West Indies vs England, 1st T20I at Bridgetown, WI vs ENG, Nov 09 2024 - Match Result

Short again, pulled off the badge for a sharp two that brings up an emphatic eight-wicket win for England! A brilliant match ends up being a fairly one-sided affair, thanks to Phil Salt's century and Jacob Bethell's gumption. What a way to take a 1-0 lead... with the highest successful run chase at the Kensington Oval, with 19 balls to spare!

Full, wide, lifted over cover with poise! Bethell showing out now in front of his fans, rocking serenely into a lofted drive over the fence. That's also the century stand between these two from 60 deliveries!

Short, slow, Bethell is far too early on the pull shot, under-edging in front of his toes

Short, wide, forehand smashed down the ground but to the fielder stationed back on the fence

Full toss, clubbed down the ground... and through long on to bring up Salt's third T20I century! All of them have come in the Caribbean, this off just 53 deliveries - thanks to nine fours and six sixes - and the celebratory roar tells you just how much this means to him

Length, wide, hammered firmly out to deep point

Full, sharp, but tails down the leg side. Salt annoyed he didn't get anything on that - would have been a freebie to move to his century with fine leg up

Into the hip of Salt, worked out to midwicket for another couple

Straighter... and Bethell attempts to repeat the trick but can only sky the ball into the leg side... but it lands safe bringing about Bethell's first T20I half-century! And he's done it in the country where he spent the first 14 years of his life, in front of plenty of friends and family. Lovely ovation in the ground

Bethell finally gets hold of one... and it's huge! Joseph attempts a bouncer which doesn't get up as expect, but Bethell is wise to it, dipping low and hooking it high over the fine leg boundary!

Outside off, driveable length, pushed out to deep cover

Wide this time - too wide, in fact. The ball dies on its way through to Pooran, who makes a mess of the gather but no extra run taken, despite Bethell clearly keen as he jogs down halfway before being sent back

Tight to the stumps, full, straight - and quick, at 144kph - but punched down the ground with ease for a single

Nice delivery, dragging Bethell forward who drives off a thick outside to Rovman Powell at short third... but the skipper misfields with a slip and then ends up almost kicking the ball over the boundary when he catches up with it the first time! Manages to save a boundary, but three are still given up all the same. Wheels off...

Darted in, but too straight. Gets away with it as Bethell flicks straight to short fine

Wide, full, Salt drives to long off

Darted into middle and leg, picked off with ease to hand Salt the strike

Length delivery, sits up and worked very nicely through to deep midwicket where that man Rutherford tumbles to stop having made up good ground from deep square leg

Full toss, thick-edged away for four through third! Motie shrugs his shoulders, clearly not all that enamored at having to bowl with what seems to be a bar of soap, but it's a horrid delivery nonetheless, allowing Bethell to free his arms outside off

Wide line once more to Bethell, who dips down and plays a nice-looking square drive out to Rutherford at deep point