England vs West Indies: England defeated West Indies by 8 wickets in the first T20 match. Phil Salt proved to be England’s biggest hero in the game. He scored a strong century and single-handedly led England to victory. He was awarded the Man of the Match award for his outstanding innings. West Indies set a target of 183 runs for England to win, which England achieved with ease. Apart from Salter, Jacob Bethel scored an innings of 58 for England.
The Miracle of Phil Salter
Phil Salt’s explosive batting from the start of the innings laid the foundation for England’s victory. He scored 103 runs in 54 balls, including 9 fours and 6 sixes. He scored the third century of his T20 international career. Importantly, he scored three consecutive centuries against the West Indies. Phil Salt became the first player to score three centuries against the same team in a T20I match. No one before him could do this. Before Phil Salt, Serbia’s Leslie Dunbar, UAE’s Mohammed Wasim, West Indies’ Evan Lewis and Australia’s Glenn Maxwell have all played against a side in T20Is The team scored two centuries respectively.
Top scorer against team in T20Is:
Phil Salt – 3 centuries, against West Indies
Leslie Dunbar – 2 centuries, vs. Bulgaria
Evin Lewis- 2 centuries, against India
Glenn Maxwell – Two centuries, against India
Muhammad Wasim – 2 centuries, against Ireland
Complete 1000 runs in T20I
Phil Salt completed his thousand runs in T20 international cricket after scoring one against West Indies. He completed these runs in 32 innings and became England’s second-fastest batsman to reach 1,000 runs in T20Is. He has tied Kevin Peterson. Peterson also completed 1000 runs in 32 T20I innings.
Phil Salt debuts in 2022
Phil Salt will make his T20 International debut for England in 2022. He has since scored 1047 runs in 34 games, including three centuries and three half-centuries. Apart from this, he also played 27 ODI matches in which he scored 866 runs with the bat.
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