Phil Salt produced the tastiest of knocks to fire England to a thumping eight wicket victory and set up a winner-takes-all final on Sunday.
The 26-year-old wicket-keeper batsman had struggled to find his best form as Jos Buttler's replacement at the top of the order across the seven match series. But he let all his frustrations out in a powerfully ruthless innings of 88 not out from just 41 balls that contained 13 fours and 3 sixes, and one that even Buttler himself would have been proud of.
A target of 170 was always going to be well within England’s range, but the way that Salt and Alex Hales flew out of the traps made a mockery of a challenge that was reached with 33 balls to spare to level things at 3-3 with one to play.
