Eng's Salt spoils WI's taste!

Phil Salt thrashed a brilliant 87 not out off just 47 balls as defending champions England romped to an eightwicket victory over the West Indies in their T20 World Cup Super 8 clash on Wednesday Salt smashed seven fours and five sixes during a swashbuckling innings at the Daren Sammy National Stadium here while Jonny Bairstow hit an unbeaten 48 as England finished on 1812 off 173 overs after restricting WI to 180430 runs off 16th overPlayer of the Match Salt effectively sealed victory after cutting loose in the 16th over hammering 30 three sixes and three fours runs off WIrsquos Romario Shepherd with an exhibition of powerhitting ldquoWersquore not looking too far ahead just glad to contribute to the winrdquo Salt said after his matchwinning knock The England opener praised Bairstow who kept the runs flowing at the other end ldquoThere are a lot of different factors that can affect an innings There was a period where I did not face a lot of balls but important to stick around and carry on Jonny was fantastic and took pressure off me by taking calculated risks I couldnrsquot be happier as a team materdquo Salt said Englandrsquos other runs came from 25 from skipper Jos Buttler while Moeen Ali added a brisk 13Also ReadT20 World Cup 2024 Gous made life tough for us says MarkramJonathan Bairstow after his 26ball 48 not out PicsGetty ImagesldquoThatrsquos a really good performance from us we executed well with both bat and ball We bowled really well to restrict such a powerful batting lineup still we had to chase it down but smart play from us The partnership between Salt and Bairstow was greatrdquo England skipper Jos Buttler saidEarlier after England won the toss and opted to bowl the West Indies made a smooth start with openers Charles and Brandon King in control Even after King retired hurt for 23 in the fifth over the runs continued to flow with Johnson Charles forming a handy partnership with Nicholas Pooran WI were 820 at the reached the halfway stage before England spinner Moeen Ali finally got the breakthrough Charles was caught in the deep by Harry Brook for 38 off 34 balls in the 12th overWI batters falterWI captain Powell threatened to cut loose after blasting five sixes in a quickfire 36 off just 17 balls but after bludgeoning Liam Livingstone for three sixes in the 15th over topedged one to short third man That left the score at 1372 and Pooran fell soon afterwards caught behind by skipper Jos Buttler off Jofra Archer to leave the Windies wobbling on 1413 Two runs later Andre Russell fell for one off Adil Rashid before an unbeaten 28 from Sherfane Rutherford gave the hosts a competitive totalWe fell 1520 runs short WI skipper Rovman PowellWI skipper Rovman Powell PicsGetty ImagesGros Islet St Lucia West Indies captain Rovman Powell lamented missed opportunities and straying from their plans as his side suffered an eightwicket defeat against England in their Super Eight match at the T20 World Cup 2024 in Gros Islet He acknowledged that his team fell short of runs and didnrsquot execute their bowling plans effectively ldquoFrom a batting perspective we left 1520 runs out there as a batting grouprdquo Powell saidldquoWe shouldrsquove put up a better display as a bowling group Wersquore normally good in the last five overs but credit goes to the England bowling unit They had clear plans and executed them wellrdquo Powell also hailed Phil Salt 87 ldquoCredit has to be given to Phil he seems to like playing against West Indies Every time he plays against West Indies he always hurts us We strayed away a little bit from our plans to Phil We must look back at those plans and reevaluaterdquo said PowellThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever