Summary

  • First T20, Canterbury

  • England win by eight wickets with 21 balls to spare

  • Hosts take 1-0 lead in three-match series

  • Dunkley makes excellent 81 not out and Knight adds unbeaten 43

  • Windies skipper Matthews hits superb unbeaten century to help her side post 146-7

  • Second T20 at Hove on Friday at 18:35 BST

Live Reporting

by Sam Drury & Adwaidh Rajan

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

    Sophia Dunkley is motoring here and England are going along nicely.

  2. Eng 50-0

    Target 147

    Shot!

    Sophia Dunkley has used her feet well in this innings and does so again, skipping down the track and hitting the ball back over Zaida James' head for four.

    A drag-down follows and Dunkley heaves it past short fine leg for four more. That's the 50 up for England.

  3. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Danni Wyatt-Hodge has slashed it away. It's a super shot from here.

    It was in the slot but there's a lovely bit of bottom-hand wrist work to elevate it over that packed in-field.

  4. Eng 42-0

    Target 147

    Cherry-Anne Fraser into the attack. No great pace from the West Indies seamer but she's banging the ball in fairly short and it works pretty well for her.

    However, the last ball is a touch fuller, wide of off and slapped over cover for four by Danni Wyatt-Hodge.

  5. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    There are no demons on this surface at all. And England are now starting to show it as well.

  6. Eng 34-0

    Target 147

    Eight from Hayley Matthews' first over. It's been a positive start for England.

    The pitch has played well and they're making the most of it.

  7. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    I don't think I've ever seen someone get exactly 100 not out and no other batter score above 20.

  8. Speaking of Hayley Matthews. Have a look at the best of her magnificent innings...

  9. Eng 32-0

    Target 147

    After her unbeaten century in the first innings, can Hayley Matthews make a similar impact with the ball?

    The West Indies skipper - as ever, controversially bowling in a cap - is on to bowl her off-spin but drags her third ball short and Sophia Dunkley hammers it behind square on the leg side for four.

  10. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    The moment she just got it too full, Wyatt-Hodge could free the hands and find the boundary.

  11. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    It's just the angle of the arm down the slope. There's no spin at all.

  12. Eng 26-0

    Target 147

    Zaida James continues and she must be wondering quite how she hasn't got Danni Wyatt-Hodge yet.

    After the drop in the first over, the England opener gets in a tangle and an inside edge just misses leg stump.

    Next ball is even closer. Wyatt-Hodge is beaten all ends up but again it misses leg by a whisker.

    To add to James' frustration, Wyatt-Hodge clubs the last ball high over the off side for four.

  13. Eng 14-0

    Target 147

    A third boundary for Sophia Dunkley completes the over.

    Again she advances and the width is there for the right-hander to thump the ball between mid-off and extra cover for four.

    Productive over for the home side.

  14. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Dunkley played that sumptuously for England's first boundary.

    The second one was even easier.

  15. Eng 10-0

    Target 147

    Lovely shot from Sophia Dunkley.

    The England opener takes a couple of steps down the pitch and drives Jannillea Glasgow beautifully through extra cover for four.

    Four more! Full toss this time and effortlessly put away by Dunkley.

  16. Rufus Bullough
    CricViz analyst

    Sophia Dunkley has had a blistering start to 2025 with the bat, striking at 168 across her first three T20s of the year.

  17. Eng 1-0

    Target 147

    Good over to start from Zaida James. Just a single from it and that came as a result of the dropped catch.

  18. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    It was a good effort. She got herself in a bit of a pickle.

  19. dropped catch

    Wyatt-Hodge dropped on 0

    Eng 1-0

    Left-arm spin to start for West Indies with Zaida James - and it nearly works in the first over!

    Tossed up by James and Danni Wyatt-Hodge, keen to get off the mark, goes after it but the timing just isn't there.

    The ball loops into the offside and Jannillea Glasgow dives for the catch but can't quite hold on. Let off for England.

  20. Rufus Bullough
    CricViz analyst

    England are still firm favourites on WinViz at halfway.

    WinViz gives England 78% chance of victory, Windies 22%CricViz