England's Philip Salt has become the second batter, among full-member team players, to smoke successive T20I tons. He accomplished the milestone in the fourth T20I against West Indies.
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Record-breaking 119
Salt's 119 off 57 balls is now the highest individual T20I score by an Englishman. He contributed to England's highest T20I score of 267/3.
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Salt joins these players
He joins South African Rilee Rossouw and France's Gustav McKeon in terms of scoring successive T20I tons.
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Highest individual T20I score by an England batter
Salt's 119 is now the highest individual T20I score by an England batter. He went past Alex Hales (116* versus Sri Lanka, 2014) in this regard.
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5,000 T20I runs
Salt also completed 5,000 T20I runs en route to his ton. Having played 215 games, the wicketkeeper-batter has now raced to 5,098 runs at an average of 26.41.
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England's highestT20I total
England posted 267/3 in 20 overs. This is now their highest T20I team total. Their previous highest total of 241/3 came against New Zealand in November 2019.