It was a fluctuating innings from West Indies, as England’s bright start with the ball saw them concede just 12 from the first three overs of the powerplay and 43 from the next.
Wood accounted for Lewis with his extravagant swing, and the batter’s review one of pure desperation as the ball was crashing into middle stump.
Charles’ scratchy innings of 47 off 39 balls led to some suggestions it was a tricky pitch but considering the fluency of the rest of the line-up – and eventually England’s – his sluggishness in the middle overs led to his side posting a below-par total.
In contrast, Hope enjoyed pace on the ball, as he whacked Brydon Carse for two stunning sixes over long-off and looked in such sparkling form that only a piece of magic from Rashid could dismiss him.
England’s leg-spinner tempted Hope into coming down the pitch, turned the ball past the off stump and Buttler whipped off the bails.
Brook rotated his bowlers efficiently through the middle as the runs dried up, with Sherfane Rutherford caught on the boundary off Bethell for six and Charles was bizarrely bowled by nutmegging himself to give Wood a second wicket.
But that kickstarted the chaos as Powell struck three sixes to take West Indies to 149-5 at the end of the 18th, before Brook had no choice but to bowl Rashid at the death with such short straight boundaries for the batters to target.
Holder capitalised, pulling a drag down over square leg first ball before slamming two more sixes down the ground in simple but brutal fashion.
He handed Shepherd the strike who then repeated the dose on a difficult day for spinners – Liam Dawson, the hero of the series opener with four wickets, was also reminded of cricket’s fickle nature with figures of 0-43.
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