England v West Indies: second women’s T20 international - live

5m ago 21.05 CEST England need 82 to win 20th over: West Indies 81-9 (Fraser 4, Ramharack 5) Issy Wong completes a ruthless performance in the field from England. Em Arlott, playing only her second game for England, set the tone with a three-wicket burst – including Hayley Matthews – in the Powerplay. Lauren Bell also took three wickets, Charlie Dean snared two in two balls and Issy Wong couldn’t stop smiling during a confident spell of 4-0-10-1. Share Updated at 21.06 CEST

9m ago 21.01 CEST 19th over: West Indies 79-9 (Fraser 4, Ramharack 3) No wickets tonight for Linsey Smith but she was parsimonious as ever: 4-0-15-0. That’s the eighth time in 18 T20Is that she’s gone at less than a run a ball. Share

12m ago 20.57 CEST 18th over: West Indies 76-9 (Fraser 3, Ramharack 1) Bell almost finishes the innings with a couple of excellent yorkers that whoosh past Fraser’s off stump. Share

15m ago 20.54 CEST WICKET! West Indies 75-9 (Fletcher c Sciver-Brunt b Bell 2) Nine down, one to go. Fletcher drives Bell high in the air and Sciver-Brunt backpedals from extra cover to take a comfortable catch. Share

16m ago 20.53 CEST 17th over: West Indies 75-8 (Fraser 3, Fletcher 2) It feels like West Indies are miles short of a par score, maybe even 80 or 90 runs. Share

21m ago 20.49 CEST WICKET! West Indies 72-8 (Gajnabi c Dunkley b Wong 22) Issy Wong gets her first wicket of the night with a lovely bit of bowling. Gajnabi, completely hoodwinked by a loopy slower ball, sliced a big shot towards backward point and was well caught by Dunkley. Share Updated at 20.50 CEST

22m ago 20.47 CEST 16th over: West Indies 72-7 (Gajnabi 22, Fraser 2) Fraser swipes Dean over wide mid-on for a couple to get off the mark, then almost offers a return catch with a blast down the ground. It bounces just short of Dean who fields well. She ends with fine figures of 4-0-12-2. Share

28m ago 20.41 CEST WICKET! West Indies 69-7 (Alleyne c Jones b Bell 0) Bell starts a new spell with a high full toss, which means a no-ball and a free hit. Gajnabi takes advantage to drive high over mid-off for four; that’s the first boundary in six overs. And there’s the third wicket in five balls! Aaliyah Alleyne has also gone for a golden duck, fiddling a back-of-a-length delivery through to Amy Jones. Share

32m ago 20.38 CEST 14th over: West Indies 61-6 (Gajnabi 16, Alleyne 0) That was the last ball of the over so Dean will be on a hat-trick at the start of her next over. Share

33m ago 20.37 CEST WICKET! West Indies 61-6 (Mangru b Dean 0) Charlie Dean is on a hat-trick! Mandy Mangru misses an ill-judged sweep and is bowled for a golden duck. Share

33m ago 20.36 CEST WICKET! West Indies 63-5 (Campbelle c Arlott b Dean 25) Yep, that was coming. Shemaine Campbelle was getting visibly frustrated by her inability to pierce the infield with ground shots, so she decided to go aerial and holed out to Em Arlott at long on. She took a calm catch to give Charlie Dean her first wicket. View image in fullscreen Mandy Mangru is bowled by Charlie Dean! Photograph: Ben Whitley/PA Share Updated at 20.52 CEST

36m ago 20.33 CEST 13th over: West Indies 61-4 (Campbelle 25, Gajnabi 15) Gajnabi tries to make something happen with a premeditated reverse-sweep on Smith, but she only glove the ball slowly towards short third. England’s bowlers have given West Indies very little to work with. Share

39m ago 20.30 CEST 12th over: West Indies 58-4 (Campbelle 23, Gajnabi 14) A fine second over from Wong includes a wider short ball that beats Campbelle’s attempted cut. It’s been 23 balls since West Indies’ last boundary and it feels like something is about to give. Share

43m ago 20.26 CEST 11th over: West Indies 55-4 (Campbelle 22, Gajnabi 13) A lovely, flighted delivery from Dean is dragged in the air but safely over midwicket by Gajnabi. That brings one of only four singles from another pretty good over. England have the game under control. Share

47m ago 20.22 CEST Drinks: England on top after fast start 10th over: West Indies 51-4 (Campbelle 20, Gajnabi 11) Time for the raw pace of Issy Wong. It’s so good to see her back in the team, and with a big smile on her face as she celebrates a crowd catch. Wong, like all the England bowlers tonight, hits a line and length from the start – full and straight in her case. Three from the over, and that’s drinks. Share

51m ago 20.19 CEST 9th over: West Indies 48-4 (Campbelle 19, Gajnabi 9) A fraction of width from Smith is enough for Campbelle to larrup a boundary through the covers. There’s a precautionary run-out check later in the over but Gajnabi was home. Share

