Summary

  • England complete narrow one-run victory

  • Shepherd (44 off 28) & Hosein (44 off 16) thrill with late hitting

  • West Indies were 98-8 before late rally

  • England scramble to 171-8

  • Roy clubs 45 off 31 after slow start

  • Moeen, dropped on 13, makes 31

  • Five-match series now level at 1-1

  1. 6 runs

    Eng 80-2published at 10.4 overs

    Oh my days. New ball please.

    Jason Roy goes back-to-back and smashes Fabien Allen out of Kensington Oval.

    Take that.

  2. 6 runs

    Eng 74-2published at 10.3 overs

    Offt! Absolutely smashed.

    It is in the slot for Jason Roy and he slog sweeps, flat, over mid-wicket for his first six.

    Lovely strike.

  3. Postpublished at 20:45 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022

    Daniel Norcross
    BBC Radio 5 Live

    This is full-on pace-off from West Indies. First the spinners, now captain Kieron Pollard. We've seen nothing from Shepherd or Smith.

  4. Eng 68-2published at 10.1 overs

    Nice.

    Jason Roy goes back and cuts the first ball after drinks between backward point and third to pick up another boundary.

    Better than last night - Liam Dawson was out to the equivalent ball to leave England 39-6.

  5. Postpublished at 20:43 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022

    Daniel Norcross
    BBC Radio 5 Live

    There can't be too many times Jason Roy has batted half of a T20 innings and found himself 17 not out.

  6. drinks break

    Eng 64-2published at 10 overs

    Roy 17, Ali 16

    Kieron Pollard also bowled two massive off-side wides in that over. The hosts have been a bit more ragged tonight.

    Time for a drink. England have a decent platform to go on and get 140-plus tonight. That could be enough on this pitch.

  7. Postpublished at 20:42 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022

    Daniel Norcross
    BBC Radio 5 Live

    Pollard is bowling about the same pace as Nathan Lyon, with the keeper standing back.

  8. dropped catch

    Moeen dropped on 13published at 9.3 overs

    PooranImage source, Getty Images

    West Indies were faultless yesterday. Today they have been less than perfect.

    Moeen Ali looks to smack it over mid-wicket again - this time with the wind - and Nicholas Pooran is about 15 yards off the mid-wicket boundary and should take a simple catch.

    But, he doesn't even lay a hand on it! It goes through his arms and whacks him in the stomach and then on the knee.

    Wow.

  9. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 20:38 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022

    #bbccricket

    AllenImage source, Getty Images

    Mark Burt: England have been a brilliant limited-overs team for a number of years but, like the Test side, the strength in depth is lacking and players like Tom Banton are just going backwards. English cricket just appears fragile at the moment.

  10. Eng 56-2published at 9 overs

    Roy 16, Moeen 11

    Nailed!

    Moeen Ali comes down the pitch to turn a Fabian Allen delivery into a full toss and drills it straight back down the ground for his first boundary.

    Lovely shot.

  11. Eng 51-2published at 8.2 overs

    England should be three down.

    Moeen Ali looks to hit over mid-wicket, against the breeze, and Darren Bravo should take the catch but it lands a foot or two in front of him.

    He just completely misjudged it in the wind.

  12. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 20:35 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022

    #bbccricket

    RoyImage source, Getty Images

    James Payne: Jason Roy looks permanently annoyed when batting for England. Like he’s been shortchanged buying a loaf or a seagull’s nicked his last couple of crunchy chips that he’d been saving till the end.

  13. Eng 48-2published at 8 overs

    MoeenImage source, Getty Images

    Eoin Morgan is really keen that England are put under the pressure of batting first and getting used to setting a target. They are definitely going to be learning from these games so far.

    Morgan seems relaxed enough. He's got Liam Livingstone - who is apparently still feeling weak after a stomach bug - in absolute stitches in the England dug-out.

    Just the four singles from Kieron Pollard's first over.

  14. Eng 44-2published at 7 overs

    Roy 13, Moeen 2

    Tidy over for the hosts, with Akeal Hosein conceding just four singles.

    England were 29-5 at this point last night, so it is going slightly better, if not quite to the usual crash, bang, wallop standards that England have set in recent years.

  15. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 6 overs

    Vince b Allen 4 (Eng 40-2)

    VinceImage source, Getty Images

    He has been bowled! How odd!

    James Vince goes back to Fabien Allen, looking to defend, but the ball just grazes off-stump and the bails fall off - unlike when Ben Stokes' off-stump was smashed in the Ashes!

    England's good start has been pegged back in that over.

  16. Postpublished at 20:25 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022

    James Vince has started wandering off so he must think he's out.

    That's very odd because initially he refused to move. I think he thought it bounced off the gloves of Shai Hope.

  17. Umpire reviewpublished at 20:25 Greenwich Mean Time 23 January 2022

    Has James Vince been bowled?

    West Indies think he has been but Vince isn't moving.

    The umpires send it upstairs to check.

  18. Eng 40-1published at 5.4 overs

    Lovely from James Vince.

    He steps away outside leg stump and cuts through the covers to get off the mark with a boundary.

  19. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 5.2 overs

    Banton c & b Allen 25 (Eng 36-1)

    AllenImage source, Getty Images

    Ooops. Sorry.

    Tom Banton takes a step down the track and slaps it back towards Fabien Allen, and the left-arm spinner takes a very smart catch.

    It was wallopped back to him, and was going to hit him straight in the midriff.

    West Indies needed that breakthrough.

  20. Eng 36-0published at 5.1 overs

    BantonImage source, Getty Images

    Tom Banton seems in the mood tonight.

    He picks up four more with a reverse lap over point.

    He's up to 25 off 17.