WI VS ENG - 2nd T20I, England tour of West Indies, 2023

Windies have picked up a vital win here. The way they planned and executed it was heartening to see as they did it against a very powerful batting line-up. They are 2-0 up now. England will have to come back hard now. Else, this series will slip away easily. Windies have had a few players doing well for them and they are clicking well as a team. Our team has exhausted all their energy levels as well. We will be back soon with more cricketing soon. Goodbye for now...

Rovman Powell: The way we came back from 54 for 4 really pleased us. The discussion was very simple. They had been doing a good job. We tried to cash in. I think I try to lead from the front. I put that additional responsibility to do well. I think when you look at the squad, everyone can play. When a guy misses out, they don't feel bad. Motie was excellent today. The crowd was great here at Grenada.

Jos Buttler: Few many more than what we could have restricted them to. Plenty of ways we could have found those 10 runs. Motie was operating in the middle and we sent Sam up the order. But Motie bowled really well. Sam did well and took it deep. Two different leg-spinners. Nice having them operate in tandem. They played well in the back end and a couple of big overs helped them.

Brandon King | Player of the Match: It was important, having lost so may wickets, to bat deep as possible. That was the objective, worked out well. Over the past few years, I have been more consistent. (Structuring the innings) It's not the same everyday, had to play the situation. Had to build the partnership. We've prepared well, everyone is playing with confidence.

16:57 Local Time, 20:57 GMT, 02:27 IST: West Indies have a healthy 2-0 lead. The 2024 T20 World Cup will be held in these conditions and Windies will be one of tougher teams to beat. They seem to have most bases covered. Spin was a little bit of a concern for them but with Hosein and Motie coming in, Windies have looked really balanced in the bowling department. Buttler fell early in the chase. Salt and Jacks threatened to take it away but both fell to short balls off Joseph. Al Jo executed his plans really well despite being a little expensive. Curran was promoted up the order and he batted well. But his departure meant England's plans of winning this was going to be tough. Mo Ali towards the end tried but he fell short. Earlier, WI were 54 for 4 before King and Powell bailed them out. Windies ended with a flourish and managed to beat the 170 barrier. Windies knew the conditions and executed better. Their catching was excellent as well and that helped them massively. England have lost three on the bounce on this tour.

Russell to Rehan Ahmed, FOUR, was a length delivery, Rehan Ahmed slogs it across the line and sends it wide of long-on. That is a four. But Windies win by 10 runs. This is a superb win and they take a 2-0 lead

Russell to Rehan Ahmed, SIX, opens the face of the bat and sends it for a sixer. Was a length delivery and Rehan Ahmed opened the face of the bat to send it over third man. Just used the pace of the bowler

Russell to Moeen Ali, 1 run, very full, angled across, dragged down to long-on for a single. 21 needed off 2 balls as Ali did take a single

Russell to Moeen Ali, no run, fuller ball, tails away, Moeen Ali looks to slog it and misses. 22 off 3 balls would be impossible. Safe to say it. Russell has had a bad day at the office

Russell to Moeen Ali, no run, fuller length delivery, well wide outside off and Moeen Ali drills it to the man at deep cover

Russell to Moeen Ali, SIX, misses the slot. Misses the yorker. Moeen Ali stays deep in his crease and lofts it over long-on. The game not done yet? Moeen Ali dishing out a taste of his own medicine to Russell. 22 needed off 5 balls

Andre Russell [3.0-0-49-0] is back into the attack

Windies have been superb with their plans. They have bowled to their plans and that has really been brilliant.

Holder to Rehan Ahmed, no run, has Holder killed off the chase? He might well have. That was short, slower, Rehan Ahmed slashes it and the ball is cut off in the deep. They don't take a single. 28 needed off the final over

Rehan Ahmed, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Holder to Woakes, out Caught by Hetmyer!! A wicket here. Windies almost closing out the game in this over. Short ball, into the deck, the batter pulls it and the man at deep mid takes it. Good catch by Hetmyer as he came in and took it after covering some ground. England are losing the plot here. Holder has been excellent so far. Woakes c Hetmyer b Holder 2(5)

Holder to Woakes, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Holder to Woakes, no run, excellent stuff from Holder. He has been superb. Only 3 runs off the over so far. Full, tailing in and Woakes fails to wood it

Holder to Moeen Ali, 1 run, nails the yorker, Moeen Ali jams the ball down past the bowler and gets a single only as the man at long-on cut it off

Holder to Woakes, 1 run, slower delivery, fuller, Woakes drags it down to deep mid for a single