Jason Holder got 4 wickets from 4 balls. The West Indies also won the T20 series against England. What more could Jason Holder expect at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, his hometown!
Holder became the first Caribbean bowler to take four wickets in a row in the International Twenty20. This is the fourth time I have seen international Twenty20 cricket. Earlier, Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga, Afghanistan's Rashid Khan and Ireland's Curtis Kampher took 4 wickets off 4 balls in a row.
The West Indies won the series by defeating England by 16 runs in the last T20 match of the series. Holder dismissed Chris Jordan, Sam Billings, Adil Rashid and Shakib Mahmud one by one in the last over of England's innings.
Yesterday's match in Bridgetown was the unwritten final. Earlier in the five-match series, there was a 2-2 draw. West Indies won the toss and elected to bat. Their collection was 169 for 4 in the allotted 20 overs. The highest 41 runs came from Kieron Pollard's bat. Rovman Powell made 35. In addition, Brendon King 34, Kyle Myers 31 and Nicholas Puran 21. Adil Rashid and Liam Livingstone took 2 wickets each for England.
Batting first, England were bowled out for 172 with one ball to spare. James Vince (55) and Sam Billings (41) could not win the match. Holder bowled 2.5 overs and took 5 wickets for 26 runs. Akil Hossain did not go less. He returned 4 English batsmen with 30 runs.
Holder will be proud of himself after such a feat. However, he was happy to be able to do such a feat in his homeland. "I am just happy to be here," he said at the end of the match. I really enjoy playing at Kensington Oval. It's the best place in the world to play cricket. "
The series against England was great for Holder, the former West Indies captain. In the first match, he bowled his best in T20 with 4 wickets for 6 runs. He also took 5 wickets for 26 runs yesterday. He took 15 wickets in the entire series - the most wickets in the series. It is no longer difficult to understand why the holder of the series as well as the award of the series went to the holder.
The West Indies-England T20 series will be remembered elsewhere. In this series, the two teams have hit a total of 96 sixes. This is the record for most sixes in any bilateral series in the International Twenty20. The previous highest number of sixes was 94, in the 2019-20 season on New Zealand soil, in the England-New Zealand series.
Yesterday's match in Bridgetown was the unwritten final. Earlier in the five-match series, there was a 2-2 draw. West Indies won the toss and elected to bat. Their collection was 169 for 4 in the allotted 20 overs. The highest 41 runs came from Kieron Pollard's bat. Rovman Powell made 35. In addition, Brendon King 34, Kyle Myers 31 and Nicholas Puran 21. Adil Rashid and Liam Livingstone took 2 wickets each for England.
Batting first, England were bowled out for 172 with one ball to spare. James Vince (55) and Sam Billings (41) could not win the match. Holder bowled 2.5 overs and took 5 wickets for 26 runs. Akil Hossain did not go less. He returned 4 English batsmen with 30 runs.
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