Powell's stunning century puts West Indies 2-1 up despite England charge

Rovman Powell hit 10 sixes in a blistering 107 from just 53 balls as West Indies beat England by 20 runs in a high-scoring third T20 international to move 2-1 up in the series with two games to play.

Powell became the third West Indian man, after Chris Gayle and Evin Lewis, to score a T20 international century, as the hosts posted a mammoth 224-5 after being inserted by stand-in England captain Moeen Ali, who was deputising for Eoin Morgan (quad).

Powell shared a third-wicket stand of 122 from just 67 balls with Nicholas Pooran (70 off 43) to leave England with a daunting chase in Barbados - but Tom Banton (73 off 39) and T20I debutant Phil Salt (57 off 24) kept the tourists' hopes alive as they crunched six and five maximums respectively.

Banton fell in the 13th over but Salt then took over the heavy scoring and England still had a mathematical chance of victory when he hit back-to-back sixes off Romario Shepherd in the final over - the requirement 24 from four balls at that stage, meaning four more sixes were needed.

However, Salt was then bowled by a yorker next ball and England ended up on 204-9, with the away side now needing to win the final two matches, in Barbados on Saturday and Sunday, to claim a series victory.

England picked three debutants in a much-changed team on Wednesday night, with Salt joined in the side by Yorkshire batter Harry Brook and Sussex all-rounder George Garton.

Salt dominated a stand of 45 from 28 balls with Brook (10) for the sixth wicket after Banton departed with England needing 96 from 45 balls

Salt started to pepper the boundary as the target became to a doable 41 from 12 balls, only for a two-wicket 19th over, during which Sheldon Cottrell shipped only three runs, to leave England