Topley’s superb return helps England survive ‘scary’ West Indies six barrage

Reece Topley runs out West Indies’ Shai Hope with a stunning piece of fielding in his follow through almost six years after his last England T20I. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images

On a night of wildly unexpected suddenly inflating late drama in Bridgetown England snatched a scarring, fraught, very narrow victory from the jaws of a morale-boosting, straightforward and emphatic victory to nevertheless level the five-match Twenty20 series against West Indies at 1-1 with three to play.

After its dizzying conclusion, when Akeal Hosein had sent the last five legal deliveries of the night – there was a wide in there somewhere – for four, four, six, six and once again six, the home side, having inflicted upon England a morale-sapping thrashing in Saturday night’s opener, had somehow found a way of inflicting upon them a morale-sapping success, secured by a one-run margin.