वेस्ट इंडीज vs England, तीसरा टी-20, National Cricket Stadium, St George's, Grenada, 16 December 2023 - कमेंट्री

FOUR! A boundary to start the final over! Russell went for the leg stump yorker and Brook did well to squirt it through the leg and ran away to the long leg for a boundary.

SIX! He made that look easy! Length and just outside off. Brook stays deep in his crease and smacks it over the deep extra cover boundary for a maximum. Pressure right back on Andre Russell and another big hit here will give England the advantage.

SIX MORE! TOO EASY! Full toss slanting down the leg. Brook makes room and helps it over the fine leg region for back-to-back sixes. Just 5 needed now off 3 balls. Poor bowling from Andre Russell and the ball is also lost, new ball, please.

Short of a length around off. Brook mistimes the pull to the deep mid-wicket region and gets back for the second. Just 3 needed off 2 now. England's game to lose from hereon.

SIX! VICTORY FOR ENGLAND! Harry Brook hits the winning runs! Full-length delivery outside off. Brook makes room and the ball flies off the outside edge and goes over the deep third region for a streaky hit. England have chased down a record total and have won this game by 7 wickets with a ball to spare. The series is still alive as England make it 2-1 with two games to go.

Slower length ball outside off. Salt looks to slap it away but gets an under-edge that rolls away to the keeper.

Full-length delivery at the stumps. Salt gets across and flicks it uppishly to the deep square leg region for a couple. Excellent work in the deep by Sherfane Rutherford, limits it to two.

Yorker length delivery just outside off. Salt squirts it straight to the man at backward point.

SIX! MAGNIFICIENT BATTING! Hard length delivery around off. Salt stays deep in the crease and smokes it over the long off region for a massive hit.

Full-length delivery at the stumps, Salt heaves it to deep mid-wicket for one.

Low full toss on off. Brook mistimes the lift to long off for a single. England need 21 off the final over.

Full-length delivery around off. Livingstone drives it to long on for one.

SIX! Salt connects well and moves into the 90s! Slower length ball around off. Salt waits and pulls it hard over the deep mid-wicket boundary for a flat six. 

SIX! Salt makes it two in two! Full and in the slot. Salt clears his front leg and launches it over the wide long on boundary for back-to-back sixes. Salt moves to 99 and England are well alive here.

HUNDRED FOR SALT! What an inning! Full-length delivery on the pad, worked away to deep square leg for a single. Take a bow Phil Salt! This has been an innings of immense class and brute power but the job is not done yet. 

OUT! CAUGHT! Jason Holder gets the big wicket of Livingstone! Bowls it on a hard length around off and angling it in. Livingstone advances and looks to clear the boundary but mistimes it totally and this goes straight to Rovman Powell at the long-on boundary. He takes a simple catch as England lose their third. 37 needed now off 13 balls.

SIX! What a way to get off the mark! This game is well and truly alive! Lands it full and in the slot on off. Brook gets under it and thumps it over the long-on boundary for half a dozen. 

SIX! BANG! Liam Livingstone will hit this at any time of the day! Low full toss on the leg peg. Liam Livingstone helps it over the deep backward square leg boundary for half a dozen. 

Yorker length delivery on off. Liam Livingstone drills it to long off for one.

NO BALL! Another yorker on off. Salt jams it out and bunts it to mid off. Joseph has overstepped here and the umpire calls it a No Ball. Free Hit coming up!

Full-length delivery wider outside off. Liam Livingstone reaches for it and drags it straight to Powell at the long on boundary, who takes the catch but it won't count due to the Free Hit. Single taken.

Full and straight at the stumps. Salt clears the front leg and drills it straight as an arrow past the bowler. Brandon King speeds to his right from long off puts in an outstanding dive as the ball sticks to his diving right hand like a magnet and a certain boundary is saved. Saves two for his side.

Yorker length delivery at the stumps. Salt flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a brace.

SIX! Joseph misses his length and Salt gets a much-needed maximum. Bowls a low full toss on the middle and leg. Salt hammers it over the cow corner fence for a biggie.

