Phil Salt backed up a record-breaking century with a strong innings of 89 as England beat Eire by 4 wickets within the first T20 in Dublin on Wednesday.
Opening batsman Salt led the way in which as England chased down a goal of 197 with 14 balls to spare to go 1-0 up within the three-match sequence.
Jacob Bethell, 21, turned England’s youngest males’s captain in a world match, breaking the document of Monty Bowden, who was aged 23 years and 144 days when he captained England in opposition to South Africa in 1889.
The all-rounder is main England within the sequence in Eire instead of rested all-format mainstay Harry Brook.
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Salt scored 141 not out, England’s highest particular person T20 complete, of their their jaw-dropping rating of 304-2 in opposition to South Africa at Outdated Trafford final week.
England fielded a much-changed facet in Dublin however Salt loved one other blistering first-wicket partnership with Jos Buttler at Malahide, with the pair racing to 74 inside 5 overs.
Buttler (28) was first to go however Salt continued his rampage, placing 10 fours and 4 sixes in 46 balls earlier than he was caught off the bowling of Graham Hume within the sixteenth over.
Earlier, Bethell fell for twenty-four, holing out tamely to additional cowl.
Eire posted 196-3, with Harry Tector (61 not out) and Lorcan Tucker (55) offering the majority of their runs however that complete was quickly put into perspective as England took the sport by the scruff of the neck.
The groups will meet once more at Malahide on Friday, with the ultimate match of the sequence going down two days later.
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