Phil Salt created a ruckus, hit 30 runs in 1 over of Shepherd

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Tezzbuzz|21-06-2024

England on Thursday (June 20) won the Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in St Lucia. Cricket played in the stadium T20 World Cup England defeated West Indies by 8 wickets in the Super 8 round match of 2024. England had got a target of 181 runs to win this match but the English team made this target look small and achieved the target in 17.3 overs by losing only 2 wickets. Phil Salt was the hero of England's victory in this match who remained unbeaten till the end and scored 87 runs in 47 balls.

Phil Salt thrashed the West Indies bowlers and played a fiery innings of 87 runs in 47 balls. Salt also hit 7 fours and 5 sixes during his innings. During this, Salt took West Indies all-rounder Romario Shepherd on remand and hit 30 runs in his over. This incident happened during the 16th over of England's innings, when they were in a strong position and needed 40 runs in the last five overs to win.

Shepherd, who came to bowl the 16th over of the English innings, had no idea what was going to happen to him in this over. Salt hit shots all around the field in his over and scored 30 runs by scoring boundaries on every ball. After completing his half-century with a brilliant boundary on the off side, Salt hit a straight six off Shepherd's ball. After this, he played a brilliant uppercut on the third ball, while he hit brilliant sixes on the next two balls. He ended the over in a brilliant manner with a boundary and scored 30 runs in the over. You can see the video of this beating of Shepherd below.

Salt was also chosen as the Player of the Match for his brilliant innings. With this win, the English team has opened its account in the Super-8 round points table and their net run rate has also improved a lot. However, now their next match is against strong South Africa, so the result of that important match will also have a great impact on the points table. At the same time, after this defeat, it will be important for West Indies to win both their remaining matches by a good margin.

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