Summary England reached 165 for six in the 3rd and final T20 international against West Indies on Thursday.
BRIDGETOWN (AFP) - England started and finished strongly but the West Indies controlled the middle overs as the tourists reached 165 for six in the third and final Twenty 20 international on Thursday.
Michael Lumb smashed a career-best 63 off just 40 balls and dominated an opening partnership of 98 with Alex Hales (38) by the 11th over with the English seemingly determined to avoid the embarrassment of a clean sweep at the hands of the defending world champions.
All the bowlers were being put to the sword at that stage, but Lumb's dismissal to debutant Sheldon Cottrell applied an almost immediate brake on the scoring.
Cottrell's left-arm fast bowling then accounted for Hales to a catch at long-on in his next over, and with Sunil Narine and Krishmar Santokie bowling far more effective second spells, England slipped to 138 for six when Moeen Ali was run out at the start of the penultimate over.
But Chris Jordan, the Barbadian-born fast-medium bowler, rose to the occasion in his native land, hoisting Dwayne Bravo for four sixes in the last over to give England a fighting chance of victory especially with the West Indies resting power-hitting opening batsman Chris Gayle.
Santokie and Cottrell took two wickets each while Narine, who missed the second match with a knee injury, recovered from the early hammering inflicted by Lumb and Hales and claimed the all-important wicket of stand-in captain Eoin Morgan in the midst of England's mid-innings slide.
