Wood gives England early wicket with Windies chasing 249 in third T20

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Date: 20:42 BST
Title: Post
Content: Aatif NawazBBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
West Indies captain Shai Hope has gone after this and slammed it seven rows back into a couple of empty seats. He is trying to lead by example here.
Update:
Date: 3.4 overs
Title: WI 35-1
Content: The captain goes again!
A big cross-batted slop-sweep, sending England's off spinner over the mid-wicket boundary and deep into the stands.
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Date: 3.1 overs
Title: WI 27-1
Content: On comes Will Jacks in place of Brydon Carse, and Shai Hope dispatches his first delivery over the covers for the first six of the innings.
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Date: 20:40 BST
Title: Post
Content: Aatif NawazBBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
This wouldn't ordinarily be an awful score after three overs, but when you are chasing 249, it feels like you are behind the game.
Update:
Date: 20:39 BST
Title: How's stat?!
Content: Kieran ParmleyCricviz analyst
Johnson Charles in the powerplay this series:
Update:
Date: 3 overs
Title: WI 21-1
Content: Out comes the captain Shai Hope, and he picks up a single immediately, sticking the ball through backward square.
Only a couple more runs follow - Luke Wood has conceded just nine from his first two overs.
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Date: 20:37 BST
Title: Post
Content: Ebony Rainford-BrentFormer England batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
It was a good catch from Jamie Smith because there was a bit of sun coming into his eyes.
I felt like Johnson Charles was a bit too one-dimensional there. England knew they can set a field for him and just bowl at him.
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Date: 2.2 overs
Title: WICKET
Content: Charles c Smith b Wood 9 (WI 18-1)
Picks out square leg!
Johnson Charles digs out a swinging full ball and clips the ball straight to Jamie Smith.
Having offered some promising shots in the previous over, he departs for nine.
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Date: 20:34 BST
Title: Post
Content: Aatif NawazBBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Johnson Charles will breathe a little bit easier after that boundary. He was immediately looking at the umpire after the last ball - good awareness of the rules from the West Indies batter.
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Date: 20:34 BST
Title: Post
Content: Ebony Rainford-BrentFormer England batter on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
It looked like an old school pull from Johnson Charles.
Update:
Date: 2 overs
Title: WI 18-0
Content: England start with pace at both ends, having used Liam Dawson in the past two games.
Brydon Carse will take the ball, and he's cast in a golden hue as the sun sets over the stand.
Charles gets off the mark, turning the ball through backward square for, then adds another boundary by swatting a free hit over mid-off.
Update:
Date: 1 over
Title: WI 7-0
Content: Lewis runs a leg bye off the next delivery, bringing his opening partner Johnson Charles on strike.
Wood sends down four dot balls to Charles, who also struggled to get the ball away at times at Bristol.
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Date: 20:27 BST
Title: Post
Content: Carlos BrathwaiteFormer West Indies all-rounder on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
What a difference a few days makes!
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Date: 0.1 overs
Title: WI 6-0
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Lewis gets WIndies run chase underway with six off first ball
Well, that's a bit different to Sunday!
At Bristol two days ago, Luke Wood dismissed Evin Lewis lbw with the first ball of the innings.
Today the West Indies openers hoiks the left-armed over backward square for six.
Update:
Date: 20:25 BST
Title: Post
Content: The players are already back out on the field - but we've still just about got time to enjoy the best of Jamie Smith's innings.
Meanwhile, at Southampton, Luke Wood will open the bowling for England.
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'Terrifically entertaining' - superb Smith knock puts England in charge
Update:
Date: 20:24 BST
Title: Get Involved
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Does this England side now have the most dangerous batting across all T20i sides? I think there's an argument to say they do!
Josh, North London
Update:
Date: 20:23 BST
Title: How's stat?!
Content: Kieran ParmleyCricviz analyst
England's highest T20I scores everywhere:
Highest T20I scores in England:
Update:
Date: 20:19 BST
Title: Post
Content: Thanks Adwaidh, whose fingers have been worn down to mere stubs writing up all those boundaries.
Let's take a look back through of them, shall we? Starting with Ben Duckett's speedy half-century
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Duckett hits rapid half-century as England get off to flying start
Update:
Date: 20:16 BST
Title: Post
Content: Well, that was dull.
Update:
Date: 20:16 BST
Title: Post
Content: West Indies have all to do when they come back out to bat shortly.
My colleague Mike Peter will take you through chase.