Liam Livingstone’s violent century takes England to superb victory over West Indies

In two months, Liam Livingstone has gone from languishing outside England’s one-day international side to captain. Peripheral no longer, Livingstone produced the most significant innings of his ODI career in Antigua: a stunning undefeated 124 to haul England back into the series.

Livingstone’s maiden ODI hundred was the fillip that a floundering side craved, securing a five-wicket win after 12 defeats in their previous 18 matches. Victory was sealed by a blistering denouement: Livingstone thumped 76 off his last 26 balls. Yet this came after the middle-order accumulation that the 50-over game often demands.

Before stepping in as captain for this series, Livingstone had batted in the top five only twice in ODIs. But on a sweltering day in Antigua, Livingstone demonstrated the range of the best ODI number fives: he was first England’s smooth middle-order accumulator, and then their lethal finisher.

When Livingstone arrived at the crease, England were stumbling at 107-3 in pursuit of 329, facing the grim prospect of defeat in another series before they had even reached Barbados. Initially, Livingstone batted with relative restraint, while Jacob Bethell, who hit 55, was striking the ball cleanly. A pull for six over long on off Shamar Joseph encapsulated England’s excitement about Bethell’s qualities in all three formats.

Livingstone needed 60 balls to reach his half-century. Yet if this phase of his innings was not notable for its speed, it was marked by unusual control: Livingstone scored only two boundaries across his first 59 balls, but was chanceless and clinical. He recognised what, when he was fully accustomed to the pace of the pitch and the target was in sight, he could unleash later.

Yet even those waving Cumbrian flags, in their pride at Livingstone leading his country, could have had little inkling about the destruction that followed from his bat. Charging down the wicket to Gudakesh Motie and heaving the left-arm spinner through long on signalled that Livingstone’s ambitions were changing; the following ball, this time staying within his crease, Livingstone pulled a six. In Motie’s next over, Livingstone shuffled across to the off side and, while remaining perfectly balanced at the crease, heaved a six over midwicket; the next delivery met a similar fate.

With England requiring 57 runs from the last six overs, and with an unusually long tail, the fate of the game still remained in the balance. In one over, Livingstone ended all such uncertainty – thundering consecutive sixes off Jayden Seales over deep extra cover, then ending the over crashing the ball through deep midwicket.

Livingstone had now soared to 99. While he kissed his England helmet after reaching his hundred, Livingstone’s undemonstrative celebration spoke of a job not yet complete. Three consecutive sixes off Joseph, each marmalised over the ropes, ensured that England sprinted to their target.

With the support of Sam Curran, whose 52 came at a-run-a-ball in their stand of 140, Livingstone turned an onerous target into a cruise. England raced to victory with 15 balls still remaining, to level the series at 1-1 and set-up a decider in Barbados on Wednesday.

“The way I’ve played over the last three months, I’m probably playing as well as I ever have,” Livingstone declared, relieved to have fully recovered from a series of ankle and knee injuries. “I felt really good from ball one. The first ball I hit an on-drive down the ground and I know if I’m hitting that, I’m playing really well.

“I had that amazing year in 2021 and I feel like I’m playing much better than that. Things are working for me off the field in training. It’s really nice to see that paying dividends in the middle.”

For the first time since July 2021, England chased down a target in excess of 300. During their astounding era from 2015-19, England often made such a demand look routine. Now, Livingstone had done so too.

A healthy crowd – though some, recovering from Antigua and Barbuda Independence Day, understandably did not make the 9.30am start – were treated to a far better game than in the opening ODI. On a pitch more conducive for run-scoring, it was still challenging initially, though 26 sixes were scored: after devastating cameos by Sherfane Rutherford and Shimron Hetmyer, West Indies won that battle 14-12.

As in the opening ODI, the toss felt significant: the early skirmishes would offer some new-ball assistance before the pitch flattened out. England both won the toss and took initial advantage of their fortune, with John Turner taking his first two international wickets.

If there was a little fortune in his second victim – after Brandon King miscued a drive to point, Evin Lewis flicked a delivery on leg stump to Phil Salt – Turner still provided affirmation of England’s belief in his qualities. He combined bounce and movement with solid pace, regularly reaching the mid-80s, and has a smooth, repeatable action. Aged 23, Turner could feature prominently for England in all formats for years to come.

After Turner reduced West Indies to 12-2, Shai Hope illustrated why he has become one of the world’s most dependable one-day batsmen. Yet while Hope appeared completely at ease with the demands of the 50-over game, England’s bowlers did not. Nine bowlers were used; combined with Adil Rashid being carded to bat at number eight, it created the impression of a confused team selection, which even victory cannot erase.

Through a cocktail of timing and placement, mixed with occasional bursts of violence – he cleared the ropes four times – Hope again showed his mastery of the rhythms of 50-over cricket. Yet his 17th ODI century would be topped by Livingstone’s first.

09:31 PM GMT

Liam Livingstone’s reaction

09:15 PM GMT

England win by five wickets with 15 balls to spare!

OVER 48: ENG 329/5 (Livingstone 124 Mousley 4) Liam Livingstone hits the winning run to mid-off and wearily clenches his fists in triumph. England need 100 off the last 10 overs; they got them in 7.3 thanks to a coruscating burst of six-hitting from their captain. He finishes 124 not out from 85 balls, including 76 off the last 26. A wonderful innings, devastating at times but also nerveless and beautifully paced during a vital fifth-wicket partnership with Sam Curran.

