West Indies vs England 2nd T20 Match Prediction

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Sam Curran was a late addition to England’s T20 squad with Moeen Ali resting ahead of the IPL, but England could go unchanged after a good all-round performance earned victory in the first match. That would mean Curran, Dawid Malan and Mark Wood missing out – though Liam Plunkett’s place could be in danger after he proved very expensive with the ball.

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Jonny Bairstow was man of the match last time out, after hitting 68 from 40 balls including nine fours and two sixes. It was a return to his better form, though he did also hit a half-century during the ODI series.

England have rested some of their biggest names for this T20 series, but Eoin Morgan continues to captain the side – the Irish-born ace hit scores of 65, 70 and 103 in the first three completed ODIs to continue his good batting form and he will be keen to recapture that.

Joe Denly will want to prove himself in the middle order, meanwhile. He hit 30 and took 1-28 in the first match having not managed to force his way into the ODI team. His most recent T20 assignment before this was the Big Bash League, where he signed off with an unbeaten 76 in his final Sydney Sixers innings.

With the ball, Tom Curran – another English star during this year’s BBL – took 4-36 from his four overs before hitting the winning runs with the bat. Chris Jordan claimed 2-16 from three overs, meanwhile including a superb one-handed caught-and-bowled to dismiss Darren Bravo. Adil Rashid’s leg-spin remains a big asset of the English bowling attack too, as the Yorkshireman claimed 1-15 from his four overs.

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England have had a mixed bag in the shortest format of the game, beating Sri Lanka and Australia in one-off matches prior to this series, but losing their most recent series in between – 2-1 to India at home in the summer.

Against India, a batting collapse after Jos Buttler’s 69 led to an eight-wicket defeat in the first game, but they then chased 149 to win the second match by five wickets thanks to Alex Hales’ unbeaten half-century. In the third game, Jason Roy hit 67 in a total of 198/9 but England failed to defend it – falling to a seven-wicket defeat with nine balls to spare.

Most recently, prior to their victory in the first game of this series, they faced Sri Lanka away. Roy hit 69 as England posted 187/8 before Joe Denly (4-19) and Adil Rashid (3-11) led England to a 30-run win.