England v West Indies: T20 World Cup - live
Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature5th over: England 58-1 (Buttler 8, Bethell 18) Target 197 I’d wondered if England might send Brook in ahead of Bethell, but I guess the target isn’t so imposing it needs immediate slogging. Back in the here and now, Buttler mishits a full toss, then Bethell laces another Proper Krikkit Shot, hopping away to earn four more through cover. And he goes again next ball, edges … and that’s four more, Shepherd charging after it, pulling the ball back, and hurtling into the fence as the ball runs into it anyway; three balls gone, nine runs scored, what does Hosein have to save himself? A dot comes next, but then Bethell sweeps, connects exactly as desired – he’s such a natural timer of the ball – adding a third four of the over, then a single to make it 14 runs in total/Share4th over: England 44-1 (Buttler 7, Bethell 5) Target 197 Bethell drives to cover and a misfield allows him to get going right away, Buttler adds a single of his own, then the youngster leaps backwards to guide a lovely shot through cover for four.ShareUpdated at 10.50 ESTWICKET! Salt c Rutherford b Shepherd 30 (England 38-1)With men on the leg-side fence, Salt stots down the pitch, is cramped for room, slaps high, and is caught at long-off.ShareUpdated at 10.48 EST4th over: England 38-0 (Salt 30, Buttler 6) Target 197 Shepherd, who took five including a hatty against Scotland, into the attack, and Salt misses his first swipe, then allows a wide to fly past.Share3rd over: England 37-0 (Salt 30, Buttler 6) Target 197 Buttler, unlike Salt, tends to ease on to the gas, rather than stomping the pedal immediately, so he looks at a couple of balls, then reverses over third for a one-bounce four. He might leave the next delivery, as it’s going down, but instead follows it, turning away a single, followed by another that restores him to strike; Hosein responds by cramping him on the crease, and that’s a much better over for West Indies, six from it.Share2nd over: England 31-0 (Salt 29, Buttler 1) Target 197 We said England like this pitch but, like cricket, might they love it? Salt’s eye is infinitely preferable to salt in the eye, and he leathers Holder’s short loosener over midwicket for six; cuts through point for four; edges wide of slip for four more. Check to you, Mr Bowler. A dot follows, but another short one is punished over midwicket, then Salt stands … and goodness me does he deliver, assaulting a cover-drive along the carpet and to the fence. Just the eight pints for me last night 24 off the over, and England are away.Share1st over: England 7-0 (Salt 5, Buttler 1) Target 197 Context: both sides can wear a defeat, but lose here and a slip-up against Nepal, Scotland or Italy might be a problem. Anyhow, Salt has a look at Hosein – out of the hand and through the air – before lashing over mid-off for four; take that, boychik. Two singles and ley-bye follow, meaning a start both sides can tolerate.ShareHosein has the ball, and off we go.ShareOur teams are out; this should be a lot of fun.ShareRighto, I’m going to grab a drink, then we’ll get on with the Roston.ShareRashid says England would’ve taken this at the start, which tells us how good a pitch they think it is. They do, though, have plenty of batting, while West Indies aren’t known for their bowling. Someone will have to get after it in a serious manner, but the target isn’t so big they don’t have scope to take their time over going mad.ShareWest Indies close on 196-6, setting England 197 to win20th over: West Indies 197-6 (Rutherford 76, Shepherd 1) Shepherd goes hard, at deep backward point, Salt dives forward, catches … but the ball bounced just short of him. Which brings Rutherford back on to strike, he swings hard – or hardest – and that’s his seventh six of a majestically violent knock. This’ll take some chasing.ShareWICKET! Holder c Banton b Overton 33 (West Indies 189-6)Holder goes over the top again but this time doesn’t get enough of it, picking out Banton at long-on.ShareUpdated at 10.18 EST20th over: West Indies 189-5 (Rutherford 70, Holder 33) Yup, it’s Overton – for all the difference it makes. A single, then Holder dematerialises six back over the bowler’s head; a wide ball that isn’t a wide is a decent riposte.Share19th over: West Indies 182-5 (Rutherford 69, Holder 27) It’s been another chastening innings for Archer and, after one to Rutherford, a low full toss is power-guided by Holder to deep point, Bethell unable to save the boundary despite an energetic dive. Another single follows, then Rutherford opens shoulders, hoisting high over midwicket, where Bethell dives over the rope and into the hoardings, head first; he leaves the field. The final two balls are taken for two and one respectively, meaning Archer returns 1-48, a spell that started badly, finished badly, and was poor in between, finally over. So will it be Curran or Overton to finish off? I’d go the latter, who’s been better today.Share18th over: West Indies 167-5 (Rutherford 59, Holder 22) Brook has no choice but to restore Rashid to the attack and, after Rutherford takes one, he beats Holder twice. So, next ball, the batter flogs to midwicket and they run one, then Rutherford wallops towards Venus; Rashid calls for the catch but it’s a steepling, swirling brute and he spills it, shies, hits, and they take a buzzer. A single follows, and that’s five off the over, completing yet another fine spell of 2-16. But can his mates back him up?Share17th over: West Indies 162-5 (Rutherford 55, Holder 