West Indies v England Second T20I LIVE from Barbados – Eurosport

West Indies 101-5 (Powell 43, Shepherd 4) Overs: 15

Rashid has proved relatively expensive this evening and Powell goes after him again. A miscue still carries all the way for six, dropping just over the rope at a vacant deep cover. And the over finishes with another boundary as Powell cuts away for four – that’s the most expensive over of the match so far, with 16 runs coming from it.

West Indies 85-5 (Powell 27, Shepherd 4) Overs: 14

Mousley gets a second over and just five runs come from it, with four of those off the edge of new batter Romario Shepherd. He’s bowling nicely here, the youngster.

West Indies 80-5 (Powell 26) Overs: 13

Sherfane Rutherford, lbw Liam Livingstone, 1 (5b)

Powell launches Livingstone miles into the sky, sending the ball soaring over the rood of the midwicket stand. It’s absolutely enormous.

But Livingstone is cheering at the end of the over as England review an lbw against Rutherford, and DRS says it’s just pitching in line, rather than outside as the umpire thought, with all three reds coming up.

England’s excellent evening continues.

West Indies 71-4 (Powell 18, Rutherford 0) Overs: 12

England are well on top here and so decide it’s an excellent time to give young Dan Mousley a turn with the ball. He very nearly sneaks one through Powell, and concedes just a single from his over.

West Indies 70-4 (Powell 17) Overs: 11

Nicholas Pooran, stumped Phil Salt bowled Liam Livingstone, 14 (23)

Powell goes after Livingstone with a brutal swipe to the midwicket boundary, but the England all-rounder strikes off the final ball of his over, ripping one past the onrushing Pooran to give Salt a simple stumping. That’s a huge wicket, removing one of the form batters in the world after an uncharacteristic struggle of a knock.

West Indies 63-3 (Pooran 13, Powell 11) Overs: 10

Curran is proving very tricky to get away here, going through his change-ups and conceding just three singles from his second over. Excellent bowling.

West Indies 60-3 (Pooran 12, Powell 9) Overs: 9

Pooran and Powell are looking very proactive against spin, and they get things ticking over again with Adil Rashid in action.

Six runs come from the over.

West Indies 54-3 (Pooran 10, Powell 5) Overs: 8

Sam Curran comes into the attack, and just like in the first T20 it’s his middle-overs bowling that proves more effective than his efforts at the death.

Powell gets completely bogged down as Curran sticks it into the surface, and it’s a maiden. Impressive stuff from the left-armer.

West Indies 54-3 (Pooran 10, Powell 5) Overs: 7

The end of the powerplay means it’s Adil Rashid time, but his first over is an expensive one. No boundaries but ten runs come from it as Powell and Pooran run hard.

West Indies 44-3 (Pooran 5, Powell 1) Overs: 6

A third over for Mahmood too, as England give their best seamers the run through the powerplay. Four leg byes mean that five runs come in total from the over, as West Indies reach 44/3 after six. That’s another excellent powerplay for England.

West Indies 39-3 (Pooran 5, Powell 0) Overs: 5

A tickle down leg gives West Indies a boundary off the first ball of Jofra Archer’s third over, but he bowls really nicely for the remainder of the over, going for no further runs. That’ll likely be the end of this extended opening spell from him.

West Indies 35-3 (Pooran 1, Powell 0) Overs: 4

Roston Chase, lbw Saqib Mahmood, 13 (7)

West Indies rattle along despite the fall of wickets. Chase drives a full ball beautifully to the rope, and picks out the cover boundary again, aided by a misfield from Sam Curran.

But, after two big-swinging deliveries are called wide, Mahmood finishes the over in style as he raps Chase on the back pad and the finger goes up. It’s a great delivery, but quite high – West Indies review but it’s umpire’s call so Chase has to go.

West Indies 25-2 (Chase 5, Pooran 1) Overs: 3

Evin Lewis, caught Phil Salt bowled Jofra Archer, 8 (9)

Lewis is an outstanding T20 opener and he latches on to one that’s a bit too straight from Archer, whipping it away to the rope for four.

