WI 54-2published at 3.2 overs

3.2 overs

Shai Hope now gets in on the act for West Indies, thwacking Reece Topley back over his head for six.

A blistering start by the West Indies. They are double what England were at this point. Can they keep this up?

WI 48-2published at 3 overs

3 overs

Absolute perfection from Nicholas Pooran who elegantly drives Reece Topley on the up back over his head for a stylish six. All high elbow.

Wonderful technique.

Pooran makes it back-to-back maximums with something a bit more agricultural.

Three dots from Chris Woakes to start his first over.

The first to Nicholas Pooran is a beauty which beats the outside the edge. The next two are filthy slogs to leg by the West Indies batter which do not connect.

WI 32-1published at 1.4 overs

1.4 overs

Left-arm seamer Reece Topley tasked with stemming this West Indies chase.

But he gives the left-handed Kyle Mayers a bit of width and he is walloped for six straight down the ground.

Brute force.

WI 20-1published at 1 over

1 over

Nicholas Pooran is not messing about here as he smashes Moeen Ali out of the park with four consecutive boundaries - two fours to get his eye in, followed by consecutive sixes.

The last of them was the biggest from Pooran as he capitalised on a slightly shorter ball from Moeen and he swivels on his heels and mullers it into the stands.

Strap yourselves in.

England's players are out there ready to go. Moeen Ali has the ball in hand.

Brandon King has just taken guard.

Steven Finn
Former England bowler on TNT Sports

Maybe Phil Salt was a little bit frustrated to not get picked up in the Indian Premier League mini auction today and has come out and proven a point.

England batter Liam Livingstone on TNT Sports: "Very much enjoyed that. The platform was set by the two lads at the top - they played unbelievably well. To get back to back hundreds in T20 internationals is pretty special effort so fair play to Phil Salt. He has struck the ball unbelievably the last two games and has set the game up nicely for the lads.

"He's threatened to do that for some time. I've played a lot of cricket with Salty and he's got an incredible talent to get a team off to a flyer in most games that he plays in. It's nice for him to get us off to a flyer, sort of rein it for a few overs then kick on again. I think his innings in this game and the last one were unbelievable.

"The pitch is nice and it takes few balls to get used to it. It's a pretty slow pitch but it's true. We've got a little bit over par but the boundaries are small. We have to execute our skills. Different bowlers have different plans so it's up to each individual to execut their plan and hope they can do that."

Thanks, Ffion.

I've been firing up the stats engines during England's innings. By my reckoning Phil Salt is the third batter in men's T20 internationals to make back-to-back hundreds

France's Gustav McKeon was the first after consecutive tons against Switzerland and Norway in July 2022.

South African Rilee Rossouw made a century against India in October 2022 then repeated the feat against Bangladesh later that month.

Well, I'm going to take a rest before I attempt to write a match report on the chaos that we've just seen - and I'm sure there's plenty more to come.

Wish me luck.

Here's Timothy Abraham to steer you through West Indies' attempt at a record chase.

1. Nepal 314-3 v Mongolia, September 2023
2. Afghanistan 278-3 v Ireland, February 2019
3. Czech Republic 278-4 v Turkey, August 2019
4. Malaysia 268-4 v Thailand, October 2023
5. England 267-3 v West Indies, December 2023

Phil Salt 119 (57), Jos Buttler 55 (29), Will Jacks 24 (9), Liam Livingstone 54 (21).

Decent numbers for England.

For West Indies, not so much.

Forde 0-54, Holder 1-55, Motie 0-55. Although, credit to Akeal Hosein, whose 1-36 is a very impressive effort in that score.

The highest successful chase in men's T20 internationals is 259-4 made by South Africa against West Indies in March this year.

Edged for four! That just sums up West Indies' evening so far.

And that was absolutely manic from start to finish. I'm not quite sure what else to say.

I need a lie down.

West Indies need 268 to win.

50 for Liam Livingstonepublished at 19.5 overs

19.5 overs

Eng 262-3

And he releases the pressure.

Liam Livingstone chips it over square leg for six and reaches his half-century from just 20 balls.

I barely noticed it, either, amongst Salt's ridiculous innings.

Good comeback from Holder.

Just four runs from the next three balls.