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Given 197 to chase on the back of 49 from Shai Hope, the English reached the target with an over and three balls to spare.
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00:00Westonies took first strike and Evan Lewis was the first to go LBW by Luke Wood.
00:06This is before captain Shea Hope's elegant 49 led the recovery in a stand of 90 with Johnson Charles who made 47.
00:13The two batsmen put the Windies back on track for a solid total.
00:21Their innings had been in danger with just 32 runs scored in 5.1 overs after Hope's dismissal for 49 in the 11th over.
00:30Shefane Rutherford made 6.
00:32However, Ruffman Powell clubbered 34 from 15 balls and former skipper Jason Holder whacked an unbeaten 29 of 9.
00:41Leg spinner Adil Rashid bowled the penultimate over as England again only selected two seamers
00:46and conceded 31 runs to finish with 1 for 59, the most expensive figures of his T20 career so far.
00:55England wanted a smaller target but an onslaught of 75 runs from the final four overs meant they needed 1.98 to win.
01:03The Windies took an early breakthrough as well.
01:05Smith goes high again and should be out this time.
01:08Moti, good catch.
01:10Former captain Josh Butler struck 47 and his successor Harry Brook made 34 as England reached 112 for 2 in 12.2 overs.
01:20They fell in consecutive overs with 85 still required to swing the game back in the favour of the tourists.
01:26Powell taking a fantastic catch.
01:30But Jacob Bettel's stunning cameo of 26 from 10 balls including three sixes and Tom Banton's unbeaten 30 off 11
01:38set up a four-wicket win with nine balls remaining.
01:41England winning the match, they win the series as well with a game to spare.
01:46Sergio Dufour, TV6 Sport.
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