England seal the T20I series against India with a game to spare after beating them by nine wickets in the fourth match in Bristol. Chasing India’s 159/6, opener Phil Salt and Harry Brook drive the successful chase, building a 146-run partnership. Brook makes a key impact with a rapid innings, finishing unbeaten on 79 off 35 balls, while Salt contributes 59 as England complete the target with 37 balls remaining. England’s chase also involves an early setback, with Jos Buttler dismissed for eight, but Brook takes control thereafter and England keep up the required run rate to avoid any collapse. On the India side, Shreyas Iyer is the main contributor, scoring an unbeaten 80, while the rest of the batting performs inconsistently. Across the match, England’s combined bowling and fielding effort restricts India to a moderate total, and their batters then deliver in the chase. The victory gives England an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series with one match remaining.
Harry Brook and Phil Salt guide England to nine-wicket T20I win over India in Bristol
England seal the T20I series against India with a game to spare after beating them by nine wickets in the fourth match in Bristol. Chasing India’s 159/6, opener Phil Salt and Harry Brook drive the suc...
- England beat India by nine wickets in the fourth T20I in Bristol.
- Harry Brook finishes unbeaten on 79 (off 35 balls) in the successful chase.
- Phil Salt scores 59, and the pair share a 146-run partnership.
- India post 159/6; Shreyas Iyer top-scores with an unbeaten 80.
- The win gives England a 3-0 series lead with one match remaining.
Watch Harry Brook's best shots against India in the fourth T20 as he finishes unbeaten on 79 from 35 balls to guide England to a nine-wicket win in Bristol, securing a 3-0 series lead with one match to play.
1 hour agoFourth T20i: England, 159-1 beat India, 158-6, by 9 wicketsBrook scores 79, Salt 59 to win with six overs remainingEngland’s recent heatwave continued in Bristol, India wilting to lose their cool, the game and the series in what turned into another bizarrely one-sided encounter. Timid with the bat, poor in the field, error-prone with the ball and swift to accept the inevitability of defeat, this was a complete horror show from the world champions and a performance of complete dominance from Harry Brook’s burgeoning team, who won by nine wickets and will overtake their opponents as world No1 if they win the final game of the series in Southampton on Saturday.Two days earlier it was England’s bowlers who shredded their opponents on their way to a 125-run win at Trent Bridge. This time, well as their bowlers performed to limit India to 159, it was their batters – and one of them in particular. Chasing an obviously under-par total, England started slowly and awkwardly and Jos Buttler was dismissed early for eight – the former captain’s form is a genuine issue, and he has not scored an international half-century in this format since the Old Trafford runfest against South Africa last September, a run of 18 innings in which he has averaged just 15.16. But his departure brought out his successor, Brook scooped his second ball for six, and from that moment there was no stopping him. Continue reading...
2 hours agoEngland secured a dominant nine-wicket victory over India in the fourth T20I match. This emphatic win sealed the five-match series for England with an unassailable 3-0 lead. Captain Harry Brook and opener Phil Salt led the successful chase with a strong partnership. Shreyas Iyer's unbeaten 80 was the lone highlight for the Indian batting lineup. The hosts achieved the target with 37 balls remaining in the contest.
2 hours agoHarry Brook and Phil Salt guided England to a commanding win against India
2 hours agoHarry Brook and Phil Salt guided England to a commanding win against India
2 hours agoHarry Brook and Phil Salt's 146-run partnership saw England dish out a nine-wicket trouncing of India in Bristol to cruise to a T20 series victory with a game to spare.
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