did the Chief Selector say for not making changes?
West Indies chief selector Desmond, on not making changes to the squad playing the home series against England, said all the players have done well in the T20Is against England. In such a situation, we have decided to give the same players a chance again. He is performing brilliantly according to his talent, and we hope to show a great game against India as well.
India's schedule on West Indies tour
1st ODI - 6 February - Ahmedabad
2nd ODI - 9 February - Ahmedabad
3rd ODI - February 11 - Ahmedabad
T20 Schedule
1st T20 - 16 February - Kolkata
2nd T20 - February 18 - Kolkata
3rd T20 - February 20 - Kolkata
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