Unfettered England hunt down 197 in style to seal 2-0 series lead
Six-laden display from West Indies not enough to stay in the series, as Banton, Bethell star in chase
08/06Result
2nd T20I, West Indies tour of England at Bristol, Jun 8 2025
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![West Indies]( "West Indies")
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![England]( "England")
199/6 (18.3/20 ov)
Player of the Match
08/06Result
2nd T20I, West Indies tour of England at Bristol, Jun 8 2025
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![West Indies]( "West Indies")
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![England]( "England")
199/6 (18.3/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
SD Hope
49(38) 2x4 - 4x6
Control %78%
- Productive Shot
- off drive
- 12 runs
- 0x4 - 2x6
J Charles
47(39) 3x4 - 3x6
Control %56%
- Productive Shot
- cut shot
- 11 runs
- 2x4 - 0x6
Best performances - Bowlers
L Wood
- O4
- M0
- R25
- W2
- Eco6.25
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
AS Joseph
- O4
- M0
- R45
- W2
- Eco11.25
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
Match Details
Toss
England , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
England led the 3-match series 2-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.30 start, First Session 14.30-16.00, Interval 16.00-16.20, Second Session 16.20-17.50
Match days
8 June 2025 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
WEST INDIES 196/6 (20 OVERS)
- Johnson Charles47 (39)
- Shai Hope49 (38)
- Luke Wood2/25 (4)
- Jacob Bethell1/24 (3)
ENGLAND 199/6 (18.3 OVERS)
- Jos Buttler47 (36)
- Harry Brook34 (20)
- Roston Chase1/15 (1)
- Alzarri Joseph2/45 (4)
Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: Vithushan Ehantharajah
6:22pm Right that's all from us here. Join us on Tuesday for the series finale in Southampton. Have a great evening!
6:20pm "I personally felt we were a few runs short," said West Indies skipper Shai Hope. "The dimensions and the pitch being a pretty decent one… I don't feel like we capitalised in the middle overs against the spin."
England captain Harry Brook reckons they were a lot more than a few short: "Small boundaries here, we always thought they were under-par by about 30 runs.
"It's a great start in the T20s for the boys. We had a lot of fun out there. They had a very good finish, but we stuck to our plans very well in the middle period. We had a discussion before we went out to bat that it was only a matter of a couple of big overs."
6:16pm Player of the match is Luke Wood with figures for 2 for 25 on his return to the England team for the first time in close to two years.
"I've not been in the team for a while now - it's nice to come back in and make an impact. We discussed as a bowling unit and with Brooky on the field about what was effective; it was pretty clear that slower balls and mixing it up to these guys was the right way to go. It paid off today.
"It's nice to win any series, especially off the back of the ODIs. Hopefully in a couple of days time we can make it 3-0."
18.3
4
Holder to Carse, FOUR, Edged away for victory! Length, bit of width, scythed over where first slip might have been. England have won by 4 wickets chasing 197 with nine balls to spare. Excellent contributions throughout with the bat, particularly given Harry Brook fancied a chase at the toss. Victory also confirms the series for England as they take a 2-0 lead in the T20Is with the final game to come at the Utilita Bowl on Tuesday.
18.2
0
Holder to Carse, no run, Leaves this alone, as this straighter short delivery leaps once more
18.1
0
Holder to Carse, no run, Short, targeting Carse who is moving to the leg side and swiping without joy. Almost gets taken out!
2 needed from 12... Holder with the penultimate over
END OF OVER:18 | 15 Runs 1 Wkt | ENG: 195/6 (2 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 10.83, RRR: 1.00)
- Brydon Carse2 (2b)
- Tom Banton30 (11b)
- Alzarri Joseph4-0-45-2
- Jason Holder3-0-26-1
Phil: "Shepherd didn't need to drop that did he? Didn't look as though he stepped over the boundary." Free Hit either way, so best to be safe I suppose
17.6
1
Joseph to Carse, 1 run, Outside off, Carse twitches at the delivery and gets a single down to deep third
17.5
1
Joseph to Banton, 1 run, Into the pitch, good length, Banton rocks back and opens the face into a guide down to third
By the way, this will finish as the highest aggregate score in a T20I without a batter on either side registering a fifty...
17.4
4
Joseph to Banton, FOUR, Full yorker, nailed through midwicket for four! Outstanding strike from Banton, classical
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