That’s a fine victory for this young England side, which sets up a series decider in Barbados on Wednesday. And it might just change Liam Livingstone’s life.

09:12 PM GMT

OVER 47: ENG 327/5 (Livingstone 123 Mousley 4)

Liam Livingstone is running amok! He flips two low full tosses from Shamar Joseph for six, then clubs another - his ninth in this innings - down the ground. Only Eoin Morgan and Jos Buttler have hit more for England in an ODI innings.

A violent smear for four moves England to within two of a brilliant victory. Livingstone has smashed 71 off his last 23 deliveries. He wasn’t even in England’s ODI squad six weeks ago; now he’s a shoo-in for the Champions Trophy, probably batting at No5.

09:04 PM GMT

OVER 46: ENG 303/5 (Livingstone 101 Mousley 2)

And now they need 26 from 24 balls. They should win, but the wicket of Livingstone would make things hairy.

09:02 PM GMT

Wicket!

Curran c Hetmyer b Forde 52 Livingstone drives Forde for a single to reach an immense century, his first in ODIs, from 77 balls. The second fifty came off just 17 deliveries. He barely celebrates, partly out of weariness but also because he knows the job isn’t done. As if to prove the point, Curran slashes the next ball to Hetmyer on the cover boundary to end a fine supporting innings. England need 29 from 27 balls. FOW: 300/5

08:58 PM GMT

OVER 45: ENG 298/4 (Livingstone 99 Curran 51)

Motie is hooked after conceding 71 from nine overs, easily the most expensive figures of his ODI career to date. Maybe he should have stayed on because Livingstone has just taken Jayden Seales to the cleaners. He drove spectacularly over extra cover for four and six, then belted another six over mid-off when Seales switched to around the wicket.

Seales doesn’t know where to bowl. Livingstone smears another boundary over wide mid-on, then drags two down the ground to move to 99.

Twenty-six from the over!

08:51 PM GMT

OVER 44: ENG 272/4 (Livingstone 75 Curran 51)

Curran works Shamar Joseph for a single to reach a calm 49-ball fifty, notable for his low dot-ball ratio as much as his strokeplay. There’s more than one way to skin a bowling attack.

Joseph does well to concede only six in that over, with no boundaries. It’s shaping up to be a thriller: England need 57 from 36 balls.

08:46 PM GMT

OVER 43: ENG 266/4 (Livingstone 73 Curran 49)

Motie has been unusually expensive today but Shai Hope persists with him, a decision he is made to regret when Livingstone pulls and sweeps successive sixes. This is brilliant batting from Livingstone, who has hit 25 from his last 7 balls!

That second six also brought up the hundred partnership. Suddenly West Indies are under serious pressure.

08:40 PM GMT

OVER 42: ENG 250/4 (Livingstone 60 Curran 46)

England’s sprint is put on hold during Roston Chase’s final over. Still no boundaries, though England so score off every delivery. Chase ends an excellent spell with figures of 10-0-53-1.

08:37 PM GMT

OVER 41: ENG 243/4 (Livingstone 58 Curran 41)

Livingstone dances down to belt Motie back over his head for a one-bounce four. That brings up his fifty, and more importantly signals the start of England’s charge for the finish line: he slog-sweeps the next ball for a huge six to make it 14 from the over. England really needed that.

08:31 PM GMT

OVER 40: ENG 229/4 (Livingstone 46 Curran 39)

Roston Chase is quietly winning this game for West Indies. He has now gone seven overs without conceding a boundary, which is exceptional in a high-scoring game. England need exactly 10 an over, 100 from 60 balls.

08:29 PM GMT

OVER 39: ENG 226/4 (Livingstone 44 Curran 38)

Joseph briefly thinks he has a second wicket when Livingstone edges a 91mph delivery into the ground and through to Hope. He follows up with a grotesque slower ball that barely pitches on the cut strip. That aside, Joseph has used changes of pace really well; England are finding it increasingly difficult to time the ball and have hit only two boundaries in the last 10 overs.

08:23 PM GMT

OVER 38: ENG 221/4 (Livingstone 42 Curran 36)

Chase looks innocuous but he’s consistently economical in ODIs and is doing it again here. His last six overs have cost just 22 at a time when England have needed to score at more than a run a ball. Chase’s dismissal of Bethell feels like the pivotal moment of this run-chase.

08:20 PM GMT

OVER 37: ENG 218/4 (Livingstone 41 Curran 34)

Shamar Joseph returns to the attack and bowls a really good over that goes for just five. The last ball was a clever cutter that beat Livingstone’s attempted pull and smacked him on the arm. England need 111 from 78 balls

08:16 PM GMT

OVER 36: ENG 213/4 (Livingstone 38 Curran 32)

A front-foot no-ball from Chase means a free hit for Livingstone. He misses and is bowled, with the ball deflecting for a couple of byes. Daft law, that.

A single down the ground brings up a steady fifty partnership from 49 balls, one that has just about kept England in the game.

