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They Cant Keep A Good Man Down Watch Kieron Pollard Hit Out At Critics In Style

They can’t keep a good man down: Watch Kieron Pollard hit out at critics in style

West Indies limited-overs captain Kieron Pollard has been in the eyes of the critics ever since the poor showing by the then defending champions in the 2021 T20 World Cup. However, instead of getting bogged down by it, he hit out at them in a very unique style.

After winning the five-match T20I series against World Cup semi-finalists and one of the top limited-overs sides England, Pollard sang the iconic lines from a classic song by Sizzla to start his post-match interview. Just as the presenter asked how he was feeling, cutting him in between, Pollard sang, “They can't keep a good man down, always keep a smile when they want me to frown.”

Captain Pollard and coach Phil Simmons have been criticised over the dropping of Odean Smith from the third T20I of the series. Supposed leaks were floated in the Caribbean media circles as well claiming that there was unrest inside the West Indian dressing room and fast bowler Odean Smith was victimised.

West Indies coach and board have come out heavily against the allegations ever since and have quashed all claims made in the media.

West Indies won the fifth and final game of the series by 17 runs thanks to a record-breaking last over by Jason Holder who picked four wickets in four balls to bowl out the entire England team. The series was tied at 2-2 prior to the final game.

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IPL Mega Auctions | Jason Holder’s ‘four wickets in four balls’ bills him up to be the biggest buy

Twitter went gaga over former West Indies Test skipper Jason Holder’s magnificent feat of picking four wickets in four balls against England to win the fifth, final and series-deciding T20I for his team at Kensington Oval in Barbados, his home ground. Holder dismissed Chris Jordan, Sam Billings, Adil Rashid and Saqib Mahood in four consecutive balls after bowling a no-ball on the first ball of the last over of the English innings, defending 20 runs. Thanks to this feat of his, Holder is now being billed as one of the biggest buoys in the upcoming IPL Mega Auctions to be held on February 12 and 13 at Bengaluru. People are now counting all his skills as a player. Not only is Holder a great bowler with all of the stock balls and variations in his armoury, but the biggest weapon is the extra bounce that he generates with height. The 30-year-old, who has so far played 26 games in five seasons since making his IPL debut in 2013, hasn’t really blossomed with the bat, but with the ball, he showed how lethal he can be when he picked 16 wickets in just eight games at an average of 15.43 last season. The Bajan man is also being considered as captaincy material and hence teams like Punjab Kings, his previous sidesSunrisrers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders might be interested in getting him at all costs.

Jason Holder takes four wickets in four balls, helps Windies lift T20I series

With 20 required from the last over and a set Sam Billings at the crease alongside a hard-hitting Chris Jordan, England would have thought that there was still a great chance for them to chase the total down and win the series which had been squared at 2-2 before the fifth and last game at Barbados. But West Indies’ all-weather all-rounder, Jason Holder had other ideas. After bowling a no-ball on the very first ball, Holder came back with a dot ball and built pressure on Jordan who till then had faced nine balls and scored only seven runs off it. In an effort to clear the boundary, he was caught at the deep square leg by Hayden Walsh Jr. Walsh Jr was once again in action when Sam Billings, trying to clear the fence was caught off guard by the slowness of the delivery and hit straight to deep square leg. On a hat-trick, Holder didn’t go for the fancy yorker, rather bowled into the wicket once again to the new man Adil Rashid. It worked brilliantly well as Rashid was caught at long-on by Fabian Allen, making Holder the first West Indian in history to take a hat-trick in T20Is. There were two opportunities for Holder on the next two balls. He could make it four in four balls and become only the third bowler in the history of T20 internationals to do so and at the same time bowl out England completely. The six-foot four-inch Holder did both as he bowled a yorker to Saqib Mahmood which was good enough to remove one of the bails of the stump and get himself etched in the history books. Prior to Holder, Sri Lankan legend Lasith Malinga and Ireland’s Curtis Campher have achieved the feat of taking four wickets in four balls. Prior to that historic over, England had done well to get as close to the 180 runs target as possible. Though it lost wickets at regular intervals with the longest partnership being 46 between Tom Banton and James Vince. But thanks to Vince’s second T20I fifty (55 off 35) and a quickfire 41 off Billings, England remained in contention till the very last over. Earlier in the evening, West Indies after starting well with Kyle Mayers and Brandon King, were powered by heavy-hitting from captain Kieron Pollard and centurion from the third game, Rovaman Powell. Both remained unbeaten on 41 and 35 respectively.