England 173 for 3 (Hales 99, Bopara 59) beat West Indies 172
for 4 (Smith 70*, Bravo 54) by seven wickets.
Alex Hales fell one run short of England's first Twenty20
international hundred but his 99, in a record 159-run partnership with Ravi
Bopara, powered the home side to a convincing seven-wicket victory against West
Indies at Trent Bridge, with their highest successful T20I chase.
Hales' matchwinning innings, on his
home ground, overtook Eoin Morgan's unbeaten 85 against South Africa at Johannesburg
as England's best in this format and secured his place for the World Twenty20
title defence in Sri Lanka later this year. He fell to the last ball of
penultimate over, bowled trying to work Ravi Rampaul to leg, and neither could
Ravi Bopara stay to the end as he found long-off for 59 off 44 balls, but Eoin
Morgan collected the winning runs (with the help of a misfield at mid-off) with
two deliveries remaining.
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