Summary

  • England complete six-wicket win inside 33 overs

  • Series level at 1-1 with decider to come on Saturday in Barbados

  • Buttler regains form with unbeaten 58 off 45 balls

  • Opener Jacks hits composed 73 off 72 balls

  • England bowl out West Indies for 202 inside 40 overs

  • Curran takes three wickets with new ball as Windies fall to 23-4

  • Hope (68) and Rutherford (63) put on 129 for fifth wicket

  • Livingstone (3-39) and Ahmed (2-40) also impress

  • Venue: Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua

Live Reporting

Ffion Wynne and Timothy Abraham

  1. Kevin Howells
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    So the wicket looks like a different story from Sunday, but that said, England backed up the call at the toss and showed a bit more with the ball.

    Great start including Curran with his three wickets, and Rehan Ahmed especially deserved his wickets after doing a good job when there were signs of a West Indies fightback.

    And with Livingstone's three wickets, they have all given England more than a decent chance to square the series.

  2. England all-rounder Liam Livingstone on TNT Sports: "It was a nice wicket to bowl on, actually. It gave a bit of help to us spinners and I'm happy to have taken some wickets for the team.

    "Shai Hope has been playing brilliantly. We know he's their big wicket and if we can get him, we know we're on our way to getting them all out. It was a relief because he was so good the other night.

    "Rehan Ahmed is an unbelievable talent. It's nice to have Will Jacks as well, and gives us plenty of options.

    "I'm delighted for Sam Curran. What happened the other night, that can happen to anyone at any time. He was bowling the tough overs. He set us up beautifully tonight in the powerplay and kept that up in the middle as well.

    "Hopefully, that's a gettable score."

  3. England cricket teamGetty Images

    After a poor performance with the ball on Sunday, that's a very impressive response from England.

    They started positively in the powerplay, sticking with Sam Curran despite his struggles and he paid Jos Buttler back for his trust, finishing with 3-33 in the end.

    Rehan Ahmed was consistent once again with 2-40, Gus Atkinson went a bit under the radar with 2-28 and Liam Livingstone took 3-39 - including the prized scalp of Shai Hope.

    After all that, England need 203 to win.

  4. wicket

    WICKET

    Joseph c & b Atkinson 14 (WI 202)

    And that is that.

    Another slog, another one flies up into the air, but this time safely into the hands of Gus Atkinson.

    A fine performance from England. A brave fightback from the West Indies from 24-4 but that's a disappointing performance in the end.

  5. dropped catch

    Joseph dropped on 12

    WI 202-9

    Feels rather harsh to call this a drop, considering how good the effort was.

    Alzarri Joseph miscues a pull shot high into the air off an edge. Jos Buttler sprints back from behind the stumps, covering plenty of ground, but the ball just bounces out of his fingertips after a full-stretch dive.

    Looks like Alzarri Joseph is only going to play one way here.

  6. WI 200-9

    Rehan Ahmed finishes a fine spell of 2-40, the same figures that he took on Sunday.

    Talent.

  7. wicket

    WICKET

    Motie c Curran b Ahmed 6 (WI 200-9)

    Rehan AhmedGetty Images

    Rehan Ahmed has another!

    A poor shot from Gudakesh Motie. All the last pair needed to do was tick the score along and try and bat as many of the last overs as they can.

    Instead, Motie takes an almighty swing at Ahmed and loops an easy catch up in the air to Sam Curran.

  8. How's stat?!

    The lowest winning total batting first in Antigua was 189-9 made by the West Indies against India in 2017. The hosts bowled India out for 178 to win by 11 runs. Jason Holder took 5-27 to claim the only five-wicket haul taken on this ground in ODIs.

  9. WI 200-8

    Too short from Gus Atkinson and Alzarri Joseph gratefully whacks it to the mid-wicket boundary to bring up West Indies' 200.

    On another note, cricket nicknames seem to be so unimaginative these days.

    Surely they can think of something a little more creative than 'Ducky'? (That's Ben Duckett, if it wasn't obvious).

  10. Kevin Howells
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    It looked like it could it be one of those games where a bowler remains wicketless but his impact is still very important - until Rehan Ahmed struck then.

    He closed them down as the West Indies recovered in that fifth wicket stand. Of course, take nothing away from Liam Livingstone as well with these key wickets. Very encouraging for England.

  11. WI 195-8

    Oh, lovely. Gudakesh Motie sweeps the last ball of Ahmed's otherwise very good over to the ropes.

    West Indies just need to focus on batting out the overs now. Every boundary is a bonus.

  12. wicket

    WICKET

    Shepherd c Crawley b Ahmed 19 (WI 189-8)

    And the fun is short-lived.

    Romario Shepherd's previous boundaries came from deft touches and timing, but he attempts to launch Rehan Ahmed down the ground and can only pick out Zak Crawley at long-on, who takes his third catch of the evening.

    West Indies slip further and further into trouble.

  13. WI 188-7

    Here we go! Here's the counter-attack from Romario Shepherd!

    He sweeps Livingstone's first two balls round the corner for four, before driving the third beautifully through the covers.

    He's denied a fourth by a diving Rehan Ahmed at short fine leg, only to place it perfectly past him a ball later!

    Four boundaries in the over. Very welcome runs for West Indies.

  14. WI 172-7

    Oh, it's almost spectacular from Zak Crawley.

    Well, in fairness, it is spectacular - but he doesn't quite pull off the catch. Alzarri Joseph whacks Rehan Ahmed towards deep mid-wicket where Crawley sprints round, takes the ball on the run but his momentum takes him over the ropes.

    He just about manages to throw the ball back in safely though and that saves four runs. Remarkable.

  15. WI 165-7

    From 24-4 to 152-4 to 165-7. Fair to say it's been a mixed evening for West Indies so far!

  16. wicket

    WICKET

    Hope b Livingstone 68 (WI 163-7)

    Liam LivingstoneGetty Images

    The prized wicket!

    Liam Livingstone gets a hint of turn that beats Shai Hope through bat and pad.

    It's another majestic innings from the skipper but he looks furious that it has come to an end.

    Livingstone now has 3-21 and he lets out a roar of delight to tell you just how much that wicket means to England.

  17. How's stat?!

    Worth remembering the average score batting first on this ground is 243.

  18. WI 163-6

    Early signs of patience from Romario Shepherd, as he and Hope are happy to just take singles against the impressive consistency of Rehan Ahmed.

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  20. WI 160-6

    Romario Shepherd whacked 48 from 28 balls in West Indies' chase on Sunday, but he's going to have to play quite differently tonight with 18 overs left to bat.