West Indies vs England, 2nd ODI - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: England tour of West Indies, 2019 Venue: Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Date & Time: Feb 22, 11:00 AM LOCAL

Pressure will be on Windies bowlers to stop England. © AFP

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Post-match thoughts

Jason Holder: Really pleased. We played a really good game. Credit to Hetty, he set it up nicely for us with the bat. On a sticky wicket, we got a good total and credit to our bolwers the way we defended it. I knew that I had to take a wicket. I just wanted one to change the momentum. We had the belief. We pushed from there. It gave us the momentum, put England under pressure. Credit to the boys. We need options in this day and age, with the big scores that batting teams score in modern ODI cricket. Cottrell has added variation - he is a wicket-taker and very enthusiastic, love his energy. It's good to see the youngsters stepping up. Credit to the batters - they did really well, but we probably could have got some more runs. And they probably can't hear me, but a special thanks to the crowd as well.

Shimron Hetmyer, Man of the Match: (When asked what was the conversation with Bravo at the start of his innings) Just keep going, try to rotate as much as possible, get a partnership going. Just trying to open up more sides - still a work in progress. I'm trying to change my approach, trying to bring different dimensions to the game. Our mood was good as usual. The guys believed in themselves. He (Sheldon) did a fantastic job to take five wickets. The salute was actually for my girlfriend. I just try to do the good things that I do when she's around.

Eoin Morgan: We did a lot of good things today. Two games into the pitch, we made a lot of improvements. I thought 290 was well within our capabilities. The run-rate was never an issue. Windies deserved to win. My first time facing him (Cottrell), different challenge - swinging both ways, and he comes back with variations with the older ball. Collectively, we have to chase down in partnerships. In international cricket, you really need to nail it when you are on top, we failed to do that.

Windies level series 1-1

Windies bowlers produced some late drama as Sheldon Cottrell's maiden five-wicket haul helps Windies seal a series-levelling win. There were solid half-centuries from Eoin Morgan and Ben Stokes but Windies bowlers made a sensational comeback in the last ten overs to snatch the contest from the visitors.

England made an absolutely horrific start with both openers falling to Sheldon Cottrell with just 10 on the board. While Jonny Bairstow had a first-ball lbw, Jason Roy chopped one back on to leave the team wobbling. Eoin Morgan and Joe Root steadied things and put the chase back on track with a half-century stand. Root was the aggressor and gave the England captain enough cushion to settle in after a slow start. However, Root fell to Oshane Thomas - caught behind trying to cut a wide one - as England slipped to 60 for 3.

Having being pushed on the backfoot, Morgan launched a solid counter attack and picked up the scoring rate. He took on Ashley Nurse and Oshane Thomas to ease the pressure and reached his half-century in the 25th over. Chris Gayle was brought into the attack and even he was dismissed over the boundaries as England continued to march towards the target. The Stokes-Morgan collaborating fetched England 99 and the duo really imposed themselves on the bowlers to transfer the pressure back on Windies. Cottrell produced another moment of brilliance he dismissed Morgan for an 83-ball 70.

England were 159 for 4 at that stage and needed 131 more to seal the contest. Jos Buttler got going quickly as the next 9.4 overs produced 69 runs to put England within touching distance. However, with ten overs to go and 62 more needed, England lost their way. Stoke fell to Jason Holder and five runs later Buttler to succumbed to the Windies captain. Tom Curran was trapped lbw the first ball he faced as the side slipped from 228 for 4 to 233 for 7. Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid got the equation down to 40 off the last five overs before Cottrell came and sealed the game for Windies.

Bowling the 47th, the left-arm pacer first had Rashid caught behind on the third ball and then two balls later bowled Moeen to complete his maiden five-wicket haul in ODIs.

Windies one wicket away ... Too much pressure on Moeen and Rashid and it showed. Cottrell completes his five-wicket haul to leave England reeling. They need 29 in the last three overs.

40 needed of the last five overs ...

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Hello and welcome to the live blog of the second ODI between Windies and England in Barbados. After more than 700 runs were scored in the first game, the pressure will again be on the bowlers to help their team win the clash. England's victory in the first match was achieved with such ease, chasing down 360 to win without breaking a sweat, that it is the West Indian bowlers who will be feeling the heat more than anyone in the lead-up. On Wednesday, their attack looked one-dimensional, one-paced and without much of a discernible cutting edge at all. Even Oshane Thomas, the Jamaican quick, was made to look pedestrian. And Windies need to find a cutting edge because containment simply does not work against this England team. Wickets are the only way to stop them. But where are Windies going to find those wickets from?

Their toothlessness with the ball in the first match was not a one-off. Over the past two years, Windies have taken their wickets at a greater average than any other ODI team, conceded the third-most runs per over and have the worst strike rate, 49.1, too. In the same period, England have played 42 ODIs to Windies' 41, yet Eoin Morgan's men have taken 84 more wickets. With those sort of figures, it is little wonder Jason Holder's men have won just 11 matches in those two years.

Solving the problem won't be easy. Kemar Roach is injured and Shannon Gabriel is banned and while Devendra Bishoo may be the best wrist-spinner in the Caribbean, his recent record in ODI cricket is awful. At the very least, they could throw in Sheldon Cottrell's left-arm option to add some variety and the fielders could help their bowlers out by improving on an awful fielding display which CricViz suggested cost Windies 50 runs in the first match. Even then, it's doubtful England's batsmen will be kept up at night worrying about this Windies bowling attack.

England's bowlers won't be sleeping so soundly, though after receiving their own hammering in the first match, particularly Liam Plunkett who conceded 54 runs from his six overs. For all their batting brilliance, England's bowling attack can still have the odd off day and Chris Gayle and co put them to the sword at times in the first game, hitting 23 sixes in all, 12 from the bat of Gayle. Some of that may be down to rustiness - Plunkett and Chris Woakes have not played much of late - but the batsmen won't always be able to bail the bowlers out by chasing such large scores.