West Indies vs England, 1st T20I at Bridgetown, WI v ENG, Dec 12 2023 - Ball by Ball Commentary

Yep, one ball. Short, wide, Russell carves gloriously over backward point and West Indies win by 4 wickets with 11 deliveries to spare. That's now the highest successful chase at this ground and surely a player of the match gong on its way to Russell after his career-best 3 for 19 prior to this finishing cameo

Nudged away into the leg side

Rashid pushes Russell back, who is happy to play it sensible and dab into the leg side for a single

Similar delivery, perhaps slightly fuller, Russell slaps it through extra cover beyond the fielder stationed there in the ring and away for his third boundary

New ball, bit of turn but short enough for Russell to hang back and pat it on the head into the leg side

Googly, definitely... and smeared high over midwicket! Picked out of the hand, sent out of the ground as it bounces on top of the scoreboard and races away into the Barbados night

Flighted nicely, googly perhaps, defended solidly into the covers by Russell

Short, wide, flayed away through point for four! A pricely 15 from that over and West Indies are back in command of this

Off cutter, into the pads, tucked away through square for a single

Pace on, hard length but down the leg side...

Short, top-edged... and goes all the way! Unfortunate for Mills, but the short ball at pace was always a risk and Russell gets the reward

Full, slow, carved out to extra cover where the outfield's moisture slows the ball down to allow the off side rider time to intercept

Cutter on a length, Powell pulls it to the boundary rider on the leg side

Over the wicket, bangs it into a length, sending the ball up towards Russell's throat. The right-hander punches down and sets off after Powell calls loud and clear

The skipper goes back-to-back! Livingstone goes wider, Powell clears the front leg, opens the face into his almighty swing and deposits this full ball into the stands at extra cover. Glorious

Short of a good length, Powell on the charge - and he cracks it over long on for six! Absolutely not the length he predicted, but stuck to his guns and is rewarded handsomely

Livingstone tries to cramp Russell for room once more with the leg stump line. Russell responds by opening his body and heaving towards square leg, but finds the fielder after a couple of bounces

Flighted, full, Powell tries to smash this down the ground for a boundary but hits straight along the floor to long on

Flighted just outside leg stump, Russell pushes out to deep square leg and wants to come back for two, but Powell turns him down

Short, turning outside off, slapped away down to Woakes at long on for a single