08:11 PM GMT

OVER 35: ENG 205/4 (Livingstone 36 Curran 29)

Curran pulls Seales crisply for four, the first boundary in 34 deliveries. London buses and all that; he times the next ball sweetly through extra cover for four more.

Livingstone completes a fine over for England by clattering a couple more through extra cover. England need 124 from 90 balls.

08:08 PM GMT

OVER 34: ENG 193/4 (Livingstone 33 Curran 20)

A slightly better over for England, who milk Chase for five singles. The required rate is creeping towards nine an over, however; those three sixes from Matthew Forde in the final over of the West Indies innings look increasingly crucial.

08:04 PM GMT

OVER 33: ENG 188/4 (Livingstone 30 Curran 18)

The return of Jayden Seales means a change of pace – in the bowling if not the scoring. England collect three singles, which makes it 13 from four overs since Curran got stuck into Motie.

You can understand the relative caution, because another wicket now would probably finish England off. Even so, Livingstone and Curran can only delay the charge for so long. Drinks.

07:55 PM GMT

OVER 32: ENG 185/4 (Livingstone 28 Curran 17)

Chase continues to put the squeeze on England. His first two overs disappeared for 21; the last three have cost just eight.

07:53 PM GMT

OVER 31: ENG 182/4 (Livingstone 26 Curran 16)

Livingstone drives a couple of low-risk singles down the ground off Motie. He’s resisting the urge to play any big shots, knowing he probably needs to bat another 15 overs if England are to win this game.

07:50 PM GMT

OVER 30: ENG 178/4 (Livingstone 24 Curran 14)

Since being belted for 16 by Jacob Bethell, Roston Chase has conceded only five in two overs. As a result, England need 151 from 120 balls to win.

07:47 PM GMT

OVER 29: ENG 175/4 (Livingstone 23 Curran 12)

Blimey. When Motie drops short, Curran smashes the second ball of his innings over midwicket for six. It’s a no-ball too, because West Indies don’t have enough fielders inside the circle. Curran puts the free hit away for four more.

That’s a big over for England, 15 from it. The required rate (7.34) remains manageable; England’s main concern is the loss of four wickets and a long tail.

07:42 PM GMT

OVER 28: ENG 160/4 (Livingstone 21 Curran 0)

That was the last ball of the over and an excellent comeback from Chase. Experience 1 Youth 0.

07:42 PM GMT

Wicket!

Bethell c Seales b Chase 55 Roston Chase has the final word! Bethell dances down the ground but drives straight to Seales at long-off. That’s a huge wicket and a frustrating way for Bethell to go after such a brilliant innings. It’s all part of his education. FOW: 160/4

07:39 PM GMT

OVER 27: ENG 158/3 (Bethell 54 Livingstone 20)

Bethell’s first 27 runs took 39 balls, the second 27 just 15.

07:36 PM GMT

OVER 26: ENG 156/3 (Bethell 53 Livingstone 19)

Jacob Bethell rushes to his maiden ODI fifty! He back cuts Chase expertly for four, hoicks the next ball over short fine leg and then pulls mightily for six to reach the milestone. Outstanding batting from a seriously exciting young player.

07:31 PM GMT

OVER 25: ENG 140/3 (Bethell 37 Livingstone 19)

This is the highest score of Bethell’s fledgling ODI career, surpassing the 35 he made on debut against Australia. Nothing comes with a guarantee but England may have been blessed with a special talent.

Meanwhile, Livingstone charges down the track to Forde and misses an almighty heave across the line. Never mind out of the ground; had he connected that would have gone off the island.

07:29 PM GMT

Watch: Livingstone hits one-handed six

07:28 PM GMT

OVER 24: WI 138/3 (Bethell 36 Livingstone 18)

Bethell is content to bat in Livingstone’s slipstream, collecting ones and twos whenever possible.

Correction: he was content to bat in Livingstone’s slipstream. He’s just pulled Shamar Joseph magnificently over midwicket for six, taking the ball from well outside off stump. Joseph’s bouncer is slippery too, as Jordan Cox found out earlier in the innings.

07:22 PM GMT

OVER 23: WI 127/3 (Bethell 27 Livingstone 17)

Livingstone drags Forde for a one-handed six over square leg! “Lord have mercy, that’s gone a long way...” says Mark Butcher on commentary. This is a statement of the offensively obvious but Livingstone’s power is quite phenomenal.

07:17 PM GMT

OVER 22: ENG 117/3 (Bethell 25 Livingstone 9)

Shamar Joseph is brought back to attack the new batsman Liam Livingstone, who is lucky to survive the over. First Chase misses a run-out chance with Livingstone short of his ground; then Livingstone slashes Joseph just wide of the diving Hope for four runs. Another wicket now would surely finish England off.

07:12 PM GMT

OVER 21: ENG 108/3 (Bethell 24 Livingstone 1)

Just one run from the over, which ratchets the required rate up to 7.62 per over. West Indies are heavy favourites.

07:08 PM GMT

Wicket!

Salt c Motie b Forde 59 Oh dear. Phil Salt tries to launch the new bowler Matthew Forde’s first ball into a galaxy far, far away, doesn’t get hold of it and is well caught by the backpedalling Motie at mid-on. Salt played well to make a run-a-ball 59 but that wasn’t the most excusable dismissal in the history of the game. FOW: 107/3

07:07 PM GMT

OVER 20: ENG 107/2 (Salt 59 Bethell 24)

The offspinner Roston Chase, who once took eight-for against England in a Test, comes on and is given the same treatment by Bethell: down the track to drive inside-out for four. Just beautiful batting.

