Hope six seals 3-2 win for WI after Motie keeps lid on England
Written by I Dig SportsWest Indies 133 for 6 (Hope 43*, Rutherford 30) beat England 132 (Salt 38, Motie 3-24) by four wickets
This finale was played on the same strip at Trinidad's Brian Lara Cricket Academy as the one used in England's 75-run win 48 hours previously, but the games could hardly have been more different: after 459 runs in 35.3 overs on Tuesday evening, Thursday's game saw just 265 in 38.5, culminating in a scrap for the finish line.
Hope dug deep in pursuit of 133, soaking up 31 balls for his first 23 runs before finally shifting up a gear when he squeezed Rehan Ahmed away for his first boundary. West Indies made things difficult for themselves, but England's late collapse after being sent in - they lost their last six wickets for just 22 runs - proved decisive.
A pinch of Salt
Spin smothers England
Buttler bemoaned the time it took England to realise that this was not the belter of two nights previously, which allowed Motie and Hosein to thrive. Harry Brook fell to his sixth ball, gloving Motie behind as he shaped to scoop; only once more, when Moeen Ali dragged one over midwicket, did he concede a boundary.
England's lower order offered little resistance: Russell cleaned Chris Woakes up with an inch-perfect yorker, then reacted quickly to take a fine catch off his own bowling when Rehan hit a full toss back at him. Adil Rashid ran himself out while getting Curran back on strike, but Curran could only pick out long-on. From 267 for 3, England were bowled out for just 132.
Hope drops anchor
Johnson Charles, replacing Kyle Mayers at the top of the order, made an early dent in the target, swinging Woakes over square leg for six before steering him away through point. But England's bowlers picked up the early wickets they craved: Brandon King swung Reece Topley straight to mid-on, and Nicholas Pooran chopped Woakes onto his own stumps.
England tried to replicate West Indies' spin squeeze, and Rashid - celebrating his ascent to the top of the ICC's rankings in this format - struck in his first over. The breakthrough came thanks to the worst ball he bowled, a loopy full toss outside off stump that Charles slapped straight to short cover.
As the game went deep, the chase became frantic. Powell dumped Rehan down the ground for six to take the required rate below six but then steered Topley to short third, and Russell swung like a rusty gate before heaving Curran's full toss down long-on's throat as West Indies managed one run off the first five balls of the 19th over.
Holder was nearly run out off the final ball of the over, but Curran's close-range attempt to deflect Rashid's throw onto the stumps went wide. When Holder's inside-edge off Woakes' first ball of the 20th left six required off five balls, Hope decided to finish it with a single blow: he crashed Woakes over the off side, prompting celebrations that would continue long into the night.
Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. @mroller98