Twitter Reactions: Jos Buttler and Chris Gayle light up Grenada in a high-scoring thriller
Windies tried their heart out but fell 29 runs short of the target.
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England saw off a blistering century from Chris Gayle to beat Windies by 29 runs in the thrilling fourth ODI to take an unassailable 2-1 lead in the five-match series. The architects of the win were Jos Buttler and spinner Adil Rashid with the former scoring a career-best 150 while the latter picked up a five-wicket haul.
Batting first, England were off to a sizzling start courtesy Jonny Bairstow and Alex Hales as the duo fired on all the cylinders right from the word go. The two put on exactly 100 for the first wicket before Bairstow, who had completed his fifty of just 31 deliveries, chopped on as he attempted to run Oshane Thomas down to third man. Hales, on the other hand, also capitalised on the rare opportunity in the playing eleven by smashing 82 off 73 balls.
With the platform set, the time was right for Buttler and skipper Eoin Morgan to launch their assault and they didn’t disappoint. After taking their time early on, the two started hitting the Windies bowlers all around the park, smashing an unbelievable 204 runs in just 20.2 overs for the fourth-wicket.
Buttler brought his century off just 60 balls while Morgan also followed suit soon. The stand ended when Morgan holed out for 103. Buttler, however, went on to smash 150 to guide England to an imposing total of 418 for 6. Buttler’s knock was studded with 13 fours and 12 sixes.
Windies’ fighting reply
Windies, in reply, were not ready to throw in the towel yet. Their talismanic opener Gayle started slowly, taking just three runs off his first seven balls before hitting Chris Woakes for his first six of the innings. It was just the precursor of the things that were to follow as Gayle launched a stunning counterassault on the visitors. He and Darren Bravo struck a remarkable 176 runs off 17.5 overs to help Windies claw their way back into the game before Mark Wood returned to swing the match back in England’s favour by removing Bravo (61) and Hetmyer (6) in the same over.
Gayle soon reached his 25th ODI century from just 55 balls and went on to cross the 150-run mark. Ben Stokes then gave England a sigh of relief by castling the Jamaican for 162. Gayle hit 11 four and a staggering 14 sixes during his knock. Gayle’s departure, nonetheless, derailed Windies’ innings for a while before Ashley Nurse (43) and Carlos Brathwaite (50) turned the game on its head with an 88-run seventh-wicket stand to leave Windies needing 32 off the final three overs.
However, Rashid killed off the game by dismissing Nurse and Brathwaite off consecutive balls before Devendra Bishoo and Thomas were dismissed for ducks.
Here is how Twitter reacted to the game:
Is buttler as good as AB yet ?? #WIvsENG 🤷🏾♂️😳
— Tino95 (@tinobest) February 27, 2019
This is ridiculous striking from @josbuttler 🔥👏🏼
— Ben Duckett (@BenDuckett1) February 27, 2019
150!!! @josbuttler !!! One of the best you will ever see! #clinic #ENGvWI 🏏🏴💥💥💥 pic.twitter.com/LTai1JTnNg
— phoenix.mg (@phoenixmg3) February 27, 2019
Jos Buttler 🔥👊🏾👌🏾 #WIvENG
— Tino95 (@tinobest) February 27, 2019
If @englandcricket add @craig_arch it’s all over hand England the WC2019 but then again they would find a way to mess it up 🤣🤦🏾♂️ lol 😂
— Tino95 (@tinobest) February 27, 2019
BUTTLER !!!!!!!!!!!!
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) February 27, 2019
What a GIF 😂😂😂 https://t.co/Dng3NYkfWT
— Stuart Broad (@StuartBroad8) February 27, 2019
Just got home to watch the highlights of the cricket. Jos Buttler wow!!! Incredible knock 👏🏻 #ENGvWI
— Rikki Clarke (@RikkiClarke81) February 27, 2019
Two absolutely fantastic innings from Buttler and Maxwell today. Maxwell’s one of the best T20I innings seen in India. 👏👏👏🙏🙏#ENGvsWI #AUSvIND
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) February 27, 2019
England for the World Cup for me. Don’t see any team out there playing as high a standard of cricket as this side and I think their blip in the champions trophy will ensure it won’t happen again. Morgan seems to have that determination that we all saw in his early days at home.
— Niall John O Brien (@niallnobiobrien) February 27, 2019
Runs .. runs .. plenty of runs all round the world today . Now for some goals .. Cmon @ManUtd !!!
— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69) February 27, 2019
UNIVERSE BOSS !!!!!!!!!
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) February 27, 2019
Absolutely love this!!!! So good! 😂😂 https://t.co/vrZtRKDYZW
— Luke Wright (@lukewright204) February 27, 2019
Can 418-6 in 50 overs be 30 under par?! #WIVsEng 🏏 pic.twitter.com/XVHQmBiyBD
— Stuart Broad (@StuartBroad8) February 27, 2019
Now that’s not smart at all especially when Gayle is going along soooo well at the other end !!!
— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69) February 27, 2019
Time to watch the cricket now. Come England 👍🏻
— Rikki Clarke (@RikkiClarke81) February 27, 2019
Excellent leg spin bowling by Adil Rashid.#WIvENG
— Jason Gillespie 🌱🌈 (@dizzy259) February 27, 2019
What an unbelievable game of cricket!! Some absolutely phenomenal individual performances!! Great to watch! #WIvENG 👏🙌🔥 pic.twitter.com/PmNv9Pq0cA
— James Taylor (@jamestaylor20) February 27, 2019
Fair to say there has been some fantastic ODI and T20I cricket over the last 12 hours!#INDvAUS #WIvENG
— Jason Gillespie 🌱🌈 (@dizzy259) February 27, 2019
Amazing knock @henrygayle but 🤦🏾♂️ painfully short great effort Boyz @windiescricket lucky lucky England #WIvEng
— Tino95 (@tinobest) February 27, 2019
What an incredible 24 hrs of cricket, 1st @Gmaxi_32 & @imVkohli then in the Caribbean @josbuttler & @henrygayle hitting 26 sixes between them. Bowlers under siege, tough assignment these days!
— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) February 27, 2019
Great work @englandcricket. @josbuttler and @Eoin16 wow serious batting guys.
— Samit Patel (@Samitpatel21) February 27, 2019
Buttler salutes… 😂
Cottrell gets a taste of his own medicine as England pass 400 with an over still to bat.
Watch #WIvENG live: https://t.co/w74bt6oxQB
Live blog: https://t.co/thxmhcUeoF pic.twitter.com/Ln2DXjxt3e— Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) February 27, 2019
10000 ODI runs👏 👏👏👏👏
Universal Boss @henrygayle is still unstoppable at this age. Who said age is a factor in this game. Just look at the way he hit those 14 humongous sixes.#ENGvWi #500six #10K
— Dimuth Karunaratne (@IamDimuth) February 28, 2019
418 is never enough in One Day Cricket ….. !!!!!
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) February 27, 2019
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