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West Indies vs England: Jason Holder picked up four wickets in four balls

West Indies managed to beat England in the fifth and final T20I and thus, won the five-match T20I series by 3-2. In the dramatic last over of the match, Jason Holder picked up four wickets in four balls to turn the match in the home team’s favour. 

Jason Holder etched his name in history books after becoming the first West Indies bowler to take a hattrick in T20I. Earlier West Indies won the toss, chose to bat and scored 179-4 at the Kensington Oval. In reply, England was all out for 162 with one ball left after entering the final over at 160-6 and needing 20 runs to win.

England required 20 runs off the final over to win the series decider. However, Holder stunned everyone with his bowling . He started the over with no ball followed by dismissal of Chris Jordan and Sam Billings with his second and third deliveries of the over. Holder then had Adil Rashid taken at deep square leg by Odean Smith before ending the match with the wicket of Saqib Mahmood, with both batsmen getting out for golden ducks. Jason Holder finished with figures of five for 27.

“A classic finish, wasn’t the best start, but I just wanted to stay in the game. Did not work well yesterday, but was totally the opposite tonight. I was a bit disappointed with the no-ball, I look to be disciplined, but then to get the next five balls perfectly was nice. Was just pumped up. A lot of hard work, can improve on my death bowling, add some variations,” said Jason Holder after the completion of the match.

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