Summary

  • First T20, Chester-le-Street

  • England win by 21 runs to take 1-0 lead in three-match series

  • Dawson takes four wickets in first international since November 2022

  • Buttler hits sparkling 96 to help England post 188-6

  • Watch highlights on BBC Two and iPlayer from 23:00 BST

  • Second T20 at Bristol on Sunday (14:30 BST)

'What a knock!' - Buttler's emphatic 96 off 59

Live Reporting

by Elizabeth Botcherby & Timothy Abraham

  1. Mark Wood
    England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Liam Dawson quickened that pace and Rovman Powell went on to the back foot and it skidded on to hit the stumps.

  2. WI 116-6

    West Indies need 73 runs from 36 balls

    A single and a dot to finish an eventful over.

    On his return to the international stage, Liam Dawson picks up 4-20. One can't help but be delighted for him.

  3. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Former England batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Brilliant from Liam Dawson. He has got on to scoot, grip a little and hit the stumps.

  4. wicket

    WICKET

    Powell b Dawson 13 (WI 115-6)

    Rovman Powell hits Liam Dawson for two boundaries but it's the spinner who has the last laugh.

    A quicker ball goes right through Powell and his off-stump rocks back. Four wickets. Thank you. Next.

    'What a return!' - Dawson bowls Powell for 13 to take his fourth wicket of the innings

  5. Here comes Liam Dawson to bowl his final over.

    Powell and Russell have both ditched helmets for caps. A new bat grip has been applied. Here we go.

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    Surprise to no one apart from the England selectors that the best English spinner for the last few years is doing the business.

  7. Mark Wood
    England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Liam Dawson has a good cricket brain. It seems that way when he bowls. He's a smart cricketer.

  8. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Former England batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Liam Dawson will take playing for his country any day but coming back after a bit of a hiatus he's been confident and known his game plan. He's varied his pace well. He has done everything you could have asked for. Normally we give Adil Rashid the praise but Dawson has really stood up.

  9. WI 107-5

    West Indies need 82 runs from 42 balls

    I, a right-hander, once tried to serve a tennis ball left-handed. Truly disastrous.

    Adil Rashid rattles through his third over and concedes six runs.

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    Matthew Henry mentioned about Dawson bowling lefty, but throwing righty. Samit Patel does that too (as in the former Notts and England all-rounder). I think Jack Leach does it too.

  11. Mark Wood
    England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    They do say that spinners mature at different ages, especially young spinners who have to learn their craft. You think of someone like Greame Swann. Liam Dawson has learned his craft and now is his time.

  12. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Former England batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Liam Dawson has been very impressive!

  13. WI 101-5

    West Indies need 88 runs from 48 balls

    Andre Russell, carded at nine, comes in at seven to try and rescue West Indies alongside the cap-clad Rovman Powell.

    The required rate is above 11 and wicket machine Liam Dawson still has one over to bowl.

  14. Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Former England batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    A big wicket that but there's plenty to come and England still need to show some control. Liam Dawson is the key man. It was the right shot but the pace that Dawson is bowling it's hard to do that. He's bowling well on his international comeback.

  15. wicket

    WICKET

    Chase c Duckett b Dawson 24 (WI 100-5)

    Dawson and Duckett combine again!

    There might be a few England selectors looking a little awkward right now. Just the three wickets so far for Dawson.

    'No wonder he's smiling' - Dawson takes two wickets in one over

  16. Scott Read
    BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    A terrific catch and Liam Dawson has another - he's smiling now!

  17. wicket

    WICKET

    Rutherford c Duckett b Dawson 2 (WI 97-4)

    Liam Dawson has his second wicket and after his excellent fielding off the previous ball, it's Ben Duckett who pops up with the catch, sliding Brydon Carse-style to get under the ball.

    Sherfane Rutherford departs for two.

  18. Kieran Parmley
    Cricviz analyst

    This is Adil Rashid's 32nd T20I since the start of 2023, only once in that timeframe has he bowled three overs in the final 10 of the innings as he could today - that came in the T20 World Cup against today's opponents.

  19. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport journalist in Chester-le-Street

    Liam Dawson is one of those bizarre humans that bowls with his left arm and throws with his right.

  20. WI 97-3

    West Indies need 92 runs off 54 balls

    Excellent effort from Ben Duckett to stop a boundary!

    Roston Chase goes for the reverse sweep and while he doesn't get the desired connection, the ball is racing away towards the rope. The diminutive Duckett races after it, puts in a full-length dive and snatches the ball away from the rope with his left hand.