07:06 PM GMT

OVER 19: ENG 102/2 (Salt 58 Bethell 20)

Bethell’s first boundary is a gorgeous shot, driven between mid-off and extra cover after dancing down to Motie. Pure class. A single from Salt later in the over brings up the England hundred.

07:00 PM GMT

OVER 18: ENG 94/2 (Salt 56 Bethell 14)

The required rate is creeping towards 7.5 per over. It’s a tricky balance for Salt and Bethell to strike because, as Tim Wigmore said earlier, England have an unusually long tail. They get four bonus leg-byes when Rutherford strays onto the pads of Salt to tarnish an otherwise thrifty over.

06:57 PM GMT

OVER 17: ENG 86/2 (Salt 55 Bethell 12)

Bethell hasn’t done much in his short ODI career but he looks very comfortable, even when playing out five consecutive dot balls from Motie as he has just done. This would be a great day for a breakthrough knock, maybe a jaunty, match-winning 150 not out.

06:50 PM GMT

OVER 16: ENG 84/2 (Salt 55 Bethell 10)

The medium-pacer Sherfane Rutherford comes on for Shamar Joseph. Bethell, who has started calmly, works a pair of twos before stealing a single to keep the strike. But first, it’s time for drinks.

06:46 PM GMT

OVER 15: ENG 78/2 (Salt 54 Bethell 5)

England’s success or otherwise against Motie will play a large part in the results. They’ve started promisingly, milking him for 10 from two overs.

06:43 PM GMT

An outstanding start from Salt

06:42 PM GMT

OVER 14: ENG 73/2 (Salt 51 Bethell 3)

Salt thumps Joseph through midwicket for four to bring up an excellent fifty from 42 balls. He’s going at more than a run a ball; the rest of the England batsmen have only managed 19 from 40 balls.

06:37 PM GMT

OVER 13: ENG 68/2 (Salt 46 Bethell 3)

Time for the left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie, an excellent bowler who has troubled England consistently in the last year or so. Bethwell gets off the mark with a deft steer for three and Salt, who has gone down the gears since the end of the Powerplay, collects a couple of singles.

06:33 PM GMT

OVER 12: ENG 63/2 (Salt 44 Bethell 0)

For all Jordan Cox’s struggles this has been an excellent spell from Shamar Joseph: 3-0-8-1.

06:31 PM GMT

Wicket!

Cox c Hope b S Joseph 4 A peculiar cameo from Jordan Cox comes to an end. He shaped to hook Shamar Joseph, was beaten for pace and top-edged the ball onto his helmet. It looped up behind square on the leg side and Shai Hope took an easy catch. Cox, a brilliant attacking batsman, goes for 4 from 19 balls and Shamar Joseph has his first ODI wicket. FOW: 63/2

06:28 PM GMT

OVER 11: ENG 62/1 (Salt 43 Cox 4)

Seales goes up on his own for LBW against Salt. It was too high and neither the umpire nor Shai Hope were interested. That aside it’s another quiet over; four from it.

06:23 PM GMT

OVER 10: ENG 58/1 (Salt 42 Cox 2)

Shamar Joseph beats Salt with an excellent delivery, on a length and zipping past the edge. “That is your template, young man,” says Carlos Brathwaite on commentary. With Cox (2 from 14 balls) taking his time to size up the pitch, England have got a bit stuck.

06:18 PM GMT

OVER 9: ENG 56/1 (Salt 41 Cox 2)

Salt smashes a bump ball that hits the bowler Seales just below the neck and puts his hand up in apology. Seales is fine, at least until Salt chips the next ball over his head for four more.

06:13 PM GMT

OVER 8: ENG 50/1 (Salt 36 Cox 1)

The debutant Shamar Joseph replaces Jayden Seales. He dismissed Steve Smith with his first ball in Test cricket but can’t do the same to Phil Salt, who tucks a single off the pads.

Jordan Cox does likewise to get off the mark from his 11th delivery, and then Salt rifles an excellent off drive for four. He’s flying.

06:10 PM GMT

OVER 7: ENG 44/1 (Salt 31 Cox 0)

Don’t bowl wide to Phil Salt, lesson 479: he square drives Forde for four, his fifth boundary of the innings.

06:05 PM GMT

OVER 6: ENG 38/1 (Salt 26 Cox 0)

This is an important few days for Salt, who probably needs a score in one of the remaining games if he is to prolong his ODI career when the big guns are available. His overall average of 33 is okay but if you take out games against Ireland and Netherlands it drops to 23.

Still, he has started promisingly and takes a sharp single to move to 26 from 20 balls. The new batter Cox times a few drives straight back to the bowler Seales.

06:00 PM GMT

OVER 5: ENG 37/1 (Salt 25 Cox 0)

That looked like being a really good over for England, with both batsmen hitting boundaries, but Jacks went for another and paid the price.

05:59 PM GMT

Wicket!

