West Indies beat England for 28 runs within the last over and misplaced the second Twenty20 International by only one run to degree the five-match collection 1-1.
England, who suffered a 4-0 Ashes defeat to West Indies by 9 wickets within the T20 opener on Saturday, appeared on the right track for a straightforward victory.
After shedding the toss, England scored 171–8, together with 45 from 31 balls for opener Jason Roy, earlier than lowering West Indies to 78–7 after 13 overs.
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At 111-8, West Indies nonetheless wanted 60 runs from the ultimate three overs to equalize England’s whole earlier than being thrashed at 170-8.
West Indies No. 10, Aqeel Hossein hit Saqib Mahmood for 3 straight sixes within the final three balls of the sport, scoring an unbeaten 44 off 16 balls with the assistance of three fours and 4 sixes. All-rounder Romario Shepherd was additionally dismissed for 44 not out off 28 balls with the assistance of 1 4 and 5 sixes.
Shepherd and Hossein shared an unbroken 72-run partnership off simply 29 balls.
The equation got here right down to 30 by the ultimate over and, whereas England ensured their whole couldn’t be overhauled and not using a no-ball or vast earlier than the climax, Hossein closed the present in model together with his trio of sixes. .
Moeen Ali was the most effective bowler for England, coming again for 3-24 runs in 4 overs.
Adil Rashid (2-24) earlier defeated Kieron Pollard and Darren Bravo because the hosts fell from 47-2 to 65-7 and dealt an enormous blow to England ultimately.
Roy scored probably the most runs for England from an over from Fabian Allen (2-50), whereas Ali scored 31 and Chris Jordan made 27, the place he spent a lot of his childhood.
The third T20 is on Wednesday.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
