England chase down 146 to complete series win
Livingstone dropped on 6, 8 and 21 but makes 39
Curran (41) anchors England middle order
Tourists impress with ball - restricting Windies to 145-8
Three wickets each for Mahmood and Overton
Powell's half-century helps Windies to respectable total
England now lead five-match series 3-0
Final two games in St Lucia on Saturday and Sunday (20:00 GMT)
Sam Billings
England wicketkeeper on TNT Sports
England will be full of confidence and rightly so but West Indies are such a quality side. They have got so much power and class.
Jos Buttler will not be taking it lightly. They will have to adapt to the conditions quickly at a different venue and with the weather that has been around.
A whole lot of sand has just been dumped on the troublesome area of the outfield with groundstaff hurriedly sweeping it across trying to get things ready for the start of this match.
It doesn't look brilliant but if it does the trick and makes it safe to field on then that doesn't really matter, does it?
Anyway, the players have now made their way onto the field for the anthems.
Kieran Parmley
Cricviz analyst
Image source, Getty ImagesNicholas Pooran is set to make his 101st T20I appearance for the West Indies this evening, becoming their joint highest appearance maker alongside Kieron Pollard.
West Indies: Shai Hope, Evin Lewis, Nicholas Pooran, Rovman Powell (c), Shimron Hetmyer, Romario Shepherd, Roston Chase, Gudakesh Motie, Alzarri Joseph, Akeal Hosein, Terrance Hinds.
England: Phil Salt, Will Jacks, Jos Buttler (c), Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethell, Sam Curran, Dan Mousley, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Rehan Ahmed, Saqib Mahmood.
West Indies captain Rovman Powell: "Definitely [starting better with the bat is] something we’ve talked about. Today is an opportunity to change that."
On taking wickets in the middle overs: "It’s about clarity. If you come out of the powerplay 70-1 or 70-0 like England did, the middle overs are always going to be difficult as they can come hard at us.
"It’s about us trying to start better, control the powerplay and the middle overs take care of themselves."
On changes to the XI: "We have a lot of injury in our group. Shai Hope comes in for Brandon King, who is feeling a niggle.
"Alzarri Joseph is back for Matthew Forde, who is also injured. And Shimron Hetmyer comes back in for Sherfane Rutherford."
On Alzarri Joseph: "He's been the leader of our attack since I came in. He's a vital part of our unit so hopefully he can help us to control the powerplay and get those breakthroughs we need."
England captain Jos Buttler: "We're going to bowl first - again! Chasing has been pretty good so far and there's some weather around as well.
"It's a great wicket here with a bit of pace. We'll be right on it, we are expecting West Indies to fight back so we've got to start afresh.
"Rehan Ahmed comes in for Adil Rashid today."
Image source, Getty ImagesFor the third match running, Jos Buttler calls correctly at the toss and England will bowl first.
One change for the tourists, Rehan Ahmed comes in for Adil Rashid. Interesting.
Sir Alastair Cook
Ex-England captain on TNT Sports
Liam Livingstone has matured so much as a cricketer. He struggled for a couple of years when he was playing so often, and batting at five or six when his role was really to try and hit every ball out of the ground.
That can be really difficult because it's hard for that to come off every single time.
He has taken on the responsibility and adapted his game a lot more, which has made him far more consistent.
Almost time for that toss now. Will England stick with a winning formula given they've had a few days off since that second T20 in Barbados?
Good news!
Official word has come down the line and the toss will take place in a little under 10 minutes time at 20:30 GMT with play starting at 20:45 GMT.
That's a delay of 45 minutes all told but it doesn't sound like any overs have been lost.
Word from the ground is that England are warming up so that's got to be good news.
Hopefully the toss isn't too far away now.
Better news from St Lucia where the covers are off but we're still waiting for an update on the toss and start time.
Plenty of poking and prodding at the outfield, though.
Sir Alastair Cook
Ex-England captain on TNT Sports
I thought Jos Buttler would go back to opening but he is such an extraordinary white-ball batter, he could bat anywhere.
He generates so much power and he can score 360 as we've seen for a number of years now.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe following night Jos Buttler smashed a blistering 83 from 45 balls as England cruised to a seven-wicket win over West Indies in the second T20.
The England captain came in after Phil Salt was dismissed from the first ball of the tourists' chase and proceeded to hit eight fours and six sixes in a stunning knock.
Buttler dominated a 129-run stand with opener Will Jacks before the pair fell in the same Romario Shepherd over.
However, the damage had been done and the visitors went on to overhaul West Indies' 158-8 with 31 balls to spare.
Image source, Getty ImagesPhil Salt powered a superb century to take England to a commanding eight-wicket victory over West Indies in the first T20 in Barbados.
After a disappointing defeat in the one-day international series, Salt struck an unbeaten 103 off 54 balls on the island he used to call home as England cruised to a pursuit of 183.
