{"id":14859,"date":"2024-01-02T18:27:28","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T18:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=14859"},"modified":"2024-01-02T18:27:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T18:27:29","slug":"england-secures-victory-in-the-third-t20-west-indies-lead-series-2-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/england-secures-victory-in-the-third-t20-west-indies-lead-series-2-1\/","title":{"rendered":"England Secures Victory in the Third T20, West Indies Lead Series 2-1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In a thrilling encounter, England managed to secure a 7-wicket victory over the West Indies in the third T20 international, preventing a series defeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nicholas Pooran&#8217;s explosive performance with the bat, scoring 82 from 45 balls, provided the West Indies with a competitive total. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite Pooran&#8217;s efforts, brilliant hitting from Phil Salt guided England to victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The West Indies, after being put into bat, faced early setbacks with the dismissals of Brandon King (8) and Kyle Meyers (0). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Pooran partnered with Shai Hope to stabilize the innings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pooran showcased his prowess with 6 fours and 6 sixes, while Hope contributed 26 to the total. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Skipper Rovman Powell and Sherfane Rutherford&#8217;s late contributions helped the West Indies post a challenging score of 222 for 6 in their 20 overs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>English bowlers Adil Rashid and Sam Curran played crucial roles, each taking a pair of wickets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, England&#8217;s Phil Salt scored an impressive 109 at the top of the order, supported by Jos Butler&#8217;s 51. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Salt&#8217;s aggressive innings included nine 6&#8217;s and four 4&#8217;s, while Butler hit five 4&#8217;s and two sixes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contributions from Liam Livingstone (30) and Harry Brooks (31) in the final over secured England&#8217;s victory by 7 wickets with one ball to spare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The loss for the West Indies marks a shift in the series, with England bouncing back to claim their first win in the five-match series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The West Indies maintain the lead at 2-1 after winning the opening clashes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a thrilling encounter, England managed to secure a 7-wicket victory over the West Indies in the third T20 international, preventing a series defeat. Nicholas Pooran&#8217;s explosive performance with the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14861,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14859\/revisions\/14861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}