England won by 34 runs
PLAYER OF THE MATCH : Moeen Ali
Batter
Bowler
The series is level 2-2 and we don't have to wait long for the decider. The final game is coming up in less than 24 hours. So, like the teams take rest and come back quickly to catch the action. We will see you then. Goodbye!
Moeen Ali | Player of the Match: I thought we were outstanding. We started well at the top and finished really well. This is exactly what we want; to put the bowlers under pressure and learn from previous games. I went from not being able to hit the ball and then a couple of shots, you get the momentum and you keep going. I got a couple of low scores, so happy to get some runs and hopefully will get off the mark tomorrow. It was nice to get a few overs in with the new ball and pick up a couple of wickets. We want to put a team out that can win. Adil (Rashid) is a great bowler but he's kind of old and needs to be taken care of. Powell is a dangerous batter and we had to get him out early and that's why I kept Rash going.
Kieron Pollard: It was a game of two halves. It spun in the night but did not do much when we were bowling. You can look at it in hindsight (if Allen should have played instead of Drakes), but I thought he (Drakes) was unlucky as he went for a couple of streaky boundaries. We let it slip towards the back end. That's the nature of T20 cricket, it takes only a couple of balls or hits to take the game away. They got the extra 20 runs to put the game beyond us. We lost a few wickets in the middle and that halted our momentum as well. He (Rashid) has bowled exceptionally well right through the series and has used the conditions well. Tomorrow is going to be an even contest as we are going to play on the center wicket and it is going to be a good game.
19:22 Local Time, 23:22 GMT, 04:52 IST: It was never going to be easy to chase 190+ with the surface doing all kinds of things. But West Indies were off the blocks in a flash thanks to Kyle Mayers. He took the bowling apart in the powerplay and raced 23-ball 40, but his wicket stemmed the momentum. The spinners came in and put the squeeze on in the middle overs. The power-hitters were kept under a leash and they just couldn't make up towards the end. Moeen Ali led from the front with the ball as well, he picked the first two wickets and started to put the pressure back on West Indies. Jordan and Topley were excellent at the top. The pair nailed their yorker and varied their pace smartly. Presentations are coming up..
END OF OVER 20
3 Runs
WI: 159 - 5
0 1 1 0 1 0
Kieron Pollard
18 (16)
Darren Bravo
3 (8)
Reece Topley
4-0-21-1
Topley to Pollard, no run, England level the series. They win by 34 runs. Back of the hand slower ball and the ball breaks away, Pollard prods forward to defend but is beaten on the outside edge. Handshakes all around as England keep the series alive
Topley to Darren Bravo, 1 run, full toss below the waist and Bravo biffs it along the ground to long-on
Topley to Darren Bravo, no run, high full toss and Bravo is taken by surprise, he does not connect with the slash and has a look at the two umpires, they don't signal anything. That looked to be well over the waist
Topley to Pollard, 1 run, slower back of a length delivery, Pollard tucks it to square leg and settles with a single
Topley to Darren Bravo, 1 run, low full toss outside off, Bravo toe-ends the drive down to long-on
Topley to Darren Bravo, no run, very full delivery outside off, Bravo drills the drive straight to extra cover
38 off 6. Even six hits over the fence will not be enough for West Indies. Topley to bowl the final over..
END OF OVER 19
11 Runs
WI: 156 - 5
0 1 1 4 Wd 4 0
Kieron Pollard
17 (14)
Darren Bravo
1 (4)
Chris Jordan
4-0-30-0
Jordan to Pollard, no run, shortens the length and extracts more bounce, Pollard swings for the stands and is beaten on the outside edge. Another excellent over from Jordan. He has certainly killed the chase..
Jordan to Pollard, FOUR, just short of Roy and over the rope. Once more Pollard ends up dragging the big heave, off the inner portion of the bat and towards long-on, Roy runs in and goes for the catch, the ball bounces in front of him and goes to the fence
Jordan to Pollard, wide, spears it full and outside off, Pollard stands his ground and lets it pass, wide called
Jordan to Pollard, FOUR, unlucky! That was a good delivery. Low full toss angled in, Pollard flicks it behind square on the leg-side and the ball beats deep square leg comfortably
A very straight fielder stationed in the deep for Pollard. We have seen that before..
Jordan to Darren Bravo, 1 run, he's nailing those yorker length deliveries, Bravo moves away and clips it to deep mid-wicket
Jordan to Pollard, 1 run, this time he takes the single. Another delivery close to yorker length and Pollard can only whip it along the ground to deep mid-wicket
Jordan to Pollard, no run, very full delivery and Pollard drags it off the inner half to deep mid-wicket, he denies the single once again
49 off 12. Anything is possible with these big-hitters these days but this seems to be beyond reach at the moment. Unless Pollard can conjure an over like Moeen where he got 28 then we have a game on