1h ago 20.12 CEST 8th over: West Indies 40-4 (Campbelle 13, Gajnabi 7) Nat Sciver-Brunt decides to bowl Arlott straight through. Gajnabi, on the run, flat-bats an emphatic boundary through the covers; Arlott responds with a 68mph bouncer that is called wide on height. After a quiet end to the over, Arlott finishes with marvellous figures of 4-1-14-3. Well bowled indeed. Anyone out there? Anyone? Fry? Share

1h ago 20.08 CEST 7th over: West Indies 33-4 (Campbelle 12, Gajnabi 2) Charlie Dean comes on after the Powerplay. Her first over is a quiet one, just three singles from it. West Indies may have to take two of three overs to stabilise the innings. It’s deceptively sunny at Hove. Plenty of the crowd, not to mention Charlotte Edwards, are shivering under their coats as they watch the action. Share

1h ago 20.04 CEST 6th over: West Indies 30-4 (Campbelle 11, Gajnabi 0) England needed many things after that desperate Ashes defeat. Top of the list was new blood – not just to energise the team but to give hope to everybody in domestic cricket. Arlott earned her call-up with her performances in the One-Day Cup and she’s making the most of her chance. She has figures of 3-1-7-3: brilliant at the best of times, quite outstanding in the Powerplay. Share Updated at 20.05 CEST

1h ago 20.02 CEST WICKET! West Indies 29-4 (Taylor c Dean b Arlott 0) Em Arlott is having a night out. She has just taken her third wicket, with the dangerous Stafanie Taylor clattering a drive straight to Charlie Dean in the covers. West Indies are in abundant bother. Share Updated at 20.34 CEST

1h ago 20.00 CEST 5th over: West Indies 29-3 (Campbelle 11, Taylor 0) Three down or not, West Indies will keep coming in the Powerplay. Campbelle slashes Bell deliberately over the cordon for four before nailing a lofted drive over mid-off. Lovely shot. Share

1h ago 19.56 CEST 4th over: West Indies 18-3 (Campbelle 1, Taylor 0) That was the last ball of the over, a memorable one for Em Arlott in only her second game for England. She has figures of 2-0-7-2. Share

1h ago 19.55 CEST WICKET! West Indies 18-3 (James c Dunkley b Arlott 6) Em Arlott has two wickets in the over and Sophia Dunkley has taken a blinder! James scuffed Arlott towards midwicket, where Dunkley threw up her left hand to take a brilliant reaction catch. There has been lots of focus on England’s fielding after the Ashes defeat; catches like that will change the narrative very quickly. View image in fullscreen Em Arlott celebrates after dismissing Zaida James. Photograph: Ben Whitley/PA Share Updated at 20.30 CEST

1h ago 19.52 CEST WICKET! West Indies 16-2 (Matthews b Arlott 6) A huge wicket for Em Arlott! Hayley Matthews wafts all around an excellent delivery that nips back to hit leg stump. Matthews had driven the previous ball majestically over extra-cover for four but Arlott kept pitching it up and got her reward. View image in fullscreen Hayley Matthews is cleaned bowled by Emily Arlott. Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images Share Updated at 20.17 CEST

1h ago 19.48 CEST 3rd over: West Indies 12-1 (Matthews 2, James 6) The left-arm spinner Linsey Smith replaces Lauren Bell. She’s straight into her work, troubling James with her accuracy and drift, and again there’s only one run from the over. Share

1h ago 19.46 CEST 2nd over: West Indies 11-1 (Matthews 1, James 6) Charlie Dean took the new ball on Wednesday; tonight it’s Em Arlott. She starts with an impressively tight line to Hayley Matthews, who gets off the mark by cuffing her fifth ball to deep point for a single. That’s the only run from a pretty good over. Share

1h ago 19.41 CEST 1st over: West Indies 10-1 (Matthews 0, James 6) Zaida James slashes her second ball through backward point for four. An eventful first over: two boundaries, one wicket. Share

2h ago 19.39 CEST WICKET! West Indies 4-1 (Joseph ct and b Bell 4) Short and sweet from Qiana Joseph. She pulled her second ball fiercely for four, then popped the third straight back to Lauren Bell. It was a good delivery that hit Joseph high on the bat, and Bell reacted smartly in her follow through to take the catch. Share

2h ago 19.31 CEST The players are ready to go. Lauren Bell has the ball, Qiana Joseph will take first strike. Share Updated at 19.36 CEST

2h ago 19.12 CEST Team news England are unchanged. West Indies bring in Stafanie Taylor and Shemaine Campbelle for Realeanna Grimmond and Janillea Glasgow; that should lighten the batting load on Hayley Matthews. England Wyatt-Hodge, Dunkley, Sciver-Brunt (c), Knight, Jones (wk), Capsey, Arlott, Wong, Dean, Smith, Bell. West Indies Joseph, Matthews (c), James, Campbelle, Taylor, Gajnabi, Alleyne, Mangru (wk), Fraser, Fletcher, Ramharack. Share Updated at 19.32 CEST

2h ago 19.09 CEST England win the toss and bowl Nat Sciver-Brunt wins another toss and sticks with the tactic that worked so well in Canterbury on Wednesday. Share

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