Jacks c Lewis b Forde 12 Will Jacks has given it away. The ball after playing a classic, upright cover drive for four, he hoicks Forde straight to deep square leg. He’s fuming with himself as he walks off. FOW: 37/1

05:54 PM GMT

OVER 4: ENG 25/0 (Salt 20 Jacks 5)

West Indies are bowling very straight, particularly to Salt, who shows why with a savage slap through extra cover when Seales offers a bit of width. He’s off to a flyer, 20 from 16 balls, and England need 304 from 46 overs.

05:50 PM GMT

OVER 3: ENG 19/0 (Salt 14 Jacks 5)

A-ha, we have live pictures again. Hetmyer denies Salt a third boundary with a brilliant stop in the covers, which ultimately makes it a good over from Forde - two from it.

05:46 PM GMT

OVER 2: ENG 17/0 (Salt 13 Jacks 4)

Four more to Salt, this time off Jayden Seales, and I’ve got absolutely no idea how he scored them because TNT Sports are currently showing a gambling advert. I should stress that the ad break is intentional as their feed from the Caribbean has gone down.

05:42 PM GMT

OVER 1: ENG 8/0 (Salt 8 Jacks 0)

TNT Sports are having problems with the signal, but I can report that Phil Salt has just slapped Matthew Forde through the covers for the first boundary of the innings. If England are to win they will probably need to get ahead of the rate in the Powerplay; eight from the first over is a decent start.

05:37 PM GMT

N-I-N-E bowlers

England used nine bowlers for only the second time in an ODI, and the first time they did so – against Sri Lanka at the 1987 World Cup – they were winning easily and decided to have a bit of a laugh.

Anyway, the players are back on the field. Let’s go.

05:11 PM GMT

Victory target an awfully long way away

05:08 PM GMT

OVER 50: WI 328-6 (Chase 20 Forde 23)

Matthew Forde finishes with a flourish by clattering Mahmood for three successive sixes. I was just about to say that Mahmood had quietly had a good day; not any more. England need 329 to win after a terrific batting performance from West Indies, led by Shai Hope’s beautiful 117. Despite losing an important toss, West Indies are favourites.

05:03 PM GMT

OVER 49: WI 309/6 (Chase 19 Forde 5)

Chase improvises cleverly to slash a wide slower ball from Archer behind point for four. Archer finishes a fine spell with unjust figures of 9-1-40-1; he could easily have picked up 3 for 30.

04:59 PM GMT

OVER 48: WI 301/6 (Chase 13 Forde 3)

Mahmood restricts West Indies to four from the antepenultimate over. England have had plenty of joy with slower balls in the last half an hour, and the local commentators are wondering what took them so long.

04:55 PM GMT

OVER 47: WI 297/6 (Chase 12 Forde 0)

That was the last ball of another very good over from Archer, who has been comfortably the pick of the bowlers.

04:55 PM GMT

Wicket!

Hope c Livingstone b Archer 117 Finally a wicket for Jofra Archer. Hope launches a slower ball miles in the air towards long-off, where Livingstone slides forward to take a good catch. Hope’s innings was a gem: 117 from 127 balls with eight fours and four sixes. FOW: 297/6

04:49 PM GMT

OVER 46: WI 293/5 (Hope 116 Chase 10)

Chase slices Mahmood deliberately over point for his first boundary. Then Hope, who is struggling to run and swinging at everything, edges a wild hack over short third man for four.

04:45 PM GMT

OVER 45: WI 284/5 (Hope 112 Chase 5)

Hope is struggling with cramp, so he takes running out of the equation by slog-sweeping Rashid for four and six off successive deliveries.

Rashid ends with figures of 10-0-62-2. Not his finest day but England would be even bigger trouble without those two wickets.

04:41 PM GMT

Shai Hope 17 England 1

04:40 PM GMT

OVER 44: WI 271/5 (Hope 101 Chase 3)

Shai Hope drives Saqib Mahmood for a single to reach a masterful century, his 17th in ODIs: 118 balls, six fours, three sixes and oodles of class. Only Chris Gayle and Brian Lara have scored more ODI hundreds for the West Indies.

04:37 PM GMT

OVER 43: WI 267/5 (Hope 99 Chase 1)

Carnage at one end, serenity at the other: Shai Hope cuts Rashid for a single to move to 99.

04:35 PM GMT

Wicket!

Hetmyer c Archer b Rashid 24 Well bowled Adil Rashid. Hetmyer smashed another six, his third in five balls, but fell in pursuit of a fourth when he sliced a googly to point. FOW: 265/5

04:32 PM GMT

OVER 42: WI 257/4 (Hope 97 Hetmyer 17)

Hetmyer slugs Livingstone to long on, where Jacks drops a relatively straightforward low chance. Hetmyer salts the wound by walloping two huge sixes later in the over. He should have been out for 3 from 5 balls; instead he has 17 from 8.

04:28 PM GMT

OVER 41: WI 239/4 (Hope 95 Hetmyer 3)

Rashid returns, presumably in an attempt to get Hetmyer before he settles. His last ball is a classic googly that beats the outside edge and leads to a stumping referral. Phil Salt was keen but Hetmyer’s back foot stayed grounded.

04:23 PM GMT

OVER 40: WI 235/4 (Hope 93 Hetmyer 1)

Shimron Hetmyer is the new batsman.

