“Evening Tim,” says Brian Withington. “Bloody hell. Cheers, Brian.” Bloody heaven, too.
Nicholas Pooran didn’t deserve to be on the losing side, in fact nobody did, but one team had to and it was the right one for the good of the series. So West Indies lead 2-1 and England live to fight another day.
That day is Tuesday, when I will be back to see if these two teams can hit another 34 sixes between them. Thanks for your company and correspondence. It’s been a blast.
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Here’s Jos Buttler, who for once doesn’t have to put on his brave face. His pale blue eyes are gleaming. “Yeah, great to keep the series alive,” he says. “Fantastic win, hats off to Phil Salt, brilliant innings. To bat all the way through to be not out at the end – full credit to him.”
