England beat Windies in second T20I: Here're records broken
Eoin Morgan's England inflicted a heavy defeat on West Indies in the second T20I. England have already sealed the T20I series with one more match to play. In pursuit of 183 runs, Windies were bowled out for a meagre score of 45. Chris Jordan (4/6) ripped apart the hosts with some hostile bowling. Here are the records broken in this tie.
WI script shortest innings ever by a Test playing nation
Windies were bundled in just 71 deliveries. This is the shortest innings by a Test playing nation in 142 years history of international cricket. West Indies were reduced to 25/6 in the power-play itself. This was only the second time that England managed to pick up six wickets in the power-play in T20Is. The other instance was against Australia in 2005.
Windies record second lowest T20I score
This is the lowest score by Windies in T20I cricket. It is also the second lowest score in the history of T20Is after 39 by Netherlands. The previous lowest score by Windies was 60 against Pakistan in 2018. WI were all out in 82 deliveries in that match. Chris Jordan (4/6) recorded his best career T20I match figures. He now has 46 T20I wickets.
Billings, Root script new feats in T20Is
Sam Billings top scored for England with a knock of 87. This was his highest score and his second career T20I fifty. Billings achieved the same at a strike-rate of 185.11. He hit 10 fours and three sixes. Joe Root (55) smashed his fifth career T20I fifty. He went past 800 runs in T20Is (842).
Important numbers that unfolded in the second T20I
This was England's biggest margin of victory in terms of runs in T20Is. It is also the fourth biggest of all time. England added 44 runs in the last 12 deliveries of their innings. Billings himself contributed 35. Only two West Indies batsmen managed to get to double digits (10). Their innings consisted of four fours and a six.
