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Sunday 8 June 2025 18:22, UK
England clinched a series win with one game to spare as they chased down 197 in the second T20 international in Bristol to make it five wins in five over the West Indies.
The visitors had given themselves a great chance of claiming a first victory of their white-ball tour when smashing 74 off the final four overs of their innings – including 31 off Adil Rashid’s 19th – to post 196-6 after being inserted by Harry Brook at the toss.
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Jos Buttler (47 off 36) and Brook (34 off 20) fell in back-to-back overs to have England 126-4 in the 14th over of their reply, only for Jacob Bethell (26 off 10) and Tom Banton (30no off 11) to belt the ball to all parts and see the home side over the line with nine deliveries to spare.
After winning the ODIs 3-0, England now eye another series sweep in the third and final T20I in Southampton on Tuesday – live on Sky Sports Cricket from 6pm (first ball, 6.30pm).
West Indies 196-6 in 20 overs: Shai Hope (49 off 38), Johnson Charles (47 off 39), Rovman Powell (34 off 15), Jason Holder (29no off 9); Luke Wood (2-25)
England 199-6 in 18.3 overs: Jos Buttler (47 off 36), Harry Brook (34 off 20), Tom Banton (30no off 11), Ben Duckett (30 off 18); Alzarri Joseph (2-49)
After Liam Dawson’s star turn upon his reintroduction to the England fold on Friday night, Luke Wood (2-25) too made the most of his first appearance in almost two years, striking with the very first ball.
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The left-arm seamer, having replaced Matthew Potts in the side, dismissed Evin Lewis for a duck with a devastating swinging yorker that trapped the opener lbw.
Shai Hope (49 off 38) and Johnson Charles (47 off 39) would quickly and impressively build a 90-run partnership after that early blow to lay the foundations for the West Indies to launch, only for a couple of quick wickets to again rock the visitors.
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Three fell for the addition of only 27 runs in the space of 4.4 overs, Hope stumped by a beauty from Rashid, Sherfane Rutherford (6) falling cheaply and Wood striking for a second time to see off Charles.
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But just when it looked like England were set to limit the West Indies to a below-par total, Rovman Powell tonked a rapid 34 off 15 balls before Jason Holder (29no off 9) and Romario Shepherd (19 off 11) teed off to devastating effect when facing Rashid in the penultimate over.
Chasing 197, England lost Jamie Smith (4) in only the second over, but much like the West Indies innings, Buttler and Ben Duckett (30 off 18) countered with a strong second-wicket stand to see the hosts 58-1 after the six-over powerplay.
The partnership was ended in rather spectacular fashion in the eighth, however, with Powell taking a terrific diving catch at midwicket to dismiss Duckett.
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Charles had a look at a much simpler effort to see off Buttler for 43 but put it down, though thankfully for him he’d pouch the former England captain second time round soon after, for the cost of only four further runs.
Brook, who had hammered two boundaries and a six off Shepherd’s 12th over costing 20, was then following Buttler back to the pavilion in the 14th as England suddenly looked in trouble.
Not so. Banton slog-swept his very first ball for six, as he and Bethell cleared the ropes on four further occasions – plus one boundary – over the next two overs to put England firmly in the ascendency.
Though Bethell would depart late on, Banton saw the side home to a series-clinching victory.
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