Summary

  • England pile up 218-5 - joint-highest T20 total in St Lucia

  • Bethell smashes unbeaten 62 off 32 balls

  • Salt blasts 55 off 35 balls at top of order

  • Buttler (38 off 23), Jacks (25 off 12) & Curran (24 off 13) also impress

  • England lead series 3-0 with two to play

Live Reporting

by Sam Drury

  1. WI 1-0

    Target 219

    John Turner, making his T20I debut, will open the bowling and his first ball slides down the leg side.

    A wide gets West Indies off the mark. They'll take all the free runs they can chasing such a large total.

  2. WinViz reckons England have got enough...

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  3. There is no messing around in these T20 games, even with the intervals.

    The players are back out and we're ready for the start of the West Indies chase.

    They need a massive 219 to win - but don't rule it out...

  4. Sir Alastair Cook
    Ex-England captain on TNT Sports

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    It was a great batting performance. Without doubt the best batting pitch of this tour, in both ODIs and T20s.

    West Indies didn't bowl particularly well but it's a belting wicket. The margin for error is very small.

  5. Thanks, Ffion.

    Some effort from England to get themselves up to the joint-highest T20 total at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground.

    Phil Salt got things started and then young Jacob Bethell provided yet more evidence of why England are so excited by what he could be capable of in the coming years.

    For West Indies, a big target to chase down but on a pitch that seems pretty good for batting. An exciting second innings awaits...

  6. Well, that was good fun.

    West Indies require a phenomenal batting performance here if they are to get their first win of the T20 series. I'm going to leave you in the hands of Sam Drury to take you through their chase of 219 to win.

  7. How's stat?!

    Kieran Parmley
    Cricviz analyst

    50+ scores for England in T20Is aged 21 and under:

    • 2 - Jacob Bethell
    • 1 - Tom Banton

  8. Eng 218-5

    Sam Curran is run out coming back for two from the final ball, but that's been a masterclass from England after losing the toss.

    Jacob Bethell finishes unbeaten on a sparking 62 from 32 balls, with contributions of 55 from Phil Salt, 25 from Will Jacks and 38 from Jos Buttler.

  9. Eng 217-4

    How?!

    Sam Curran smokes a short ball outside off stump for six over long-on, with a tennis-like swipe.

  10. How's stat?!

    Kieran Parmley
    Cricviz analyst

    This is England's 12th time posting a score of over 200 batting first in a T20I, they have successfully defended their total on all 11 previous occasions.

  11. Eng 210-4

    Four runs from the first three balls is a respectable start.

  12. Eng 206-4

    Class response from Alzarri Joseph, with no further boundaries coming from the rest of the over. His 1-33 are by far the best figures of the innings today.

    Good luck to Obed McCoy, who has been tasked with the last over.

  13. Kevin Howells
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    That last over from McCoy showed pace off is a useful tool here but still need some variation.

  14. 6 runs

    Eng 200-4

    200 up in style!

    Sam Curran makes the most of an Alzarri Joseph full toss, hammering it down the ground for his first six.

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    Jacob Bethell could be the Eoin Morgan replacement we've been desperate for. He looks fantastic.

    Jack

  16. 6 runs

    Eng 194-4

    Obed McCoy starts his over brilliantly with just four singles and one wide from it, but is then left to rue the extra ball given away as Jacob Bethell slams it for six more.

    Brutal.

  17. On this tour of the West Indies, England have really seen how much of a 360 player Jacob Bethell is. Here's how many runs the left-hander has scored, and where, during the ODIs and T20s. Nowhere is safe.

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  18. Kevin Howells
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

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    So without Adil Rashid to control things and no Jofra Archer selected tonight, a big total could well be needed.

    Bethell is showing the quality and ball-striking likely to entertain us tonight and for many years.

  19. Eng 183-4

    Roston Chase finishes his spell with unenviable figures of 1-47.

    Three overs left, one from Alzarri Joseph, so England will likely look to go big from the other two.

    A huge total is on the cards in St Lucia.

  20. 50 runs

    50 for Jacob Bethell

    Eng 182-4

    Three in a row and what a way to reach fifty!

    Just 22 balls, four fours and four sixes.

    Talent.