Salt Hands England T20 Series Lead

Phil Salt’s third T20 International century against the West Indies gave the Three Lions a 1-0 lead in their five-match series, with the visitors winning the opening match by eight wickets on Saturday night at Kensington Oval. Both of Salt’s previous hundreds had come in the Caribbean, 109* at St George’s and 119 at Tarouba, both in 2023. On this occasion, he was unbeaten on 103, taking him to 581 runs scored in eight matches against West Indies, at an average of 83. For his career, he has 1047 runs in 32 innings at an average just under 39. Salt’s assault made this match fairly straightforward. West Indies overcame early struggles to post 182/9, but the tourists were in the driver’s seat almost immediately their chase got underway, and they made the runs with 19 balls remaining. England won the toss and elected to field, in the first of two matches this weekend at the Oval. After heavy rain overnight, the sun came out in time for the day-night tilt to be played in its entirety. West Indies limped through the powerplay, losing three wickets for 58 runs. Brandon King was out for three, Evin Lewis for 13, and Shimron...