12/12Result
1st T20I (N), England tour of West Indies at Bridgetown, Dec 12 2023
West Indies won by 4 wkts (11b rem)
Player of the Match
Andre Russell
Andre RussellWest Indies
12/12Result
1st T20I (N), England tour of West Indies at Bridgetown, Dec 12 2023
West Indies won by 4 wkts (11b rem)
Player of the Match
Andre Russell
Andre RussellWest Indies

10.20pm Right, that's all from us tonight. Join us on Thursday for the 2nd T20i in Grenada!

10.19pm Jos Buttler, not for the first time on this trip, is scrabbling for some positives by way of lessons to learn. "From the position we were in, we were looking for a score of 200," he says, after England relinquished a strong position of 77 for no loss at the end of the Power Play before falling to 171 all out with three deliveries to go in their innings.

"We want to keep pushing the boundaries and trying to be as positive as we can. But it's about finding ways to keep scoring in that manner. Getting those extra 20, 25 runs in an unfashionable way."

10.15pm As expected, Andre Russell is your player of the match: "Life is so funny. Since when I got selected for the West Indies team I've dreaming from two weeks now. I was dreaming of being man of the match."

18.1
4
Curran to Russell, FOUR, Yep, one ball. Short, wide, Russell carves gloriously over backward point and West Indies win by 4 wickets with 11 deliveries to spare. That's now the highest successful chase at this ground and surely a player of the match gong on its way to Russell after his career-best 3 for 19 prior to this finishing cameo

Sam Curran on for what should be the last over (ball?) of the innings...

END OF OVER:
18 | 11 Runs | WI: 168/6 (4 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 9.33, RRR: 2.00)

  • Rovman Powell31 (15b)
  • Andre Russell25 (13b)
  • Adil Rashid4-0-25-2
  • Tymal Mills3-0-34-0
17.6
0
Rashid to Powell, no run, Nudged away into the leg side
17.5
1
Rashid to Russell, 1 run, Rashid pushes Russell back, who is happy to play it sensible and dab into the leg side for a single
17.4
4
Rashid to Russell, FOUR, Similar delivery, perhaps slightly fuller, Russell slaps it through extra cover beyond the fielder stationed there in the ring and away for his third boundary
17.3
0
Rashid to Russell, no run, New ball, bit of turn but short enough for Russell to hang back and pat it on the head into the leg side

Nikhil : "WI bats so deep, they will always be favorite in the shortest format. "

17.2
6
Rashid to Russell, SIX, Googly, definitely... and smeared high over midwicket! Picked out of the hand, sent out of the ground as it bounces on top of the scoreboard and races away into the Barbados night
17.1
0
Rashid to Russell, no run, Flighted nicely, googly perhaps, defended solidly into the covers by Russell

Adil Rashid or bust for England as the leggie comes on for his final over

END OF OVER:
17 | 16 Runs | WI: 157/6 (15 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 9.23, RRR: 5.00)

  • Rovman Powell31 (14b)
  • Andre Russell14 (8b)
  • Tymal Mills3-0-34-0
  • Liam Livingstone2-0-21-0
16.6
4
Mills to Powell, FOUR, Short, wide, flayed away through point for four! A pricely 15 from that over and West Indies are back in command of this
16.5
1
Mills to Russell, 1 run, Off cutter, into the pads, tucked away through square for a single
16.5
1w
Mills to Russell, 1 wide, Pace on, hard length but down the leg side...
16.4
6
Mills to Russell, SIX, Short, top-edged... and goes all the way! Unfortunate for Mills, but the short ball at pace was always a risk and Russell gets the reward
16.3
2
Mills to Russell, 2 runs, Full, slow, carved out to extra cover where the outfield's moisture slows the ball down to allow the off side rider time to intercept
16.2
1
Mills to Powell, 1 run, Cutter on a length, Powell pulls it to the boundary rider on the leg side

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West Indies 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st32KR MayersBA King
2nd46KR MayersSD Hope
3rd22SD HopeN Pooran
4th1SD HopeSO Hetmyer
5th22SD HopeR Powell
6th0R ShepherdR Powell
7th49AD RussellR Powell