Summary

  • Second T20, Bristol

  • England chase down 197 with nine balls to spare

  • Hosts take unassailable 2-0 lead in three-match series

  • Buttler top scores for England with 47 (36)

  • West Indies post 196-6 - Hope hits 49 and Charles makes 47

  • Watch highlights on BBC Four and iPlayer from 19:00 BST

  • Third T20 at Southampton on Tuesday (18:30 BST)

Live Reporting

by Matthew Henry & Mike Peter

  1. Eng 10-1

    This has been a good start with the ball from Jason Holder after his batting fireworks.

  2. Jos Buttler gets a big cheer from this Bristol crowd as he joins Ben Duckett in the middle.

  3. wicket

    WICKET

    Smith c Motie b Holder 4 (Eng 9-1)

    Motie makes catch at mid-off to dismiss Smith for four

    Jamie Smith advances and skies both Jason Holder's first two deliveries as he attempts lofted drives. The first one just clears mid-off but the second does not.

  4. Jason Holder will begin from the Flats End...

  5. Here's the over that gave West Indies a chance in all of its brutal glory...

    'Ball sailing all over Bristol' - West Indies hit five sixes in Rashid over

  6. Eng 7-0

    Target 197

    Akeal Hosein is not really turning the ball. He's almost swinging it in like a seamer.

    Ben Duckett gets down low to sweep the first boundary at the end of the over.

  7. Eng 1-0

    Akeal Hosein is second in the global T20 rankings. It is not easy to get after him.

  8. Eng 0-0

    Spinner Akeal Hosein, who was on his flight from Trinidad this morning, begins with a dot.

  9. And that chase is about to begin.

    I'm not ruling England out. They need 197 runs to win.

    Jamie Smith and Ben Duckett will need to get the hosts off to a good start.

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    Harry Brook said England fancy a chase; I’d say they’ve got one!

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  11. Luke Wood has had a good day on his first England appearance since September 2023.

    He took 2-25 from four overs and took a very good catch on the boundary.

    'Sensational start' as Wood dismisses Lewis lbw on first ball of the innings

    'What an extraordinary dismissal!' - Charles nutmegs ball onto his own stumps

    'Judged it to perfection' - Wood makes catch at deep extra cover to dismiss Powell for 34

  12. WinViz, if you're wondering, has West Indies as 64% favourites.

    WinViz gives England 36% chance of victory, West Indies 64%CricViz

  13. How's stat?!

    Kieran Parmley
    Cricviz analyst

    Hope hits two sixes over long off in Carse over

    With a flurry of sixes off Rashid at the backend, West Indies have hit more sixes (15) than fours (11) in today's game.

    This is the 56th time West Indies have hit more sixes than fours in a T20I innings, way above the second ranked side (New Zealand, 20 times).

  14. Thanks Mike. That powerful late hitting has got West Indies to a good score but it's not an unassailable one.

    Remember one of these boundaries is only 55m long. Runs are there to be had.

  15. A rather tasty chase is in the offing.

    Can England maintain their unbeaten summer?

    Here's Matthew Henry to find out.

  16. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    For a lot of this game I thought there was something in the surface. At the back end of the innings, how Jason Holder batted, he just stood there and played the ball on its merit. Everyone else struggled.

    I don't know about the surface.

  17. Henry Moeran
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    What a conclusion to the innings. It has been brutal hitting.

  18. 6 runs

    WI 196-6

    Finishes with six!

    Roston Chase makes the most of his one ball at the crease, hitting Luke Wood flat and hard down the ground.

    Luke Wood finishes with handy figures of 2-25, albeit 16 of those runs came from this over, with the West Indies hitting 47 from the last two overs and 75 from the last four.

    Will a target of 197 be enough given Bristol's short boundaries?

    We'll soon find out.

  19. wicket

    WICKET

    Shepherd run out (Buttler) 19 (WI 190-6)

    Tries to hurry through a single... it's not there.

    Pace off from Luke Wood and Jason Holder can't connect with the ball running through to Jos Buttler.

    Romario Shepherd has been backing up hard and tries to come through for the single, but Buttler spots him coming and rolls the ball onto the stumps.

  20. WI 190-5

    A couple of singles, before Holder adds four more, stretching to get bat on ball and sending it through third.