इंग्लैंड vs वेस्ट इंडीज, मैच 22, लॉर्ड्स क्रिकेट ग्राउंड, लंदन, 24 June 2026 - कमेंट्री

Angling in, on middle, short of a length. Aaliyah Alleyne tucks it to the left of short fine leg and gets a single.

SIX! These runs would be crucial for the Windies in terms of Net Run Rate. Tossed up, fuller, at the stumps. Chinelle Henry slogs it over the deep mid-wicket fence and gets a biggie.

Short, on off and middle. Chinelle Henry pulls it wide of Alice Capsey at long on and gets a couple of runs.

PUT DOWN! Flatter and fuller, on off and middle. Chinelle Henry drills it a bit uppishly to the bowler. Smith gets both hands to catch it, but it's one of those that either stick or don't. In this case, it didn't.

SIX! That has gone back a long way. Chinelle Henry brings up her FIFTY in some style. Maiden T20I half-century for the all-rounder. Fractionally short, on middle and leg. Henry goes on the back foot in a flash and manages to get under the ball. Pummels it way back over deep square leg for a biggie.

England have done it! They continue their unbeaten run, winning this clash against West Indies by 38 runs. England Women are into the semi-finals. Short of a length, on off, Henry hangs back and slaps it towards the bowler. Smith does well to dive to her left and makes a very good stop.

Starts with the slower one, on a good length, outside off. Henry slams it to deep cover for a single.

Another slower one, angled in at the off stump, on a length. Claxton waits on it before forcing it to deep point for one more run.

Wide! Bell spots Henry shuffling across the stumps and tries to keep it away from the batter. Serves a loopy slower ball. It lands beyond the tramline and Henry lets it be.

Sticks to the pace off option, on a length, around off. Henry swings it away to the right of deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

Bell continues with her slower balls, offering this wide outside off, on a good length. Chinelle Henry slaps it to long off for one.

OUT! CAUGHT! Jahzara Claxton has been put out of her misery, and Lauren Bell has her first wicket. Another pace off delivery, fuller, outside off. Claxton comes down the track and tries to hit it over cover, but is nowhere near the pitch of the ball. Ends up slicing it to Linsey Smith in the point region, who pouches the catch safely.

Into the surface, pace taken off, outside off. Aaliyah Alleyne hits it to deep cover for a single.

FOUR! Edged away! Fired in, on off, on a length. Jahzara Claxton gets down on a knee and swings through the line. Gets an outside edge and it races past short third for a boundary. The 50-run stand comes up.

Closer to the off stump, on a good length. Claxton punches it to point.

Full and attacking the front pad. Claxton wrists it through square leg and gets to the other end.

Flatter and fuller, on off, Henry drills it to wide long off for one.

FOUR! A beautiful shot from Claxton. Flatter trajectory and fuller in length, just outside off. Jahzara Claxton charges down the track to get to the pitch of the ball and drives it neatly through the cover region for four runs.

Quicker and angling in, fuller in length, around the pads. Jahzara Claxton misses her flick and wears it on the pad.

Direct hit! Slanting in from around the wicket, on a length. Henry drops it on the leg side with soft hands. Sophie Ecclestone gets to the ball quickly, turns around and scores a direct hit at the bowling end but Henry is in by then.

Wide! Down leg, Jahzara Claxton misses out on the tickle.

Flighted up, on off and middle. Jahzara Claxton works it to mid-wicket and takes a single.

Low full toss, on off. Henry spanks it straight to extra cover.

A tad fuller, on off, Chinelle Henry miscues her heave. The ball drops into the gap between long on and deep mid-wicket. Brace taken.

FOUR! Cracking shot! Ecclestone drags her length back, outside off. Chinelle Henry hangs back and crunches it hard through point for four. 

FOUR! Another dropped chance, but this was a lot tougher. Tossed up, fuller, at the stumps. Chinelle Henry slogs it away but is skied in the gap between long on and deep mid-wicket. Danielle Gibson from deep mid-wicket runs to her left and dives as she goes for the catch with both hands, but fails to hold onto it, and the ball bounces off beyond the boundary cushion.

Nails the yorker, at the toes. Henry brings her wrists into play and works it to the right of deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

FOUR! The 100 is up for West Indies. Fuller and on off and middle. Henry stays leg side and swings through the line. Launches it over mid off and the long on fielder cannot get around to prevent the boundary.

Going away with the angle, on a length. Henry has a poke at the ball and is beaten on the outside edge.

OVERTHROWS! On a good length, on middle. Chinelle Henry pushes it with soft hands in front of point. The batter runs for a single. The fielder has a shy at the bowler's end, but there is no one to back up the throw. The batter gets another run.

On a length, at the stumps, Chinelle Henry pushes it to mid on and gets a single.

A slower one now from Kemp, outside off, Jahzara Claxton drives it to mid off. 

