Summary

  • West Indies win by eight wickets with seven overs to spare - report

  • Hosts take ODI series 2-1 - five T20s follow

  • Carty & King both score centuries in Windies' run-chase

  • Late hitting drags England to 263-8, having been 24-4

  • Archer's 38 off 17 balls helps tourists score 100 in last 10 overs

  • Mousley's half-century holds middle order together

  • Salt bats well for 74 as wickets fall around him

  • Cox falls once again to short ball

Live Reporting

by Sam Drury & Matthew Henry

  1. Eng 94-5

    A wicket-maiden for Roston Chase, who is so often the scourge of England with the ball.

    Dan Mousley is the new batter for the tourists. He needs to stay with Phil Salt for a while here.

  2. wicket

    WICKET

    Curran c sub (Walsh) b Chase 40 (Eng 94-5)

    Roston Chase of the West Indies celebrates dismissing Sam Curran of EnglandGetty Images

    Just as the Great Escape was being played by the trumpeter among the England fans, Sam Curran falls...

    Roston Chase brings mid-off up, tosses the ball up invitingly and Curran tries to take him on with a big hit over the top.

    The left-hander gets nowhere near the pitch, though, and skies it. Hayden Walsh is the sub fielder at mid-off and takes the catch.

    Partnership broken. England back in bother.

  3. Thanks, Matt.

    I've got to be honest, at one stage I thought I'd be coming in to take you through a short West Indies chase at best.

    Instead England have regrouped through Phil Salt and Sam Curran and have given themselves a chance of posting a somewhat reasonable total.

  4. Eng 93-4

    Salt 41, Curran 39

    Phil Salt and Sam Curran have certainly managed to half the momentum. There are one or two conversations going on between bowler and fielder - something that wasn't happening earlier.

    Can England go on?

    Here's Sam Drury...

  5. Eng 92-4

    And if you do wait, the bad balls will come.

    Phil Salt piles into a wide ball from Romario Shepherd and gets four on the cut.

  6. Eng 85-4

    Phil Salt of England bats watched by West Indies wicketkeeper Shai HopeGetty Images

    Phil Salt has to defend five accurate balls in a row from Roston Chase, who is doing a better job of preventing the singles than Gudakesh Motie.

    Salt hasn't given it away today. It has been good to see.

  7. Eng 84-4

    Salt 36, Curran 35

    Whisper it but England are surely going to beat their lowest ODI score of 86 now.

  8. Eng 79-4

    Salt 34, Curran 32

    Phil Salt and Sam Curran of England achieve a 50 runs partnershipGetty Images

    This partnership is now worth 55.

    Phil Salt scored only 23 from his first 50 balls today - the lowest score he's ever had at that mark. His previous lowest after 50 balls was 55 runs.

    That says a lot.

  9. Eng 75-4

    While Curran's shirt is scuffed with dirt, Romario Shepherd's is soaked with sweat. It's sticking to him as he runs in through the breeze.

    His final ball is a bouncer that is chased by Sam Curran. West Indies think he may have gloved one through to the keeper but the umpire disagrees.

  10. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator

    Shepherd back in the attack. I like this move from Hope. The England batters are looking settled and had got into a safe, comfortable rhythm against the spinners. First ball goes for six, mind you.

  11. 6 runs

    Eng 74-4

    Swung away for six!

    Phil Salt has nailed that. It's the first six of the day.

  12. Eng 68-4

    Salt 25, Curran 30

    Sam Curran's shirt has been muddied with dirt after his dive to avoid a run-out earlier.

    Seamer Romario Shepherd is coming back after a few overs of spin from both ends.

  13. Eng 64-4

    Salt 23, Curran 28

    I keep having to double take when I see England's run-rate pop up on screen.

    It's currently 3.3 per over.

  14. How's stat?!

    Kieran Parmley
    Cricviz analyst

    The West Indies bowlers have given England very little to work with so far - the quicks bowled 88% of their deliveries on a good or hard length, while the spinners have followed suit with 65% in the same area.

  15. Eng 63-4

    Sam Curran biffs Motie for four over mid-off.

    That's probably the best and most aggressive shot of the day.

  16. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator

    With spin at both ends and plenty of gaps in the field, expect half an hour of knocking it around from these two as they look to build some kind of platform.

  17. Eng 58-4

    Salt 22, Curran 23

    I'm not sure about Bairstow, Conrad. He seems to have been dispensed with by England but the others I agree.

    Phil Salt and Sam Curran have just settled things down and are ticking the score over.

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    Re the comment about how many of this line-up would get into the first choice top seven: I would wager just one - Livingstone at 7. I can think of six others who would be ahead of those playing today. Duckett, Bairstow, Root, Brook, Stokes, Buttler and/or Smith.

    Conrad

  19. Eng 54-4

    Salt 20, Curran 21

    Here's some good news for England.

    Jos Buttler has just wandered down from the dressing room and headed towards the nets.

    He arrived in the Caribbean earlier this week in the hope of overcoming his calf injury in time for the T20s which start on Saturday.

  20. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator

    Alzarri Joseph of the West Indies bowlsGetty Images

    Alzarri Joseph is off on one again as the shy at the stumps isn’t backed up and a run is conceded. And now another overthrow. He’s clearly and demonstrably less than gruntled right now. Those overthrows are only going to make matters worse.