SIX! Swung away for a much-needed maximum! Short of a length over the stumps, Phil Salt keeps his shape and whacks it away over deep mid-wicket for a clean six.

Full and straight, gets it in the blockhole, Phil Salt drills it down to down to long on for a single.

Overthrows and the skipper, Rovman Powell isn't pleased with it. Full again around off, Liam Livingstone goes a bit too hard at it and loses his shape. The ball is hit away to wide long off for one and they get a single. The throw at the bowler's end isn't collected and they get an additional run.

Yorker length delivery on off. Liam Livingstone digs it out and flicks it uppishly to deep mid-wicket for one.

Full and straight at the stumps. Salt knocks it to long off for one more.

Short of a length outside off. Liam Livingstone half pulls it to long on for one.

 Slower and fuller outside off. Salt heaves it to deep mid-wicket for one.

Full and straight at the stumps. Livingstone drills it to long on for one.

Low full toss at the stumps, bunted down the ground for a run.

WIDE! Harsh call according to the bowler! Full-length delivery on the tramline. Liam Livingstone lets it go. Wide signaled! 

SIX! CLEAN STRIKE! Pitched up full and just outside off. Livingstone clears the front leg and launches it over the long off boundary for a 95-meter hit.

Full and straight at the stumps, drilled to long off for one.

Low full toss tailing into the stumps. Salt works it to deep mid-wicket for one more.

Slower length ball around off. Liam Livingstone gets across to swat it away but gets an inside edge to the keeper.

SIX! Put Away! Low full toss on the leg peg. Livingstone helps it over the long leg region for a biggie.

WIDE! Slower dipping delivery slanting down the leg. Livingstone is threw the shot early and misses it completely. Wide signaled. 

Slower length ball around off. Liam Livingstone goes for the pull and misses again. 

Back of a length on off. Liam Livingstone pulls it to wide long on for one.

Full and angling down the leg. Salt gets across the line and looks to whip it away, but he misses and the ball clips the pad on the way. 

Has Rovman Powell taken a stunning catch here? No, he hasn't as he immediately signals that he got it on the bounce. Slower one, pitched up around off, Phil Salt backs away and slices it over mid off. Powell comes charging in from the deep and dives forward brilliantly only to gte it on the half-volley. The batters get a single.

Flatter and spins away sharply just outside off. Jacks hangs back and plays all around it. 

OUT! CAUGHT! Gudakesh Motie strikes! The pressure was building and Will Jacks has succumbed. Flatter and quicker again just outside off, this one has a tad extra bounce. Jacks goes back for the cut and edges this one to the keeper Pooran, who takes a sharp catch to dismiss Jacks for just 1.

Peach! On a good length and spins away sharply, goes just past the off stump as Livingstone plays across the line and gets beaten completely. 

Darted on the pad. Liam Livingstone eases it to long on for one.

Flat and just outside off. Salt punches into covers and calls for a quick single. Livingstone puts it the dive and makes his ground as the throw comes in and Pooran takes off the bails in a flash. 

Tossed up on off, eased to long off for a single.

FOUR! Fifty for Buttler! Cheeky and Effective! Hard-length delivery on the middle and leg. Buttler brings out the reverse lap and gets it to the third-man region for a boundary. 

OUT! CAUGHT! Akeal Hosein's brilliant work on the boundary hands West Indies their first wicket of the innings! Bangs it short and just around the right shoulder. Buttler goes for the pull but gets a top edge that flies to the fine leg region. Akeal Hosein takes the catch but loses his balance and throws the ball to Joseph around the boundary, who completes the catch and Buttler is a goner! England lose their first wicket. 

Back of a length outside off. Jacks under cuts it to the keeper.

Length delivery on off. Jacks looks to go through the on-side but gets an inside edge onto his pad and this rolls back to the bowler.

Slower and fuller on the leg peg. Jacks looks to flick but misses again. 

Back of a length just outside off. Jacks punches it to deep point for one.

Darted on the leg peg. Salt eases it to long on for one.

