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Cameron Ponsonby at Kensington Oval

Salt’s century powers England to eight-wicket win over West Indies in first T20

Phil Salt England Jacob Bethell West Indies Jos Buttler Andre Russell Gudakesh Motie Reece Topley Rihanna
Phil Salt plays an aggressive shot
Phil Salt smashes 103 runs for England as the tourists beat West Indies by eight wickets in the first T20I at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown. Photograph: Randy Brooks/AFP/Getty Images

On Thursday, Phil Salt turned down an invitation to party with Rihanna in favour of an early night. On Saturday, his third T20I century blitzed England to an eight-wicket win against West Indies.

It’s a decision he may live to regret from a personal perspective, but not from a professional one, as he extended his remarkable T20 record against West Indies. In his last five matches against this opposition, he has made three centuries and scored 456 runs at an average of 228 and strike-rate of 193.

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