Watch the highlights of West Indies vs England 5th T20I 2024 - England tour of West Indies 5-match Twenty20 international series of the 5th T20I match played between England and West Indies at Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia in 17th November 2024.
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| Ground staff bring on the covers as rain stops play © Getty Images |
Rain washed out the fifth & final One-day international match between West Indies and England at St Lucia after five overs as England clinch the five-match series 3-1.
This match reported by Valkerie Baynes (Third Party Reference from ESPNcricinfo)
England leave West Indies with a 3-1 T20I series victory after the final match of their Caribbean tour was washed out.
Play was abandoned after just five overs in the fifth and final T20I with Evin Lewis and Shai Hope steering the hosts to 44 without loss before a heavy storm set in at Darren Sammy Stadium in St Lucia.
It wasn't quite the start West Indies' opening pair had staged less than 24 hours earlier, when they raced to 56 for nought in the first five overs and 136 for 0 in nine, on their way to chasing down a record 219 in Saturday's dead rubber. But it wasn't far off, with Lewis striking two sixes and three fours on his way to 29 not out before the rain arrived.
Lewis had just pulled a John Turner delivery for a thunderous six over deep midwicket and sent the next ball in the air wide of mid-on for four before he was rapped on the helmet by a steepling bouncer attempting another pull on the last ball of the over - and ultimately the match.
The rain arrived just as he was about to undergo on-field concussion checks, but he walked off smiling with the rest of the players.
With Hope unbeaten on 14 off 10 balls, it was an abrupt end to what had loomed as another entertaining encounter to end the series after the same pitch had yielded 32 sixes on Saturday.
On that occasion, West Indies had won the toss for the only time in this series, but they made a strong start in the face of Jos Buttler's decision to bowl first on Sunday.
Turner, who was playing just his second T20I after making his debut in the fourth game of this series, conceded 22 runs from his two overs while Jofra Archer, replacing Saqib Mahmood for this match, went for 16 off 2. Jamie Overton, who didn't bowl despite taking the field on Saturday, conceded five runs off his solitary over on Sunday.
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