Windies pile up third highest international T20 total
Lauderhil, Aug. 25- Evin Lewis smashed an impressive century as West
Indies piled up the third highest ever Twenty20 international total of
245-6 against India at Lauderhill on Saturday.
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Evin Lewis of the West Indies during the 1st international
T20 Trophy match against India. AFP |
The 24-year-old Lewis, whose only other appearance in the game’s
shortest form had ended with a duck in the shock defeat to Afghanistan
at the World Twenty20 this year, feasted on perfect batting conditions
at the Florida venue.
Lewis, standing in for the injured Chris Gayle, reached exactly 100
off 48 balls with five fours and nine sixes and when he was out off the
fifth ball of the 16th over, world champions West Indies were 205-3.
It was the fifth fastest T20 international century.
The highlight of Lewis’s innings was hitting five sixes off a Stuart
Binny over, all of which sailed over the boundary on the back of a stiff
Florida breeze.
West Indies’ total was just short of Australia’s 248 against England
in Southampton in 2013 while Sri Lanka’s 260 against Kenya at
Johannesburg in 2007 remains the highest ever international T20 total.
With fellow opener Johnson Charles, Lewis put on 126 for the first
wicket. The duo steered West Indies past the 100 mark by the eighth
over.
The 27-year-old Charles reached his 50 off only 20 balls before he
became the first man out, bowled by seamer Mohammed Shami for a
lightning 79 off 33 deliveries. Charles’s innings featured six fours and
seven sixes and when he fell in the 10th over, West Indies were
well-placed at 126-1.
West Indies reached the halfway mark of their innings in record style
-- their 132 runs beating the previous best after 10 overs of 131 set by
South Africa against England at Centurion in 2009.
Andre Russell (22) and Kieron Pollard (22) added late cameos to give
Carlos Brathwaite the opportunity to mark his first game in charge with
a much-needed win. (AFP)
SCOREBOARD
West Indies
J. Charles b Shami 79
E. Lewis c Ashwin b Jadeja 100
A. Russell lbw b Jadeja 22
K. Pollard b Bumrah 22
C. Brathwaite run out 14
D. Bravo not out 01
L. Simmons b Bumrah 00
M. Samuels not out 01
Extras (w4, nb2) 06
Total (6 wickets; 20 overs) 245
Did not bat: A. Fletcher, S. Narine, S. Badree
Fall of wickets: 1-126 (Charles), 2-204 (Russell)
3-205 (Lewis), 4-236 (Brathwaite)
5-244 (Pollard), 6-244 (Simmons)
Bowling: M. Shami 4-0-48-1 (2w), B. Kumar 4-0-43-0 (1w)
J. Bumrah 4-0-47-2 (2nb), R. Ashwin 4-0-36-0
R. Jadeja 3-0-39-2, S. Binny 1-0-32-0 (1w)
India: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane
MS Dhoni (capt), Stuart Binny, Ravichandran Ashwin
Ravindra Jadeja,Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah
Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