Floated up, on middle. Jahzara Claxton sweeps it behind square leg for a single.

A tough chance. Tossed up, on off. Henry winds up and swings with all her might. Gets it off the toe end, and it goes uppishly back towards the bowler. Sophie Ecclestone leaps but can only get fingertips to it. Single taken.

Fuller and on off. Jahzara Claxton steps out and knocks it to long off for one.

Full and around the pads, Henry drops it beside the strip on the leg side and takes a quick single.

Pushed through, nice and full, on middle. Claxton makes room to force it away. Ekes out an inside edge onto the pads.

On a length, on off. Jahzara Claxton slices it to backward point. Claxton is really struggling out there. 93 required from the last 5 overs.

Serves it on a good length, slanting in, around off, Chinelle Henry punches it to the left of the cover fielder for one.

Swing and a miss! Pitches it fuller, angling outside off, Jahzara Claxton tries to slog it across the line, but gets beaten on the outside edge. 

Claxton misses another hit! Good-length delivery now, slanting it just outside off. Jahzara Claxton shuffles across the line and tries to heave it away, but gets beaten on the inside edge. 

On a length, outside off, Jahzara Claxton tries to paddle it away, but once again misses the connection.

A chance goes down! Angling away, on a back of a length. Claxton clears her front leg and has a swipe across the line. Skies it a long way up to deep mid-wicket, where Linsey Smith runs in off the ropes and dives full-length in front but fails to lay even a hand on it.

DROPPED! Jahzara Claxton gets a lifeline here. Full and outside off. Jahzara Claxton attempts to slog it but catches the top edge. The ball skies up high toward the short cover region. Amy Jones runs toward the skier to take the catch, but she fails to cling on. Single taken.

Rapped on the pads! Drifting in, on middle and leg, full in length. Jahzara Claxton goes for the sweep but the ball sneaks under the blade to catch her on the front pad. That seemd to be going down leg but after having a chat with Amy Jones, Charlie Dean takes the review.

Pushed through, on middle and leg. Jahzara Claxton presses forward and ekes out an inside edge onto the pads.

Slows it down, turning away, full and on off. Claxton eases it to point.

FOUR BYES! Oh, that beats everyone! It seems the ball slips out of Dean's hand and she ends up bowling a high full toss. Jahzara Claxton tries to play the switch hit but misses. Jones fails to gather the ball as well, and it races behind the stumps for four runs. There is a check for No ball, and the replays confirm that the ball was above the waist. Deemed as a No Ball. Free Hit coming up.

Full and straight, on middle and leg. Jahzara Claxton cannot get under it and jams it out to long off for one.

Fired in, on a good length, on middle. Henry taps it back to the bowler.

A bit of air given, on off. Henry punches it to extra cover, where Sophia Dunkley lets it through and concedes a single. 101 required from 42 balls.

Going away, on a length. Henry angles it to backward point.

FOUR! Easy pickings! Too straight, at the hips, on a back of a length. Henry pivots on the back foot and pulls it past short fine leg to her left for a boundary.

Pace taken off, hits the top of off. Chinelle pats it to the right of the bowler and takes a quick single.

Kemp bends her back and offers it on a back of a good length, just outside off. Jahzara Claxton hangs back and punches it to deep cover for one.

Just in! Full-length delivery, on off, Chinelle Henry drives it to the right of the mid off fielder. The long on fielder runs to her left and picks the ball before throwing it at the bowler's end. Kemp collects the ball and dislodges the stumps, as Jahzara Claxton dives to get home. The decision has been sent upstairs, where the replay shows that as Claxton dived, the bat bounced off the shoulder and lost contact with the ground, but some part of her bat was grounded inside the crease before the stumps were broken.

How did that miss the stumps? Skiddy delivery, on a back of a length, on middle and leg. Chinelle Henry hangs back to deal with it but the ball nips back a touch to beat her on the inside edge. Luckily for her, the bounce takes it over the stumps.

OUT! CHOPPED ON! Charlie Dean strikes straight away on her return to the attack. Begins from around the wicket, fractionally short, on off. Glasgow hops back and shapes up to force it through the off side. The ball is not that wide and it keeps a bit low too. Jannillea ends up dragging the ball back onto the stumps off an inside edge. Charlie Dean is on a hat-trick, having picked up a wicket on the last ball of her previous over. West Indies are 69/4, needing 18 from 59 balls.

Flatter and fuller, on off. Henry chops it down in front of backward point and hurries to the other end.

Shorter and on middle. Jahzara Claxton keeps it out.

Tossed up, fuller, outside off, Jahzara Claxton misses her reverse sweep.

WIDE! Fuller, down the leg side, Jahzara Claxton misses her sweep. 

Flatter and a touch fuller, outside off, Jahzara Claxton cuts it to backward point.

