What a night it was in Bristol! West Indies needed a big score badly. Their backs were against the wall in this second T20 match. England had put them to bat first after winning the toss.
Everything looked normal until the 18th over arrived. The scoreboard read 148 for 5 wickets at that point. Then Jason Holder walked out to join Romario Shepherd at the crease.
Nobody expected what happened next in those final few overs. These two guys completely changed the game with their explosive hitting. The crowd couldn’t believe their eyes watching this batting display.
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When Jason Holder and Romario Shepherd Smashed 5-Sixes
Adil Rashid came to bowl the 19th over for England. He probably thought he could keep things quiet here.
Holder faced the first ball and sent it flying for six. The second ball also disappeared over the boundary for another maximum. The third delivery got the same treatment from Holder’s powerful bat.
After taking a single, Holder gave the strike to Shepherd. The partnership was about to get even more brutal now. Shepherd smashed the fifth ball for a huge six immediately. The last ball of the over also went for six.
Just like that, 31 runs came off one over. Jason Holder and Romario Shepherd smashed 5-sixes in those six balls. Poor Rashid looked completely helpless standing there at the bowling crease.
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Partnership That Changed Everything
These two batsmen added 42 runs in just 14 balls together. Their hitting was clean and powerful throughout this short partnership. Every shot seemed to find the middle of the bat.
Holder finished with 29 runs from only 9 balls faced. He remained not out, Shepherd made 19 runs from 11 balls before getting run out.
West Indies reached 196/6 in 20 overs. This looked like a fighting score on any cricket ground. The late hitting had completely changed their position in the game.
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Johnson Charles scored 47 runs from 39 balls at the top. Captain Shai Hope made 49 runs from 38 deliveries nicely. Rovman Powell chipped in with 34 runs from 15 balls.
Rashid’s Nightmare Figures
Adil Rashid finished with terrible bowling figures that night. He bowled 4 overs and took 1 wicket only. His runs conceded were 59 in those four overs bowled.
That expensive 19th over really hurt his overall bowling performance. Jason Holder and Romario Shepherd smashed 5-sixes and made him look ordinary. One of Holder’s sixes traveled 111 meters outside the stadium completely.
Fans called it one of the biggest hits ever seen. The ball landed way outside the ground in Bristol. Cricket commentators couldn’t stop talking about this massive six-hit.
