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31-Jan-2022 04:08:00 GMT
WI vs Eng - 5th T20I, Barbados

Holder picked up four-in-four puts seal series for West Indies

West Indies 179 for 4 (Pollard 41, Powell 35*, Rashid 2-17, Livingstone 2-17) beat England 162 (Vince 55, Holder 5-25, Hosein 4-30) by 17 runs

Barbados: Jason Holder's fifer and Akeal Hosein's four-wicket haul helped West Indies defeat England by 17 runs in the fifth and final T20I at the Kensington Oval on Monday.

With this win, West Indies won the five-match series 3-2.

Chasing 180, only James Vince got going for England with the bat as he played a 55-run knock from 35 balls. Sam Billings also chipped in with a 41-run inning, but it did not prove enough as West Indies kept on taking wickets at regular intervals.

Holder and Hosein were the standout performers and the duo ensured that the hosts end up winning the series.

Earlier, Kieron Pollard and Rovman Powell played unbeaten knocks of 41 and 35 to help West Indies post 179/4 in the allotted twenty overs.

For England, Adil Rashid and Liam Livingstone returned with two wickets each.

It was a curious innings from West Indies, thanks mainly to the disparity in quality between England's pace and spin bowling.

The hosts motored in the powerplay, meandered in the middle overs, then surged at the end. They took 58 from the first six overs, 47 from the next nine and 74 off the final five.

The early charge was led by Kyle Mayers, who whipped almost all of his 31 through the leg side. He was cut off by a wonderful relay catch on the boundary - Jason Roy nonchalantly offloading from deep mid-wicket to long-on Salt to give the masterful Rashid his first wicket.

England's four scalps were shared between the leg-spin of Rashid and Livingstone as England applied the brakes in a period of nine overs where only one was delivered by a pace bowler.

At one point, West Indies went 42 balls between boundaries, with impetus eventually coming from Powell, who despite hitting a scintillating hundred in the third match of the series, was held back at number six and did not arrive until the 15th over.

From a low stance, he belted four sixes when England returned to pace at the death, and skipper Pollard followed in his slipstream.

Overall, England's spin trio returned 4-54 from 10 overs, while their pace counterparts went wicketless and leaked 122 runs from the same amount.


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