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

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    Looks like England's only change is to drop Maia Bouchier - harsh!

    Anon

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

    Matthews is so comfortable against the spin here.

  3. WI 23-2

    Grimmond 1, Matthews 20

    Hayley Matthews, however, seems unperturbed.

    She adds another boundary to her innings sending Linsey Smith's second ball over mid-on.

    Realeanna Grimmond then takes a single off the final ball of the over for her first run in international cricket and keeps the strike.

  4. WI 17-2

    Matthews 15, Grimmond 0

    Realeanna Grimmond is the new batter in for West Indies.

    And it's three dot balls to finish a double-wicket maiden for Lauren Bell.

    The change of ends has worked really well for the England bowler.

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

    Bell has struck twice in the over!

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

    Lauren Bell is bowling very well to the left-handers.

    Zaida James is a young talented player but she came out fishing for that.

  7. wicket

    WICKET

    James c Jones b Bell 0 (17-2)

    Bell takes two wickets in one over to stifle West Indies innings

    Two wickets in three balls for Lauren Bell!

    The new batter Zaida James returns to the pavilion without troubling the scorers.

    James swings at a ball pitched outside off and can only offer an edge to keeper Amy Jones.

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

    That was a bit of a lasso with the back lift there from Joseph.

    Lauren Bell did very well with the length there, it meant the ball came up at an awkward height and when you've got that back lift, it's very hard to get everything to come together.

  9. wicket

    WICKET

    Joseph c Smith b Bell 2 (WI 17-1)

    England have the breakthrough!

    Lauren Bell is back into the attack and her inswinging delivery is skied by left-hander Qiana Joseph.

    Linsey Smith gets under it and takes the catch.

  10. Rufus Bullough
    CricViz analyst

    Hayley Matthews has gone to the next level with her batting over the past two and a half years. In each calendar year since 2023 she has averaged over 30 with the bat. Previously in her career she had never averaged over 30 across a calendar year.

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

    You've got to watch out in the crowd when Hayley Matthews is around.

  12. 6 runs

    WI 17-0

    Matthews 15, Joseph 2

    Matthews sweeps Smith away towards deep square leg for six

    That's a maximum!

    Hayley Matthews is not hanging around.

    Lauren Bell is replaced by Linsey Smith but the spinner is hit over square leg by the Windies skipper, who moves into double figures.

  13. WI 11-0

    Matthews 9, Joseph 2

    With Charlie Dean from the other end, England go with spin from the off.

    And it's a tidy over from Dean as she concedes just two runs.

  14. Rufus Bullough
    CricViz analyst

    Qiana Joseph v Right-arm pace:

    • Over the wicket - Avg 33 - SR 99
    • Round the wicket - Avg 24 - SR 141

    Should the England seamers gamble early and try the round the wicket option to the dangerous left-hander? Or will they look to keep the runs down early and stay with their preferred angle?

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

    It was too short and Hayley Matthews had almost too much time to get into that and enjoy herself.

  16. WI 9-0

    Matthews 8, Joseph 1

    West Indies are off to a great start!

    Hayley Matthews finished the first over with her second boundary - this time through the midwicket. Not the start England were looking for.

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

    You cannot afford to give Hayley Matthews an inch. Can Lauren Bell tighten it up?

  18. WI 5-0

    Matthews 4, Joseph 1

    West Indies captain Hayley Matthews opens her account in style.

    It's a loose ball from Lauren Bell and it's punished by Matthews, who hits it for a boundary through deep third!

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

    I felt that the team needed to be more ruthless and sharp mentally. Charlotte Edwards will bring that.

    England are not a bad team but it's those crucial moments where you need to be really on the money.

    We've seen with some of the selections that she's got that mindset that is going to lift this team going forward.

  20. WI 1-0

    Joseph 1, Matthews 0

    Lauren Bell has the ball in her hands and will get us under way here.

    And Qiana Joseph is off the mark straight away with a single.