04:22 PM GMT

Wicket!

Rutherford c Mousley b Livingstone 54 Fifty and out for Sherfane Rutherford. He smashed Livingstone over extra cover for six to reach the milestone, then tried again and was very well caught by Dan Mousley running in from the boundary. It’s the end of a terrific cameo: 54 from 36 balls with four fours and three sixes. FOW: 234/4

04:18 PM GMT

OVER 39: WI 223/3 (Hope 91 Rutherford 44)

Rutherford drives Curran elegantly over extra cover for four. He averaged 204 in the recent ODI series in Sri Lanka and looks in outstanding touch.

At the risk of stating the bleedin obvious, England are in trrouble here.

04:14 PM GMT

OVER 38: WI 215/3 (Hope 90 Rutherford 38)

Mousley bowls very fast offspin - he was timed in excess of 80 mph in The Hundred - but that extra pace allows Hope to thread a beautiful extra cover drive for four. A DVD of this Shai Hope innings should be given to any young batsman who wants to play the anchor role. The beauty of his strokeplay inevitably catches the eye but his tempo has been perfect.

04:10 PM GMT

OVER 37: WI 206/3 (Hope 85 Rutherford 34)

Hope, who has anchored the innings immaculately, gets two more with a deft steer off Curran. A needless overthrow gives him an extra run; fielding is a good window into the soul of a cricket team and England have been sloppy at times today.

04:05 PM GMT

OVER 36: WI 200/3 (Hope 81 Rutherford 33)

Make that nine bowlers: the offspinner Dan Mousley is on. England waste a review when Salt thinks he has caught Rutherford down the leg side. It was a brilliant catch, and Salt was absolutely certain Rutherford had hit it. Goodness knows why because replays showed daylight between bat and ball.

Instead the ball was called wide, and Rutherford took advantage by swiping the seventh and final delivery over extra cover for four. This is starting to get pretty ugly for England.

03:59 PM GMT

OVER 35: WI 192/3 (Hope 80 Rutherford 27)

Sam Curran becomes the eighth bowler used by England today. A decent start, four from the over, but what England really need are wickets plural.

03:51 PM GMT

OVER 34: WI 188/3 (Hope 79 Rutherford 24)

John Turner, back on for Archer, is pulled round the corner for six more by Rutherford. He has such fast hands and could take this game away from England in a hurry. That’s if it hasn’t already: on a slowish pitch, West Indies have scored exactly 100 in the last 13 overs. The last four of those came off the final ball of Turner’s over, pulled imperiously through midwicket by Hope.

03:45 PM GMT

Watch: Rashid bowls Carty for 71

03:44 PM GMT

OVER 33: WI 174/3 (Hope 74 Rutherford 16)

Oh dear. The first ball of Livingstone’s new spell is too short and pulled lustily for six by Rutherford. The two exchange words, though it seems relatively good-natured, and there are three singles from the remainder of the over.

03:42 PM GMT

OVER 32: WI 165/3 (Hope 73 Rutherford 8)

England give Archer one more over in the hope he can dismiss the dangerous Rutherford before he gets in. No luck with that, though he does restrict West Indies to three singles.

03:38 PM GMT

OVER 31: WI 162/3 (Hope 72 Rutherford 6)

No messing around from Sherfane Rutherford, who drives his second ball lazily back over Rashid’s head for four. Beautiful batting.

03:35 PM GMT

Wicket!

Carty b Rashid 71 Carty, who has struggled to pick Rashid, is bowled by a gorgeous googly that takes the inside edge, deflects onto his leg and then back onto the stumps. How England needed that. FOW: 155/3

03:32 PM GMT

OVER 30: WI 154/2 (Carty 71 Hope 70)

Jofra Archer’s wretched luck continues when Carty top-edges a hook for six and is dropped off the next ball. He pulled the ball flat and hard towards long leg, where Turner put down a low chance. It wasn’t easy but would usually be taken maybe eight times out of 10 at this level. Archer, usually so undemonstrative, screams with frustration. He’s bowled 11 overs in this series without taking a wicket; he could easily have four or five.

03:25 PM GMT

OVER 29: WI 143/2 (Carty 62 Hope 69)

Adil Rashid also returns. There’s a bit of excitement when Carty slugs him towards long on but the ball bounces well short and West Indies pick up one of four singles in the over. England are struggling here.

03:24 PM GMT

OVER 28: WI 139/2 (Carty 60 Hope 67)

Time for Jofra. West Indies are in such a good position that they can sit on him if they want, though Carty can’t resist a cheeky glide for four. It was finer than he intended but a safe enough shot.

West Indies have scored 51 from the last seven overs.

03:18 PM GMT

OVER 27: WI 133/2 (Carty 55 Hope 66)

Carty sweeps Bethell firmly for four to reach a patient and important half-century. It feels like he has been less fluent than Hope but he reached fifty more quickly, facing 62 balls to Hope’s 66. A misfield from Rashid enhances the feeling that this is starting to get away from England; this isn’t a 300 pitch.

03:14 PM GMT

OVER 26: WI 124/2 (Carty 47 Hope 65)

Another brilliant shot from Hope, who rocks back to flay Jacks over mid-off for four. England are in a bit of bother here. After a quiet spell, West Indies have now hit 36 from the last five overs.