A big swing and a miss. Angled in from around the wicket, around the leg stump. Jahzara Claxton backs away and swings with all her might but misses and the ball sneaks just past the leg stump. 116 needed off 54.

Tossed up, on off. A punchy drive to extra cover by Claxton. A misfield by Freya Kemp allows the batters to take a single.

Shorter and on off. Glasgow punches it back to the bowler.

Full and quick, on middle. Glasgow swats it away through mid-wicket and crosses over.

Full, on off, Jahzara Claxton stays on her back foot and tucks it to mid-wicket.

Slower through the air, pitching it fuller, around the pads. Jahzara Claxton sweeps it to deep square leg for one.

Just away from the bowler! On a nagging length this time from Smith, on off and middle. Jannillea Glasgow gets two-minded about whether to block it or push it. Ends up chipping it to the left of the bowler. Smith moves to her left and flings herself at the ball, but it evades her. Single taken.

Full and quick, on middle. Shemaine Campbelle presses forward and clips it to deep mid-wicket. They cross.

Flighted up, on off, hit down to long on for a single.

OUT! CASTLED! West Indies suffer another big blow. Angled in from around the wicket, full and in line with the off stump. It looked like a late decision from Shemaine Campbelle to go for the sweep. The ball kisses the deck, skids through to go under the blade and crashes into the stumps. West Indies are now 3 down for 64, requiring 123 runs in 69 balls.

Pitches it a touch fuller, on middle and turning into the left-hander. Jahzara Claxton tucks it to the leg side with soft hands.

Fuller, just outside off, Jahzara Claxton drives it well, but straight to the cover fielder.

Ecclestone drags her length back yet again, on middle. Jahzara Claxton tucks it off her hips toward square leg and gets a single. 

On the pads, on a good length. Glasgow turns it wide of mid-wicket for a single.

Fuller and on the pads. Shemaine Campbelle goes for the sweep but slips a bit while doing so and ends up getting it away to the left of short fine leg for one.

Shorter and on off. Jannillea Glasgow slaps it away to backward point, where Danni Wyatt-Hodge dives to her left and keeps the batters down to a single.

FOUR! The placement is perfect. Good-length delivery, pitching it just outside off and angling in. Shemaine Campbelle waits back and opens the face of her blade to guide it between point and backward point for four runs.

FOUR! Now toward the leg side! A slight fuller than the previous delivery, shaping in, around middle and leg. Shemaine Campbelle does well to pull it hard and low to the left of the deep square leg fielder for another boundary.

Pitches it up, on middle, Shemaine Campbelle works it to deep mid-wicket and gets a single.

Beaten! Speared in, full and on off. Shemaine Campbelle reaches out in front and tries to force it down the ground but is beaten on the outside edge.

Two leg byes! Angled in again, on a good length. Shemaine Campbelle attempts the reverse but the ball kicks up a bit to catch her on the arm. It goes past short third for a couple of leg byes.

Fired in, very full, on off. Shemaine Campbelle jams it out.

A touch fuller, around middle, Shemaine Campbelle tucks it to deep mid-wicket for one.

Good fielding by Ecclestone off her own bowling! Flighted and fuller, on middle. Jannillea Glasgow drives it well toward the right of the bowler. Sophie Ecclestone dives and makes a one-handed stop.

Pitches it up, on middle and leg, Jannillea Glasgow drives it to long on and gets a single. The 50 is up for West Indies.

FOUR! Welcomed with a boundary. Floated up, on off. Dottin's weight stays on the back foot as she drills it between extra cover and mid off for a four.

FOUR! Same gap, same result. Drags the length back a bit, on off. Dottin winds and spanks it a bit uppishly. She does not quite get hold of it but it bounces through the gap between extra cover and mid off for four more.

SIX! Dottin on the charge. Pressure on Dean. From around the wicket now, fuller and on off. Dottin clears the front leg and clubs it over wide long on for a six.

Flatter and fuller, on middle. Deandra Dottin clears her front foot and looks to heave it once again, but gets the connection from the inner half of the bat, before the ball rolls through square leg. Single taken.

Charlie Dean switches once again and comes from over the wicket. She bowls it fuller, on off. Shemaine Campbelle skips down the track and flicks it to long on for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Charlie Dean has the last laugh. She yet again bowls it flatter and fuller, on middle and leg. Dottin tries to slog it once again, clearing her front foot, but this time she gets the connection from the toe end of the bat. The ball loops toward long on, where Alice Capsey initially runs forward, but then she recovers and backpedals to grab it to her right just before the boundary cushion. Deandra Dottin was starting to look good, but has to depart now. West Indies are 46/2, needing 141 from 84 balls.

Fractionally short, on off. Shemaine Campbelle chops it down on the off side.

Fuller and angled in, on middle. Campbelle eases it to mid on.

