West Indies captain Kieron Pollard (IANS Image)
England all-rounder Moeen Ali set up the win for the visitors with a 28-ball 63, leaving England to score at a run rate above nine.
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West Indies captain Kieron Pollard accused England of giving an “extra 20 runs” for the team’s 34-run loss to England in the fourth T20 International at the Kensington Oval here on Sunday (IST).
The hosts could have wrapped up the five-match series but they allowed England to post an impressive total of 193/6 before being restricted to 159/5 in the fourth match. The series is tied at 2-all and the last match is scheduled for Sunday.
England all-rounder Moeen Ali set up the win for the visitors with a 28-ball 63, leaving England to score at a run rate above nine.
“I thought we had a chance and even the way we started with the bat, I thought we had a very good chance,” said West Indies captain Pollard.
Set a target of 194 runs, West Indies had a brilliant start to 64 runs between top scorers Kyle Meyers (40) and Brandon King (26). Stand-in captain Moeen then took 2/28, earning him the man of the match award. The off-spinner added five runs in 12 balls to get both the openers out.
Jason Holder scored 36 runs in 24 balls but England stopped the West Indies batsmen for just 40 runs in the last five overs.
“We slowed down in the middle, didn’t lose wickets, but we were a little slow but these things happen. We were really trying to score 160, 170, which could have been a chase total, but they got to 190-odd and put that extra 20 runs out of our reach,” Pollard said.
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