9.37pm: Time for the presentations... West Indies captain Hayley Matthews is named Player of the Match for her 100 not out from 67 balls: "A good day for myself but unfortunate not to get the win. Felt we were 15-20 runs short. We weren't able to build as many partnerships. Hard to defend 150, on the wrong end today. Always good when you can hit a few well. Hope to carry the form through the series. [Bowling] Was going to be hard, plans were solid but we missed out on execution. About picking ourselves up and starting again [in Hove]. Still some positives to take from this game. [Youngsters] Good when girls get an opportunity, like Grimmond making her debut today. Hopefully we have Staf and Campbell back for the next game."

England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt: "Happy days, didn't have to do anything. Important thing was taking wickets through the innings. Hayley is such a big player for them but stemming the runs by taking wickets was our method. The chase looked calm and calculated and brilliant to watch. [Captaining] Pretty good, sometimes feels quite muddled and everything going quickly, but I just enjoyed it. [Matthews] If we bowl our best ball more often, we can put more pressure on her, but she played well. The wicket was good with a quick outfield, happy with that total in the end. [One-Day Cup form] That was an important part of preparation, to get cricket under our belts, and that showed today. [Keep momentum] Absolutely, down to Hove, new surface, new day. Hopefully adapt and have another good game."

And that's that for tonight. The international summer in England is underway. Thanks for your contributions. Join us for more tomorrow morning, when the men take on Zimbabwe in an historic Test match. Until then, bye-bye!

9.30pm: After the tribulations of the winter, all is well in the Garden of England. Sophia Dunkley and Heather Knight saw the hosts home with an unbroken partnership of 94 from 65, as Hayley Matthews' heroics with the bat went in vain for West Indies. The only blot on the England copybook was Nat Sciver-Brunt recording a two-ball duck on her maiden outing as permanent captain - but she'll presumably be more than happy with such a comprehensive W to start her tenure

16.3

Fraser to Dunkley, FOUR runs

width and chopped through the covers, the ball may well run away for four... but it's enough for England either way! England win by eight wickets, with room to spare. The Edwards-NSB era starts with a comprehensive victory

16.2

Fraser to Knight, 1 run

full toss on the stumps, worked to leg

16.1

Fraser to Knight, FOUR runs

boshed! Full in the slot outside off and Knight breaks the wrists to send the ball soaring over cover for a one-bounce four

Six needed

16.1

Fraser to Knight, 1 wide

round the wicket and down the leg side

Fraser again, seven needed by England

Here's Prakash: "Out of the 61 (Matthews hit the 62nd today) centuries scored in WT20Is, only 2 have resulted in a loss for the team, Beth Mooney in 2017 (also against England) and Chamari Athapaththu in 2019. Hayley's is on the way to becoming the 3rd one here."

end of over 1612 runs

ENG-W: 140/2CRR: 8.75 • RRR: 1.75 • Need 7 runs from 24b

Heather Knight38 (25b 5x4)

Sophia Dunkley77 (55b 11x4)

Karishma Ramharack 3-0-27-0

Zaida James 4-0-32-1

15.6

Ramharack to Knight, 1 run

shimmies down and chips the ball short of long-off for one

15.5

Ramharack to Dunkley, 1 run

takes a leading edge into the covers, tight single but they get home

15.4

Ramharack to Dunkley, 2 runs

tossed up and dinked uppishly into the gap at midwicket. Dunkley passes her previous T20I best

15.3

Ramharack to Dunkley, FOUR runs

reversed again! This was shorter and left her slightly off balance, but still she slapped it authoritatively past short third

15.2

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Ramharack to Dunkley, no run

lobbed on leg stump, patted back

15.1

Ramharack to Dunkley, FOUR runs

reverse-swept from leg stump! Calculated batting from Dunkley, stepping across and fetching this through short third for another boundary

England need 19 from the last five overs to start Charlotte Edwards tenure with a win...

end of over 1514 runs

ENG-W: 128/2CRR: 8.53 • RRR: 3.80 • Need 19 runs from 30b

Sophia Dunkley66 (50b 9x4)

Heather Knight37 (24b 5x4)

Zaida James 4-0-32-1

Hayley Matthews 3-0-20-0

14.6

Zaida James to Dunkley, 1 run

full and whipped to leg as Dunkley comes down

14.5

Zaida James to Knight, 1 run

angling in on fifth stump, slapped out to the cover rope

14.4

Zaida James to Knight, FOUR runs

pounded to deep backward point, England racing towards the finish line here. Knight rocks back and cuts forcefully past the infielder, and the fade on the ball means the sweeper is nowhere, too

14.3

Zaida James to Knight, FOUR runs

chipped over the off-side ring, runs away! Shuffles forward again and opens the face to beat the ring and get four more

14.2

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Zaida James to Knight, no run

floated up outside off, punched to cover

14.1

Zaida James to Knight, FOUR runs

boshed through long-off! Lobbed up and Knight marches out to the pitch of it, flows through a lofted straight drive, one-bounce four

Alleyne gets hooked, James is back

end of over 146 runs

ENG-W: 114/2CRR: 8.14 • RRR: 5.50 • Need 33 runs from 36b

Heather Knight24 (19b 2x4)

Sophia Dunkley65 (49b 9x4)

Hayley Matthews 3-0-20-0

Aaliyah Alleyne 1-0-9-0

13.6

Matthews to Knight, 1 run

fired in straight, Knight nurdles through square leg

13.5

Matthews to Dunkley, 1 run

full and flicked into the leg side

13.4

Matthews to Dunkley, 2 runs

dropped! Dunkley uses the feet and chips the ball down the ground, Alleyne is running in from long-on... gets her hands under it, but can't hold on! Tough chance but she did the hard part

13.3

Matthews to Knight, 1 run

zipped on the stumps, Knight goes back and nurdles to midwicket

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Win Probability

ENG-W 100%

WI-WENG-W

100%50%100%

Over 17 • ENG-W 150/2

ENG Women won by 8 wickets (with 21 balls remaining)

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