Brandon Lord scored an unbeaten 82 and captain Rovman Powell impacted a quickfire 50 as West Indies crushed Britain by 10 races to take a directing 2-0 lead in their best-of-five T20 global series in Grenada on Thursday. West Indies opener Lord delivered an eminent thump which included eight fours and five sixes from 52 balls as the hosts recuperated from a dangerous 54-4 to complete on 176-7 at the Public Arena in St. George’s. Britain, who won the throw and picked to bowl first, were limited to 166-7 accordingly after a restrained bowling execution by the hosts.
Sam Curran top-scored for the travelers with 50 off 32 balls, however Britain were continuously battling to arrive at the necessary run rate against the West Indies bowling.
Alzarri Joseph got done with figures of 3-39 off four overs, while spinner Gudakesh Motie disappointed Britain’s batsmen with a practical 1-9 from four overs.
“I think it was significant having lost such countless early wickets that I remained as profound as conceivable into the innings,” man-of-the-match Lord said a while later.
“It was vital for me to remain there and construct associations. We’re playing great and everybody’s playing with certainty. They probably won’t have runs today however one more day it will be another person.”
Britain commander Jos Buttler, in the interim, was passed on to mourn the dangerous last option part of the West Indies innings after a positive beginning by the travelers bowlers.
“It was a couple of many runs beyond what we might have limited them to,” Buttler said. “They had several major overs at the back end which pushed the score up, yet just losing by 10 – – there’s a lot of ways we can track down those 10 runs.”
Prior, Ruler’s unbeaten thump got support from Powell, who grabbed the attention with a brave appearance that assisted West Indies with posting a serious aggregate.
The West Indies commander’s 50 years fell off only 28 balls and included five sixes and three fours.
The feature of Powell’s thump came in the sixteenth over, with Powell battering Curran for 30 runs which included four sixes.
Adil Rashid was the pick of the Britain bowlers with figures of 2-11 off four overs.
West Indies lead the five-match series 1-0 in the wake of beating Britain by four wickets in the opening T20 in Barbados on Tuesday.
The third match of the series happens in Grenada on Saturday.
