Moeen Ali says England had to defend against West Indies

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Moeen Ali says England had to defend against West Indies

Bridgetown Barbados January 24 ANI England Allrounder Moeen Ali said he believed that his side had got a score to defend against West Indies in the second T 20 I of the five-match series.

After suffering a narrow one-run loss in the second T 20 I against England, West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard heaped praise on the lesser-order batters Romario Shephard and Akeal Hosein for showing great responsibility with the bat.

He Roy was going well, but I was just hanging on and trying to pick up my areas. It was a tough surface to be honest. We thought we got a good score. We wanted to give us a few deliveries early on. We started well with the ball. It's a great wicket to bowl on. I thought me and Rash bowled well in those middle overs. I thought he Rashid read the surface really well, said Moeen Ali after the game.

Chasing 172, West Indies kept on losing wickets at regular intervals, and it was just Romario Shephard and Akeal Hosein who showed some spark with the bat. Hosein smashed 44 runs off just 16 balls with the help of three fours and four sixes.