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BASSETERRE, Saint Kitts (AP) — West Indies levelled their Twenty20 series with India after Obed McCoy bagged a record six for 17 in the second match on Monday.

McCoy, a left-arm seamer, produced the best West Indies bowling figures in a T20 to help bowl out India for 138 in 19.4 overs.

West Indies made hard work of the chase in the end at 141 for five in the last over, three days after losing the first match by 68 runs.

The five-match series is at 1-1 with the third game on Tuesday staying in Basseterre.

The change in venue from Trinidad to Saint Kitts invigorated the West Indies, but also caused a three-hour delayed start because of the late arrival in the country of the teams’ kit and gear.

Brandon King, in for Shamarh Brooks, crushed the first ball of the chase to the deep point boundary off Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

King’s partner, Kyle Mayers, went for eight in an opening stand of 46, and captain Nicholas Pooran for 14, but after 10 overs West Indies was 73 for two and cruising.

King kept going until the 16th over when he was bowled by Avesh Khan, India’s extra seamer for the match. King scored a career-best 68 from 52 balls.

When he left at 107 for four, West Indies needed 32 more runs from 27 balls. What should have been a comfortable win turned into a nervy end with 10 needed off the last over.

The finish came quickly when Devon Thomas, West Indies’ other change from the first T20, hit a six and four to give them a five-wicket win. Thomas was 31 not out from 19 balls.

India captain Rohit Sharma defended giving main striker bowler Kumar only two overs, both in the powerplay.

“We know Bhuvneshwar, what he brings to the table, but if you don’t give opportunity to Avesh or Arshdeep (Singh) you will never find out what it means to bowl at the death for India,” Sharma said. “They have done it in the IPL. (This is) just one game, those guys don’t need to panic. They need backing and opportunity.”

After West Indies chose to bowl, McCoy’s bounce took out Sharma with the first ball. He also bagged Suryakumar Yadav with the first ball of his second over.

Shreyas Iyer slashed at Alzarri Joseph and edged behind, and Rishabh Pant was caught on the boundary after 24 from 12 balls. India was 61 for four in the seventh over but began to crawl.

Joseph, who conceded 17 runs in his first over, rebounded to finish with one for 29.

India went almost six overs without hitting a boundary, and McCoy returned to mop up.

In the 19th over, he got Dinesh Karthik to mistime, Ravichandran Ashwin to hole out in the deep, and Kumar to edge behind. India was 129 for nine and McCoy’s six for 17 including a maiden over was West Indies’ best figures, and the seventh best all-time in T20s.

“Great feeling to do it against a top side like India,” McCoy said. “Went in with a clear mind. Was overthinking in the previous game.”

Jason Holder yorkered Khan for two 23 and end India’s innings with two balls to spare.

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Another 27 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus from 209 tests conducted within a 24-hour period.

According to the Health Ministry’s updated COVID-19 dashboard on Sunday there are 603 active cases, and one patient is in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU). There are 580 in home isolation and 22 in institutional isolation. Two persons are in institutional quarantine.

The COVID-19 death toll in the country is currently at 1271.

Of the 27 new cases recorded, four were from Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), two more from Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), 20 cases from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) and the remaining one case from Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).

There were no new cases recorded in the other six regions across the country within the reporting 24-hour period.

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Barbados recorded 215 new COVID-19 cases and two COVID-related deaths.

The 215 positives out of 513 tests carried out by the Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory yielded a positivity rate of 41.91

Of the COVID-positive patients, there are 95 men and 120 women. The results were recorded on Sunday, July 31. The new cases also consist of 37 persons under the age of 18, and 178 who were 18 years and older.

The number of people in isolation facilities is 66, while there are 2,778 persons in home isolation.

Two women, aged 59 and 91, died from the viral illness on Sunday.

Minister of Health and Wellness, Ian Gooding-Edghill, has extended condolences to the families and friends of the deceased. As of July 31, there were 495 COVID-19 related deaths.

The public health laboratory has conducted 729,060 tests since February 2020, and recorded 92,301 COVID-19 cases (41,992 men and 50,309 women).

Under the National Vaccination Programme for COVID-19, the total number of persons with at least one dose is 162,960 (71.3 per cent of the eligible population). The total number of fully vaccinated persons is 154,016 (56.8 per cent of the total population or 67.4 per cent of the eligible population). The eligible population represents those persons who are 12 years and older.

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