Slower through the air on leg stump line. Buttler waits and nudges into the leg side.

Full on off, Buttler reverse sweeps it to short third for a risky single.

Fired in on middle. Salt makes room and drives it to extra cover.

Flat and quick outside off, cut away to deep point for one.

Strays on the pad. Buttler works it through mid-wicket for a single.

Tossed up on leg, Jos Buttler glances it to short fine leg for one.

SIX! Short of a length and on off stump, Phil Salt backs away and flat-bats the ball through the line over long off fence for a maximum.

Fuller and quicker in the air outside off, Phil Salt cuts it to point for no runs.

Full and around off, sliding onto the bat nicely, Salt drives it along the ground to long off for a run.

Shorter one drifting leg, Jos Buttler taps it off the pads to short fine leg for a single.

Quicker one, angled into the pads, Phil Salt stays back and tucks it to deep mid-wicket for a run.

Shorter, spinning away off from middle, Jos Buttler cuts it on the backfoot through point for one.

Flat and quick on off stump, this is punched down to long off for a single.

Fuller on the line of the stumps, Jos Buttler brings out the switch hit for a single at backward point.

Slightly shorter, sliding onto leg stump, Phil Salt stays back and works it away through wide mid on for one more.

Pitched harder into the deck and shorter, Jos Buttler defends it back to Gudakesh Motie.

Pushed through quicker around off, cut away using quick hands to deep point for yet another single.

Slower full-toss on the off, Jos Buttler wrists it to the left of Brandon King at short third who did exceptionally well to stop the ball just for one.

Slower delivery, pitched up on a nagging length and angling in from middle. Jos Buttler works it away with soft hands in front of mid-wicket and picks up a couple of easy runs. Good running!

Slower full-toss on the leg again, Phil Salt tries to get it fine past the keeper but fails to connect as the ball brushes his pads.

FOUR! Slower ball, into the pitch from Holder, Phil Salt advances and plays a controlled pull shot behind backward square leg. The fielder runs around but the ball beats him into the fence.

Fuller on the line of the stumps, Phil Salt digs this one to deep mid-wicket for two runs.

FIFTY for Phil Salt as he huffs and puffs and gets back for the second run. Another slower delivery, floated up on the stumps, Salt nudges it away just behind square leg and picks up a brace. This has been a fiery knock in the heat from Salt thus far.

FOUR! Jos Buttler Supremacy! Alzarri Joseph bangs one shorter into the deck outside off as Jos Buttler gets on the backfoot and pulls the ball along the ground for a boundary at deep mid-wicket.

A dot ball but wait, Alzarri Joseph has overstepped and it is called a no ball. Slower one, rolling his fingers over the ball and this is bowled on a good length around off. Jos Buttler looks to power it through covers but is undone by the lack of pace. Free Hit to follow.

The Free Hit doesn't cost Alzarri Joseph much. Bangs this one halfway down the pitch and over middle, Jos Buttler makes room and mistimes the pull down to long on for just a single.

On the hard length, at the off stump line, Phil Salt nudges it to mid off for one.

Hard length in the channel at around 144 clicks and angling in. Jos Buttler watchfully blocks this one out.

Hard length on the fifth stump line, Jos Buttler cuts on the backfoot and gets a thick outside edge to deep third man for one.

Hits the deck hard and bowls it around off, Phil Salt looks to drive at it but gets a big inside edge that goes quickly to short fine leg. The fielder there fumbles and Salt looks for the single but Butterl sends him back.

SIX! Greeted well into the attack by Phil Salt. Tossed up fuller on the off stump, Phil Salt stands in the crease and bangs this one over the long on fence for a maximum.

Quicker delivery, trying to spear it into the off stump, Phil Salt punches it away toward cover for a single.

Fuller on the stumps, Jos Buttler defends it on the front foot for no run.

FOUR! Jos Buttler showing his range here. On a length and around off, Buttler goes for the reverse sweep again and gets it up and over backward point for a boundary. Motie has conceded more runs in his first four balls than he did in the entirety of the last game.

