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

  1. Postpublished at 20:11 British Summer Time 21 May

    The England openers are out in the middle but before the chase begins, there's just time to watch this screamer of a catch from Lauren Bell...

    Media caption,

    Bell's 'sensational' diving catch dismisses Mangru for 17

  2. Postpublished at 20:10 British Summer Time 21 May

    Thanks, Adwaidh.

    What a knock that was from Hayley Matthews, eh? Without it, England might already be celebrating victory.

    Instead they've got a potentially tricky chase to begin the international summer...

  3. Postpublished at 20:10 British Summer Time 21 May

    That's it from me, as far as this live page is concerned.

    But my colleague Sam Drury is here to take you through England's chase, which is coming up very shortly.

  4. Postpublished at 20:09 British Summer Time 21 May

    England bowler Lauren Bell, speaking to Sky Sports: "The were a few nerves around in that first over. But we came back well, it's a good pitch and obviously Hayley [Matthews] batted magnificently.

    "Pace off into the pitch seemed to work well at the end."

    On her superb catch: "I've been working hard on my fielding and I think I might have got a clap from [Charlotte Edwards] so I'm happy with that. I didn't know much about it."

    On bowling to Hayley Matthews: "You want to find a way to get her off strike but she batted so well. It's just about trying to get her off strike."

  5. England need 147 to winpublished at 20:08 British Summer Time 21 May

    After that sensational unbeaten innings from Hayley Matthews, England have a target of 147 to chase down.

    Can they get this new era under head coach Charlotte Edwards and captain Nat Sciver-Brunt off to a winning start?

  6. Postpublished at 20:06 British Summer Time 21 May

    Rufus Bullough
    CricViz analyst

    Matthews' third T20 international hundred and her slowest, coming off 67 balls.

    Her restraint and shepherding of the strike with wickets falling around her enabled Windies to post a competitive total.

  7. Postpublished at 20:03 British Summer Time 21 May

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

    What a knock from Hayley Matthews.

    Everyone in this venue is applauding someone who is not just a great of this era but will go down as one of the greats of women's cricket.

    A supreme talent.

  8. Postpublished at 20:03 British Summer Time 21 May

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

    What an outstanding player she is.

    If she gets out, that is the whole team exposed. Not only does she not get out, she carries her bat and takes West Indies to a score that will make England think.

  9. 100 runs

    100 for Matthewspublished at 20 overs

    Matthews 100, Fraser 0

    She's done it! Hayley Matthews has her century!

    A one-woman show from the West Indies skipper as she runs a single from the final ball of the innings to complete her third T20 international ton and take Windies to a respectable 146-7.

  10. Postpublished at 20:01 British Summer Time 21 May

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

    This score is just creeping into something that England might be concerned about.

  11. WI 145-7published at 19.5 overs

    Matthews 99, Fraser 0

    One run away from century now Hayley Matthews.

    She hits her 16th boundary of a superb innings from the penultimate ball of the innings.

  12. WI 140-7published at 19.2 overs

    Matthews 95, Fraser 0

    Cherry-Ann Fraser is the new batter in but Hayley Matthews is the one on strike in the final over.

    She runs two from the first ball before whacking a full toss behind square for boundary to move on to 95.

    A century in sight for the Windies skipper?

  13. Postpublished at 19:57 British Summer Time 21 May

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

    Brilliant catch - Lauren Bell flying to her left!

    That is a screamer.

  14. Postpublished at 19:56 British Summer Time 21 May

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

    It was coming at some pace because Linsey Smith had fired it in.

    Well done to Mangru, though, it was an important cameo to support Matthews.

  15. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 18.5 overs

    Mandy Mangru c Bell b Smith 17 (WI 134-7)

    Media caption,

    Bell's 'sensational' diving catch dismisses Mangru for 17

    Brilliant catch from Lauren Bell!

    And Mandy Mangru departs.

    Mangru sweeps again but this time, she only finds Bell who dives to her left to scoop with both hands.

  16. WI 124-6published at 18.4 overs

    Mangru 17, Matthews 89

    Mandy Mangru sweeps it through the backward square for a boundary - her second of the innings.

  17. Postpublished at 19:53 British Summer Time 21 May

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

    Not to put too fine a point on it, but without Matthews, West Indies would be nowhere here.

    The next highest score is 12.

  18. WI 119-6published at 18 overs

    Matthews 88, Mangru 12

    Issy Wong mixing things up here and concedes just one run from her first four deliveries.

    But Hayley Matthews hits her for back-to-back boundaries off the last two balls.

  19. WI 119-6published at 17 overs

    Matthews 80, Mangru 11

    Eight runs from that Lauren Bell over as West Indies continue to score at a rate of seven runs per over.

    Hayley Matthews tries to keep strike but Bell bowls a bouncer that the batter fails to connect. So Mandy Mangru will take strike at the start of the 18th over instead.

  20. Postpublished at 19:49 British Summer Time 21 May

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

    Immediately, the punishment comes. Unnecessary runs as far as England are concerned.