Pitched up, on middle. Shemaine Campbelle firms the drive to mid off.

SIX! Flat and over the fence. Angling in, on the back of a good length, over middle and leg. Shemaine Campbelle gets on her back foot, swivels, and pulls it over the deep square leg fence for six runs.

Pitches it up, aiming at the pads of the batter. Shemaine Campbelle misses her flick and wears it on her front pad.

On a good length, shaping away, wide outside off. Shemaine Campbelle squats a bit and extends her arms to spank it through cover, but fails to connect.

FOUR! Up and over! Darted in from around the wicket, on the shorter side, on off. Matthews shuffles across the stumps with backward square leg inside the circle. Plays it over square leg and picks up a boundary.

Slower and on a length, outside off. Not short enough for the cut and Hayley chops it down on the off side.

Wide! Down leg in an attempt to follow the batter. Hayley fails to help it away.

FOUR! Good shot. Flighted delivery, fuller and on off and middle. Matthews gets down on a knee and across the stumps. She reaches out in front and sweeps it over square leg for another boundary.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! England manage to overturn the on-field call. Hayley Matthews is not happy at all, and you can understand why. A decision that will be talked about in the days to come. Flatter and a bit short, outside off. Matthews gets a bit low and flashes at the ball. She misses and it is taken behind by Amy Jones. Jones goes up in appeal but it is turned down. Charlie Dean wastes no time in taking the review. The third umpire is called into action. There is a spike when the ball is next to the ball but from the front-on replay, there appears to be a tiny gap between the bat and the ball. The third umpire takes the spike into account and gives her verdict. A huge moment in the contest, and one that leaves Matthews visibly frustrated as she makes her way off. West Indies are 21/1, chasing 187.

Quicker and shorter, angling in, on off, Shemaine Campbelle tucks it to mid-wicket and gets a single.

Oh, there's a little nick, but the keeper fails to gather it. Short, outside off, angling in. Deandra Dottin charges down the track and tries to power it downtown, but the ball catches a slight outside edge. It deflects past Jones and the ball rolls away to deep third for a couple of runs.

Attacks the stumps, on a length. Matthews pushes it to mid on.

Wide! Hooping away, very full, well beyond the tramline. Matthews reaches out to slice it away but misses.

A play and a miss. Keeps it full, moving away in the air. Hayley throws her hands at the ball but only connects with thin air.

Closer to the off stump. Matthews knocks this full ball to mid on.

Wide! Beyond the tramline on off, on the fuller side. Hayley lets it go.

Had to hurry! Full and outside off. Matthews advances and carves it over cover-point. Freya Kemp runs around in the deep to her right and gets rid of the ball quickly. Her throw is a bit away from the stumps and lacks the desired power. That allows Dottin to get home. A better throw could have found Deandra wanting.

Leg bye! On the pads, on a length. Matthews misses out on the tickle. A leg bye is taken as the ball goes behind on the leg side off the pads.

Hits the good length, on off. Deandra Dottin stays back and stabs it down on the off side.

Flat and full, angling in, on off and middle. Deandra Dottin flicks it a bit uppishly toward long on for a single.

A touch fuller, outside off. Hayley Matthews goes deep inside the crease and punches it uppishly into the gap between the point and backward point fielders. The latter does well to move to her right and make a stop.

Shorter and on off. Matthews shuffles across and pulls it wide of deep mid-wicket. Danielle Gibson sprints to her right in the deep and flings herself at the ball. She flicks it away from the fence and saves a couple for her side. Two runs taken.

Short, on off, Hayley Matthews punches it to long on for one.

Good-length delivery, around off, Deandra Dottin pushes it to cover.

On the fuller side, on off, Deandra Dottin lunges and looks to work it across the line, but the ball holds a bit on the deck. Dottin plays her shot early and it catches the leading edge, before it rolls toward cover-point.

Beaten straightaway! What a start from Lauren Bell. Full-length delivery, pitching it just outside off and swinging it away. Hayley Matthews brings out her front foot to drive it through cover, but gets beaten on the outside edge. 

Hayley Matthews and West Indies are underway! Pitches it up, does Bell, in the channel of uncertainty. Hayley Matthews drives it to the left of the cover fielder. Alice Capsey does well to field it, and the batter gets a single. 

WIDE! Spraying it down the leg side, on a good length. Deandra Dottin looks to flick it but misses. Jones dives well to her left and gloves it.

Fuller and moving away, on off. This is carved to deep point for a single to open her account.

Nearly a yorker, on off, Hayley Matthews jams it to mid on.

Yorker, just outside off. Hayley Matthews crouches a bit low and drops her bat down to block it.

Off the inside edge! A very good start from Lauren Bell. Good-length delivery, keeping the line in the channel outside off. Hayley Matthews tries to punch it away with a cross-bat, but gets the inside edge, before the ball bounces off toward the bowler.