Fuller again, Jos Buttler nudges it to the mid-off region for one.

SIX! All the way! Fuller and into the legs, Phil Salt backs away and hits through the line, dispatching it over wide long on for a maximum. 18 off the over and after the Powerplay, England are 73/0!

Well short! Drifted in on a shorter length, Phil Salt closes the bat face early as he looks to play it on the leg side and gets a leading edge in front of mid off.

FOUR! Hammered away! Full and angled into middle and leg, Phil Salt keeps the front leg out of the way and pummels over mid off for a boundary.

The arm ball now, coming in from around off, Salt chops it in front of covers for one.

FOUR! Brilliant execution from Jos Buttler. This is full and around off, Buttler goes for the reverse sweep and nails it past backward point for a boundary.

Angled in from around off, Jos Buttler pushes it out toward covers for one.

This is fired in on the pads, Phil Salt tucks it away toward mid-wicket for one.

Sloppy again from West Indies in the field! Short and outside off, hit away off the back foot wide of mid off where Jason Holder can't get down and get a hand on it but does well eventually to chase it down and get a boot on it. The batters pick up three runs.

The off-cutter now, bowled into the pitch and turns into the body of Jos Buttler.

Short and wide, there to be hit and Jos Buttler goes after it but fails to connect.

Takes pace off and bowls it short at the body, nudged away onto the leg side for one.

FOUR! Top shot from Phil Salt! Full and outside off, pace on as well, Salt backs away and the cover drive just pings off his bat before zooming into the fence.

Ends with a slower one, this is bowled outside off and Phil Salt miscues it onto the off side for a run.

Flatter one on off, turning away a touch but Jos Buttler defends it out.

FOUR! A bit of a drag down and Jos Buttler punishes it. This is bowled on middle, Buttler rocks back and pulls it wide of the scampering man at wide mid on for a boundary.

Pushed through around off, Jos Buttler waits for it and opens the face of the bat to run it down to third man for a couple of runs.

Short ball on off, punched away through mid off for a single.

Shorter again around off, Phil Salt plays it off the back foot toward mid off and picks up one more.

Misfield! Floated up outside off, Jos Buttler pushes it wide of point where Kyle Mayers fumbles and allows the batters to pick up a couple of runs.

Starts off with a shorter delivery over leg stump, Phil Salt pulls it down to fine leg and picks up a single.

A gentle-paced delivery now, on the pads and nudged away down to fine leg for one more.

FOUR! Short and around off, angled in a bit, Phil Salt stays leg side of the ball and slaps it away over backward point for a boundary.

NOT OUT! Looked dead straight but the angle in meant Phil Salt had the stroke of luck. Even without the LBW though, West Indies should have had a wicket via a run-out. This is pitched up on off and angling in, Salt goes across and tries to lap it away but misses and gets hit on the pads. The ball rolls away and Jos Buttler is halfway down the pitch while Salt is caught ball watching. The fielder with all the time in the world misses the shy at the bowler's end and even the review goes England's way.

Nice and full around off, driven straight to covers.

SIX! Gets a hold of that one! Banged in a bit over middle and angling in, Phil Salt backs away and just whacks it away in front of mid-wicket and all the way for a biggie.

Almost the worst possible start for England but Phil Salt survives. Shorter one to start with, this one grips and rips away but slowly off the deck. Salt looks to rock back and cut but toe-ends it just past the leg stump.

The quicker one now, sliding on with the arm from around off, Phil Salt eases it to covers.

A touch shorter, angled into middle and leg, Phil Salt tucks it away through mid-wicket and gets off the mark with a single.

Fired in on the pads, Jos Buttler blocks it out off the back foot.

SIX! Powered away by Jos Buttler for the first maximum of the chase. Dragged down a bit on off, sticking into the surface, Buttler makes room and shanks it straight back of the bowler's head for a maximum.

SIX! Two maximums in a row to end the first over! Floated full and in the slot on off, Jos Buttler hits through the line and thumps it over long off for a biggie.