21) Curran, who was so solid at the death against Nepal, returns to the attack and, after a dot, Holder strokes him for six down the ground, hold(er)ing the pose to rub in how taxing that wasn’t. So the bowler goes short and this time, Holder goes at it, baseball style, it’s in the air and is he going to be caught? No, it’s a second six in two deliveries, and I know a moment ago I said Curran was so solid; now I’m concerned he’s going for 21. He responds well, though, two singles coming from balls four and five, but have a look! Holder adjusts feet, presses forward, and violently carts a third six of the over flat to long-on! Incredible hitting, 20 from the over, and this is on a rolling boil now.Share16th over: West Indies 142-5 (Rutherford 54, Holder 2) Yup, now Overton returns, and he bangs in, pace on, Rutherford pulls, top-edges … and earns four behind the wicket, in the process raising his fifty. So it’s a slower one next and this time it’s picked and launched, astonished over square leg for six. Ten from the first two deliveries meaning pressure for the bowler, as a reclining Ian Bishop, posing like he’s being painted, tells us there’s no dew situation. Meantime, Overton responds well, his final four balls yielding just two singles.Share15th over: West Indies 130-5 (Rutherford 43, Holder 1) if Rashid could bowl every over, England would rinse this. He welcomes Holder to the crease with a beauty that turns past the edge, then two singles mean Rutherford retains strike as West Indies swing for home.ShareWICKET! Powell c Overton b Rashid 14 (West Indies 128-5)A dead slow leg-spinner and Powell waits, then hurls everything at a ball that’s got no pace on it and is now crowding him, Overton waiting underneath it at long-off to pouch.ShareUpdated at 10.00 EST15th over: West Indies 128-4 (Rutherford 42, Powell 14) England needed that break and after it, Rashid returns, his first ball guided to third for one.Share14th over: West Indies 127-4 (Rutherford 41, Powell 14) Dawson tries a wide one, so Rutherford cuts nicely for four then, after a wide and dot, waits for one and gently swings six back overt the bowler’s head. Big pressure for England now, the partnership 46 off 25, and does Brook get Overton and Rashid on now, then deal with the last two overs nearer the time? Dawson does well to get out of this one with just a wide and a single ceded, but it’s still 13 in total, and that is drinks.Share13th over: West Indies 114-4 (Rutherford 30, Powell 14) Archer returns and Rutherford takes one, then Powell flows expertly over extra for four. A single follows, then one’s carved over third man and, on the fence, Rashid is there. He flings himself sideways and holds a majestic grab in mid-air, the catch of his life, but, knowing he’s landing over the fence, he tosses the all away … and it hits the boundary cushion, which means six runs, which means another expensive Archer over. Gosh, and when a single brings Powell back on to strike, a ball on to the pAds is easily glanced to the fence for four. Seventeen off the over, and England’s gun bowler has a problem.“It’s reading like England are playing like they’re already having a fight in a bar somewhere, post-match,” says Jeremy Boyce. “Lots of swagger and threatening looks, swinging some wild haymakers and luckily making three of them count. Meanwhile Windies are picking their punches, and given that they’ve got mates waiting to join them it could end badly for the English barflies. Especially as I can’t see the Windies bowlers going at it like they’re three sheets to the wind already.”ShareUpdated at 09.37 EST12th over: West Indies 97-4 (Rutherford 22, Powell 2) Brook takes the latter option, bringing back Jacks, and Rutherford isn’t having him, a single to Powell offering him strike. He has a look, playing away a dot, then makes room to mass-murder a six over long on; a drag-down follows, so this time he plants feet like a boxer sitting down on his punches, flaying over midwicket for six more. Gosh, and the next delivery is well wide … but Rutherford doesn’t let it go, taking the wide, instead stretching to guide to the fielder at point. He’s not impressed with his behaviour, and when the final delivery of the over yields a leg-bye, the sense is that, despite the 14 that come from it, Jacks has got away with one.ShareUpdated at 09.36 EST11th over: West Indies 83-4 (Rutherford 10, Powell 4) Or, indeed, like I read Tolstoy, considering I haven’t yet; apologies to the brick. Back in the middle, Dawson continues, four singles off his second over, and does Brook keep Rashid going to try and kick West Indies when they’re down, or sneak in a less good bowler while they consolidate and rebuild?Share10th over: West Indies 79-4 (Rutherford 8, Powell 2) After a dodgy first game, this is fantastic stuff from Rashid – the wicket was his 400th in T20 cricket – and after a dot, Powell is beaten by a ripper, a leg-break spitting past his edge. A two follows, the new man off the mark, but he’s reading these deliveries like a brick reads Tolstoy.ShareBut it’s still out, hitting the top of leg.ShareChase reviews!ShareWICKET! Chase lbw b Rashid 33 (West Indies 77-3)Oh this is art. Rashid tries the googly, it’s a beauty, and it fizzes past the bat and cracks the back pad. That is so dead it’s decomposing.ShareUpdated at 09.30 EST10th over: West Indies 77-3 (Chase 33, Rutherford 8) A single to Chase, then Rashid looks to slant across Rutherford – so much so, it’s a wide – and a further single follows.Share
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