England exorcised their Kolkata demons by securing a nerve-shredding last-ball victory in the third one-day international against India, finally ending a winless winter in the country.
England had never won an ODI at Eden Gardens before and nine months ago saw the World Twenty20 slip from their grasp at the ground when West Indian Carlos Brathwaite clubbed Ben Stokes for four successive sixes in the final over.
Stokes stood admirably tall in this five-run win, scoring an unbeaten 57 in England’s 321 for eight then taking three for 63, including two steely overs at the death.
How close was that! @JadhavKedar almost gets #TeamIndia over the line, gets a standing ovation from the dressing room #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/oVonPotPD9
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 22, 2017
England hero Chris Woakes: "It's not ideal going for six and four in your first two deliveries but it's nice to close it out." #INDvENG 🙈 pic.twitter.com/V8lY1KpMb9
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) January 22, 2017