West Indies v England: Rovman Powell hits fine ton to lead hosts to victory in third T20

Rovman Powell hit a majestic century to lead the West Indies to a 20-run victory over England in the third Twenty20.

Powell smashed his maiden T20 ton off 53 balls, including 10 sixes, as he punished England's poor bowling.

The hosts posted 224-5, their highest T20 score against England, thanks to Nicholas Pooran's 70 off 43.

Tom Banton made 73 off 39 and Phil Salt made 57 off 23.

The tourists, without injured captain Eoin Morgan, could only reach 204-9 as the rest of the order failed to fire.

The final two games of the series will be played on Saturday and Sunday.

Powell dismantles wayward England

Powell hit the ball cleanly down the ground in his first appearance of the series after taking 10 deliveries to play himself in.

The bowlers were dispatched whenever they missed their lengths.

The Jamaican also showed guile to work good deliveries into gaps in the field in order to hit ones and twos as he became the third West Indies batter after Chris Gayle and Evin Lewis to hit a T20 international ton.

Since his debut in the West Indies T20 side in 2017, Powell has featured frequently, but without ever firmly establishing himself, but they hope this knock signifies a coming of age.

Pooran made an early onslaught before taking a backseat to Powell.

The left-handed Powell had posted his highest score in T20 internationals before he picked out Liam Livingstone at long on, and the Lancashire player also took a fine sliding catch to end his knock.

Much-changed England fail to convince

England made five changes from the side that won the second T20, with left-arm pace bowler George Garton making his international debut.

Garton started well, producing a fine ball that knocked back Brandon King's off stump, but failed to find that length regularly enough as Pooran and Powell climbed into his bowling.

England's shaky death bowling has come under increased scrutiny in recent months, but they did not vary their pace well enough to check West Indies progress.

The rare combination of three left-arm seamers in the same side failed to pay dividends as only one of them threatened, while Garton and Tymal Mills were expensive.

Livingstone and Ali went for 14 runs per over in place of Morgan who pulled out with a slight quad injury, but Leg-spinner Adil Rashid was excellent as usual in taking 1-25.

The performances of Banton and Salt will give Morgan encouragement, as Morgan has placed importance on development over results.

Banton made his highest T20 international score, striking six sixes to give England hope before he picked out Pollard.

Salt cleared the ropes five times, but was left with too much to do before he was dismissed by a fine yorker from Shepherd in the final over.

'Everything came out of the middle' - reaction

A fantastic partnership took the game away from us but I am proud of the way the boys fought back.

We said from the beginning that it would be a brilliant series.

Player of the match Rovman Powell: I know I can hit the ball. I have been working on opening up the off side of my body after having a problem with wrist spin.

Everything came out of the middle today.