03:12 PM GMT

OVER 25: WI 117/2 (Carty 46 Hope 60)

Hope, surprised by some extra bounce from Bethell, gets a thin edge and is dropped by Phil Salt behind the stumps. That was a very good chance because it was a very fine edge and therefore the ball didn’t really change direction.

03:08 PM GMT

OVER 24: WI 114/2 (Carty 43 Hope 59)

Will Jacks also comes into the attack. I’d have been tempted to give Archer a couple of overs because England urgently need a wicket. Carty steers to the left of Archer at short third man for three runs; Hope slashes to the right of him for four. That boundary also brings up the hundred partnership.

03:05 PM GMT

OVER 23: WI 105/2 (Carty 40 Hope 53)

The left-arm dartist Jacob Bethell replaces Rashid, who has five overs still to bowl. England will want to keep those in hand for when a new batter arrives.

If a new batter arrives. Hope looks in the mood to bat through, and when Bethell drops short he pulls mightily for six to reach a superb half-century: 66 balls, two fours, three sixes. Hope has an ODI conversion rate of 39 per cent, which is outrageous in white-ball cricket. Virat Kohli, the master, is only slightly above him with 41 per cent.

03:01 PM GMT

OVER 22: WI 97/2 (Carty 39 Hope 46)

Carty releases a bit of pressure by cutting Livingstone expertly for four, his first boundary since the eighth over, and the usual ones and twos make it a really good over for West Indies.

03:00 PM GMT

OVER 21: WI 88/2 (Carty 31 Hope 44)

Three more singles from Rashid’s over. Since England went with legspin at both ends, West Indies have managed only 16 runs from six overs.

02:55 PM GMT

OVER 20: WI 85/2 (Carty 30 Hope 43)

Livingstone, who is bowling nicely, beats Carty again outside off stump. Three singles from the over; Livingstone’s figures are 3-0-8-0.

02:52 PM GMT

OVER 19: WI 82/2 (Carty 29 Hope 41)

West Indies are having a bit of a mid-innings lull, with Carty in particularly struggling to rotate strike. They’re in a good position so they can afford a few quiet overs; the most important thing is to build a platform for the hitters to come.

02:49 PM GMT

OVER 18: WI 80/2 (Carty 27 Hope 41)

A lovely legbreak from Livingstone, bowled at Noman Ali pace, grips and beats Carty’s attempted drive. Then a quicker ball surprises Hope, who has to abort his attacking stroke. Good stuff from Livingstone, who has developed into a really accomplished white-ball spinner. It’s a shame he doesn’t bowl more - or indeed at all - in first-class cricket because he could be a dark horse for the Test team.

02:43 PM GMT

OVER 17: WI 79/2 (Carty 26 Hope 41)

Rashid has switched ends to see if he gets any more joy. He doesn’t - any turn is very slow - but it’s an accurate and boundaryless over.

Drinks. West Indies, led by their captain Shai Hope, have recovered impressively after losing an important toss and two early wickets.

02:39 PM GMT

OVER 16: WI 76/2 (Carty 24 Hope 40)

Livingstone replaces Rashid, whose two overs cost 15, and bowls a typical Boring Middle Over. Four from it.

02:35 PM GMT

OVER 15: WI 72/2 (Carty 23 Hope 37)

Too full from Mahmood, a rare bad ball, and Hope punishes him with his second beautiful on-drive of the innings. England need a wicket. Whatever moisture there was in the pitch has gone and West Indies have scored 39 from the last six overs.

02:30 PM GMT

OVER 14: WI 64/2 (Carty 21 Hope 31)

Hope is starting to look dangerous. He drives Rashid imperiously over extra cover for six, and a single later in the over brings up an impressive fifty partnership from 62 balls. These two came together with West Indies in bother at 12/2.

Rashid almost ends the partnership with a delicious googly that beats Carty through the gate and only just misses off stump.

02:28 PM GMT

OVER 13: WI 54/2 (Carty 19 Hope 23)

Another really good over from Mahmood, who is giving the batters no chance to free their arms at all.

02:22 PM GMT

OVER 12: WI 52/2 (Carty 18 Hope 22)

As usual, Adil Rashid comes into the attack straight after the Powerplay. His first over is milked quietly for five.

02:20 PM GMT

OVER 11: WI 47/2 (Carty 16 Hope 19)

Hope shows his class with a textbook on-drive for four off Mahmood. He chips the next ball just short of the diving Jacks at midwicket, and overall that’s an excellent, stump-threatening over Mahmood. Even the ball that went for four was a perfectly good delivery.

02:16 PM GMT

OVER 10: WI 41/2 (Carty 16 Hope 13)

Blimey. Out of nothing, Hope rocks back to heave Turner over extra cover for six, the first of the match. Another big shot later in the over connects with nothing but fresh air.

West Indies have recovered pretty well from their poor start.

02:11 PM GMT

OVER 9: WI 33/2 (Carty 15 Hope 6)

Saqib Mahmood replaces Archer, who bowled a luckless spell of 4-1-8-0. His first ball is too straight and clipped for two by Hope; he attacks the stumps thereafter, including a gently inswinging yorker that is kept out by Carty.

