A 102-run opening wicket stand between Brandon Kings (53 off 35 balls; 4×4, 3×6) and Shamarh Brook (56 not out off 59 balls; 3×4, 2×6) helped West Indies to beat New Zealand by eight wickets within the third T20I to forestall a sweep of the three-match collection.
Bringing the home down together with his 1st T20I half century at residence!🇯🇲 Brandon King takes the #MastercardPricelessMoment of the match!🙌🏾 #WIvNZ #MenInMaroon pic.twitter.com/jv9RmJjGnk
— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) August 14, 2022
West Indies rested common skipper Nicholas Pooran and handed over the captaincy to ROvman Powell.
New Zealand may solely muster 145 for 7 after opting to bat forst. The West Indies reached its goal with an over to spare, as stand-in captain Rovman Powell hit Jimmy Neesham for six to clinch the win and depart the collection 2-1 in New Zealand’s favor.
The successful second!👏🏿
Properly performed to @BLACKCAPS and congratulations on successful the collection. #WIvNZ #MenInMaroon pic.twitter.com/4F4gu8dzy7
— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) August 14, 2022
For West Indies, left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein (2/28) and Odean Smith (3/29) have been the star performers with the ball.
Hosein got here on in solely the third over and instantly knocked over Martin Guptill (15) to depart New Zealand 18-1.
Devon Conway (21), Mitchell Santner (13) and Kane Williamson (24) all made begins however struggled to impart momentum to the innings. That process fell once more to Phillips who made 41 from 26 balls and was Man of the Sequence.
The groups meet within the first of three one-day internationals on Wednesday.
Lo Celso returns to Villarreal on one other mortgage
Argentina mid-fielder Giovani Lo Celso has returned to Villarreal on one other mortgage from Tottenham.
The 26-year-old Lo Celso was an essential participant in Unai Emery’s squad that final season reached the semifinals of the Champions League and completed seventh within the Spanish league.
👍 @LoCelsoGiovani 👍@AsisaSalud pic.twitter.com/k3xgdTAo6v
— Villarreal CF English (@VillarrealCFen) August 14, 2022
Lo Celso, who beforehand additionally performed for Paris Saint-Germain and Actual Betis, helped Argentina win the Copa America final 12 months.
Villarreal made its season debut on Saturday with a 3-0 win at Valladolid within the La Liga.
Mourinho’s Roma begin marketing campaign with win
Bryan Cristante’s thirty third minute purpose helped Jose Mourinho’s group open its Serie A marketing campaign with a 1-0 win at Salernitana on Sunday.
Mourinho steered Roma to the Europa Convention League title final season, the membership’s first trophy in 14 years.
Former Juventus ahead Paulo Dybala hit the put up within the twenty third minute as he curled a free kick over the wall but it surely additionally sailed narrowly over the bar.
Dybala may have doubled Roma’s lead on the stroke of halftime as he ran onto a by way of ball from the ever-dangerous Nicolò Zaniolo however his effort got here off the proper put up.
The 28-year-old Argentina worldwide once more went shut within the second half, with an angled drive simply previous the proper put up.
Dybala was Roma’s marquee signing of the offseason, shifting to the capital after his contract expired at Juventus.
