Jason Roy and Moeen Ali were the heroes for England as they levelled the series with a 34-run win over the West Indies to set up a blockbuster showdown in the final T20I.
Having lost the toss and been put in to bat, Roy and Moeen starred for England as they posted an imposing first innings total of 193-6.
Despite a slow start which saw him score just 11 runs off 19 balls, Roy blasted 39 off his next 15 and brought up his half-century with a six off Dominic Drakes.
Despite losing Tom Banton for just four in the second over, Roy shared an 85-run partnership with James Vince that laid the foundations for Moeen to tee off.
Kieron Pollard got Roy caught behind for 52 and Vince was then caught off Akeal Hosein for 34 in the following over as the West Indies threatened to drag themselves into the game.
However, Moeen then proceeded to dominate a 65-run partnership with Liam Livingstone, scoring 48 of those runs, and going on to score 63 off just 28 balls.
Livingstone managed just the one lusty blow, hammering Pollard for a 91 m six, but he perished for just 16.
Moeen, meanwhile, took 28 off one over, smashing Jason Holder for four consecutive sixes.
He brought up his fifty off just 23 balls, before getting caught at long-on off Holder.
Sam Billings then finished things off with a flourish as he struck 13 off just four balls to push England up to 193.
In response, Kyle Mayers did his best to get the West Indies off to a flier, striking 40 runs off just 23 balls.
Moeen got Mayers caught in the deep in the eighth over to halt the hosts' momentum, with Brandon King and Nicholas Pooran struggling to find the boundary.
King was caught in the deep off Moeen for 26 off 27 balls and Adil Rashid, England's biggest weapon in white-ball cricket, then dismissed the dangerous Rovman Powell cheaply.
Fresh from a match winning hundred in the previous game, Moeen gave Rashid an extra over in a bid to get rid of Powell and the leg-spinner delivered.
Rashid produced a beautiful googly which deceived Powell and bowled him for just five, leaving England well on top with the West Indies 78-3 after 11 overs.
Nicholas Pooran threatened to get going in the 14th over when he hammered two sixes off Livingstone.
However, Livingstone had the last laugh, getting Pooran caught at long-on for 22.
Holder played a good cameo at the end, striking 32 off 23 balls, but it was too little too late for the West Indies as he holed out in the 18th over with his side needing 54 off 17 balls.
Ultimately the West Indies fell 35 runs short of their target and England's victory sets up a mouthwatering winner-take-all final T20I on Sunday.
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England opt for experience
Having made two changes to their side, bringing in Sam Billings and Chris Jordan for Harry Brook and George Garton, England opted for their strongest available team.
With England needing to win the remaining two games in order to win the series, they decided to go with experience.
Having missed the previous game through illness Billings was always likely to come back in, but it was telling that England backed Jordan instead of giving an opportunity to Saqib Mahmood, David Payne or Garton.
It was a sign that England were desperate to level the series rather than just blood some new faces ahead of this year's T20 World Cup and Jordan delivered, going for just 30 runs from his four overs after getting smashed for 23 in the last over he bowled in the second T20I.
Roy shows his class
Having made a sedate start to his innings, scoring just 11 runs off his first 19 balls, Roy was able to accelerate and ended up scoring 52 off 42 balls.
As the only member of England's first-choice top three playing in this series, Roy has batted with much more responsibility and it is no coincidence that his two best innings have begun with slow starts.
When he got into his groove, Roy was at his destructive best, blasting three sixes which included a 101 m strike off Cottrell which landed on the roof.
The captain delivers
Standing in as captain once again, Moeen built on the platform laid by Roy and Vince to blast his highest score of the series so far.
After scoring 20 off his first 16 balls, Moeen teed off against Holder in the 18th over, smashing four consecutive sixes and taking 28 off the over.
He brought up his half-century off just 23 balls, but eventually fell to Holder for an excellent 63 which helped power England towards 193-6.
Moeen also played a key role with the ball, dismissing Mayers and King and taking 2-28.
Mayers' strong start
Having been brought into the side for his first game of the series, Mayers got the West Indies off to a brilliant start, blasting a 23-ball 40.
Mayers struck four sixes and two fours and helped the hosts take advantage of the powerplay as they scored 56 in the first six overs.
The 29-year-old replaced Shai Hope in the line-up and made the most of his opportunity, with no other batter finding any real fluency in the first half of the innings.
Spin to win for England
Mayers had the majority of his success against pace and it was England's spin trio of Moeen, Rashid and Livingstone which picked up the majority of the wickets.
Moeen removed the two openers, while Rashid dismissed the dangerous Powell and Livingstone accounted for Pooran just as he began to get going.
Between them, the trio picked up 4-74 from their ten overs to leave England's seamers 75 runs to defend from the last five overs, something they did with ease.