But England’s strike bowler responds with a peach that lifts on the left hander and leaves him too, taking the glove on its way through to Salt. That would have got most batters out – “it’s a brute of a delivery” says Mark Butcher on commentary.

He almost gets two in two, with a very similar delivery edged through the hands of a leaping Jamie Overton at first slip. It would have been a good catch, but probably should have been taken.

Pooran top edges into his own grill as the final ball of an excellent over gets bigger on him than expected. Class from Archer and England are once again in the running in this powerplay.

West Indies 16-1 (Lewis 4, Pooran 1) Overs: 2

Brandon King, caught Liam Livingstone bowled Saqib Mahmood, 1 (3 balls)

King goes after Mahmood’s second delivery,  but the ball leaves him a touch and he slices it miles into the Barbados sky. Livingstone has a long time to wait for the catch, but steadies himself and takes it safely. Mahmood’s excellent series continues.

The rest of the over sees the swing prove tricky for Mahmood to handle too. A delivery that drifts towards leg then starts to hoop alarmingly, and Phil Salt can’t stop it either, gifting five wides. Three further wides follow in the over.

That sort of movement is too tempting not to lean into though, and so he keeps pitching it up, rapping Pooran on the pad – it’s high and England wisely opt not to review.

West Indies 6-0 (Lewis 4, King 1) Overs: 1

Jofra Archer takes the new ball and there’s a lot of movement, too much movement if anything. The first ball whips away a mile for a wide, and another delivery in the over hoops so far that Lewis is able to cut it away through where a third or fourth slip would be. But overall it’s a very tricky over for the two batters and they’ll be happy to have negotiated it relatively safely.

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WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST MATCH

England put in a hugely impressive showing in Saturday’s opening match of the T20 leg of the tour. Early wickets helped stunt a strong West Indies batting lineup, with Saqib Mahmood bagging three wickets in the powerplay as part of his impressive returns of 4/34.

Set a target of 183, England cruised to the winning post thanks to yet another Caribbean century from Phil Salt, who continues his remarkable record in the West Indies in a Player of the Match display. Salt was aided by a classy half-century from young Jacob Bethell, who will join up with the England Test squad in New Zealand in that upcoming tour and has all the attributes to be a cross-format star at the top level – certainly on Saturday’s evidence.

Jofra Archer is back for England have being rested for that opening match of the series, returning for Reece Topley, who has a slight fitness concern.

West Indies have made three changes: Roston Chase for Shimron Hetmyer, Matthew Forde for Shamar Joseph, and Terrance Hinds on debut in place of the injured Andre Russell.

West Indies: 1 Brandon King, 2 Evin Lewis, 3 Nicholas Pooran (wk), 4 Sherfane Rutherford, 5 Rovman Powell (c), 6 Romario Shepherd, 7 Roston Chase, 8 Terrance Hinds, 9 Gudakesh Motie,10 Akeal Hosein, 11 Matthew Forde

England: 1 Phil Salt (wk), 2 Will Jacks, 3 Jos Buttler (capt), 4 Liam Livingstone, 5 Jacob Bethell, 6 Sam Curran, 7 Dan Mousley, 8 Jamie Overton, 9 Jofra Archer, 10 Adil Rashid, 11 Saqib Mahmood

England have won the toss and will bowl first in Barbados once again.

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ENGLAND BACK ON FAMILIAR GROUND

After the disappointment of the ODI series, England are back on familiar ground with the T20 format and put in a strong showing in the series opener last night, cruising to an impressive win.

A promising but inexperienced squad will hope to continue to make strong cases for their future involvement in England’s T20 plans during the remainder of the tour.

Here’s a reminder of the squad:

Jos Buttler (Lancashire, captain), Jofra Archer (Sussex), Jacob Bethell (Warwickshire), Jafer Chohan (Yorkshire), Sam Curran (Surrey), Will Jacks (Surrey), Liam Livingstone (Lancashire), Saqib Mahmood (Lancashire), Dan Mousley (Warwickshire), Jamie Overton (Surrey), Michael Pepper (Essex), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Phil Salt (Lancashire), Reece Topley (Surrey), John Turner (Hampshire).

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