It was the opener's third T20 hundred for England - all three of which have come against West Indies in the past 12 months.
Jacob Bethell, another with Bajan roots, finished unbeaten on 58 from 36 balls alongside Salt, in the process becoming the youngest man to hit a T20 fifty for England, aged 21.
West Indies made their imposing total in remarkable fashion, reaching 183-9 despite falling to 18-3 and 117-8.
While we wait for more positive news, let's have a quick look back at the first two games of the series...
News from the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground... it's raining.
Settle in, folks, it could be one of those nights.
The latest from St Lucia is that a pitch inspection is currently taking place so hopefully we will have news from that soon.
A revised toss and start time in the next few minutes would be nice...
Image source, Getty ImagesEngland have confirmed that left-arm seamer Reece Topley has been ruled out of the remainder of this T20 series with a knee injury.
Topley sustained the injury in the series opener and, after further assessment, the decision has been made for him to fly home early from the tour.
The bad news is that the toss has delayed as a result of wet spots on the outfield caused by overnight rain.
The last we heard was that it would take place at 19:45 GMT but so far, no toss.
Fingers crossed, the captains can get out there shortly and get this match under way but, for now, the covers remain on.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lewis,caught Archer, bowled Mahmood Lewis, caught Archer, bowled Mahmood | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 60.00 |
Hope,run out Bethell Hope, run out Bethell | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 200.00 |
Pooran,bowled Archer Pooran, bowled Archer | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 175.00 |
Chase,caught Overton, bowled Mahmood Chase, caught Overton, bowled Mahmood | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 87.50 |
Hetmyer,caught Mousley, bowled Mahmood Hetmyer, caught Mousley, bowled Mahmood | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 40.00 |
Powell,caught Bethell, bowled Overton Powell, caught Bethell, bowled Overton | 54 | 41 | 3 | 4 | 73 | 131.71 |
Shepherd,leg before wicket, bowled Overton Shepherd, leg before wicket, bowled Overton | 30 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 107.14 |
Motie,caught Jacks, bowled Overton Motie, caught Jacks, bowled Overton | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
Joseph,not out Joseph, not out | 21 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 110.53 |
Hosein,not out Hosein, not out | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 160.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 3, byes 0, leg byes 6, total 9 Extras, no balls 0, wides 3, byes 0, leg byes 6, total 9 | ||||||
Total,145 for 8 20.0 overs Total,145 for 8 20.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Archer | 4.0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 6.25 |
Mahmood | 4.0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 4.25 |
Ahmed | 3.0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 9.66 |
Overton | 4.0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 5.00 |
Livingstone | 1.0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14.00 |
Curran | 3.0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 8.00 |
Mousley | 1.0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
5 for 1 (0.4 overs) | Hope |
13 for 2 (1.3 overs) | Lewis |
17 for 3 (2.5 overs) | Pooran |
21 for 4 (3.2 overs) | Chase |
37 for 5 (5.4 overs) | Hetmyer |
110 for 6 (15.1 overs) | Shepherd |
110 for 7 (15.4 overs) | Motie |
113 for 8 (17.1 overs) | Powell |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Salt,bowled Hosein Salt, bowled Hosein | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 50.00 |
Jacks,caught Powell, bowled Motie Jacks, caught Powell, bowled Motie | 32 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 96.97 |
Buttler,caught Powell, bowled Hosein Buttler, caught Powell, bowled Hosein | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 80.00 |
Bethell,caught Pooran, bowled Joseph Bethell, caught Pooran, bowled Joseph | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 200.00 |
Curran,caught Hope, bowled Hinds Curran, caught Hope, bowled Hinds | 41 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 55 | 157.69 |
Livingstone,caught Shepherd, bowled Hosein Livingstone, caught Shepherd, bowled Hosein | 39 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 139.29 |
Mousley,caught Hetmyer, bowled Hosein Mousley, caught Hetmyer, bowled Hosein | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 133.33 |
Overton,not out Overton, not out | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 100.00 |
Ahmed,not out Ahmed, not out | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 125.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 6, byes 0, leg byes 2, total 8 Extras, no balls 0, wides 6, byes 0, leg byes 2, total 8 | ||||||
Total,149 for 7 19.2 overs Total,149 for 7 19.2 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shepherd | 3.0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6.66 |
Joseph | 4.0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 9.25 |
Hosein | 4.0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 5.50 |
Hinds | 2.2 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 12.85 |
Chase | 2.0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5.50 |
Motie | 4.0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 6.75 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
14 for 1 (2.4 overs) | Salt |
32 for 2 (4.6 overs) | Buttler |
37 for 3 (5.3 overs) | Bethell |
75 for 4 (10.6 overs) | Jacks |
114 for 5 (15.2 overs) | Curran |
123 for 6 (16.4 overs) | Mousley |
142 for 7 (18.2 overs) | Livingstone |