02:07 PM GMT

OVER 8: WI 29/2 (Carty 14 Hope 3)

Carty is living dangerously against Turner. He’s beaten having a windy woof outside off stump, then dropped by Bethell at point. It was a very sharp chance, one-handed above his head, and he could only push it over the bar. Bethell is in very close at point which made it even more difficult.

England have three men between backward point and cover for Carty, but he manages to force an excellent cut for four to end the over.

02:02 PM GMT

OVER 7: WI 23/2 (Carty 8 Hope 3)

Saqib Mahmood’s aggressive, wicket-to-wicket line and fullish should make him a threat on this pitch. For now Archer continues and bowls a maiden to Shai Hope, who is beaten by an absolute jaffa that seams past the outside edge. It’s a minor scandal that Archer hasn’t taken a wicket in this series as he’s bowled some glorious deliveries.

01:58 PM GMT

OVER 6: WI 23/2 (Carty 8 Hope 3)

Carty plays a really nice shot, timing Turner through point for three. Turner’s pace has been around 84mph, though by all accounts he can bowl faster. What really makes him dangerous is the extra bounce he gets.

01:54 PM GMT

OVER 5: WI 19/2 (Carty 5 Hope 3)

A good short ball from Archer is edged onto the body by Hope, who then thumps a couple through extra cover. He is the key wicket now, the man with the ability to anchor the innings and make 130 not out.

01:51 PM GMT

OVER 4: WI 17/2 (Carty 5 Hope 1)

Turner zips a lovely delivery past Carty’s defensive push, then drifts outside leg stump and is put away for four. As Mark Butcher says on TNT Sports, England probably bowled better in the first four overs on Thursday night.they went wicketless then; not today.

01:46 PM GMT

Wicket!

Lewis c Salt b Turner 4 And another! The dangerous Evin Lewis gloves an attempted pull down the leg side to give John Turner his second wicket in the space of four balls. Welcome to international cricket. FOW: 12/2

01:44 PM GMT

OVER 3: WI 12/1 (Lewis 4 Carty 1)

Archer starts around the wicket to Lewis, who gave England’s bowlers a good hiding on Thursday. He gets off the mark with a smooth pull for three; as on Thursday, the outfield is on the slow side. A couple of singles complete a relatively low-key over.

01:39 PM GMT

OVER 2: WI 7/1 (Lewis 0 Carty 0)

Turner has a strangled LBW shout when Keacy Carty inside-edges his first ball onto the pad.

01:37 PM GMT

Wicket!

King c Cox b Turner 7 John Turner takes his first wicket in international cricket! King, who cut superbly for four earlier in the over, sliced a drive towards backward point and was brilliantly caught by Jordan Cox. It was a tough chance, low to his left, but Cox took a lovely two-handed catch. FOW: 7/1

01:34 PM GMT

OVER 1: WI 1/0 (King 1 Lewis 0)

One slip for Archer, who immediately hits a length just outside off stump. King defends watchfully and then takes a single off the last delivery.

01:31 PM GMT

Time for business

Jofra Archer has the new ball and will open the bowling, obviously.

01:19 PM GMT

Pitch report

There was some overnight rain so England will expect some early movement for their seamers. It feels like a really good toss to win, although we said the same in Rawalpindi last week.

01:10 PM GMT

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01:07 PM GMT

Team news

One change apiece. England bring in Saqib Mahmood for Jamie Overton, while West Indies swap their Josephs: Shamar in, Alzarri out.

West Indies King, Lewis, Carty, Hope (c/wk), Rutherford, Hetmyer, Chase, Motie, Forde, Seales, S Joseph.

England Salt (wk), Jacks, Cox, Bethell, Livingstone (c), Curran, Mousley, Rashid, Archer, Mahmood, Turner.

01:05 PM GMT

England win the toss and bowl

That’s usually a pretty big advantage on this ground; the last six ODIs have been won by the team batting second.

12:46 PM GMT

Good afternoon

Hello and welcome to Telegraph Sport’s live, over-by-over coverage of the second ODI between West Indies and England in Antigua. An inexperienced England, who were pummelled in the opening game on Thursday, need to win to take this short series to a decider.

In time we may reflect on this as an important coming-of-age tour for certain players, but right now it’s hard to find much context. West Indies haven’t qualified for the Champions Trophy at the start of next year, and most of this England squad are unlikely to selected.

“I think you can see from the plan of the England team in the last year, and maybe a little bit further back, how much we want to invest in the next generation,” said England’s interim coach Marcus Trescothick. “Coming into these sorts of environments is new, fresh and exciting. Anyone making their debut is not thinking about the amount of games England have lost at white-ball cricket in the last year and a half.

“They’re probably so nervous, they can’t think about any games that have happened in the last six months. It’s an opportunity for them to show what they can do.

“It’s a great time to get these players in. I appreciate that you’d love to bring them in after winning 10 games in a row, of course, but that’s not always possible.”

Bazball-era England have a loose policy of ageism, which means the likes of James Vince and Jonny Bairstow were not considered for this tour.

“You can see the direction of where we’re trying to go, and that means blooding the next guys coming through,” Trescothick said. “Playing people who have played before probably goes against the mantra of what we’re trying to do. I could give you five different examples of where we could go, but that’s not what we are trying to do.”