West Indies v England: Charlie Dean stars with 4-19 as England secure T20 series win over West Indies

Heather Knight helped England station their highest T20 people of the series

England secured a Twenty20 bid triumph implicit West Indies with a 17-run triumph successful Barbados.

West Indies' batters enactment successful an improved show aft a mediocre series, but Charlie Dean took 4-19 to restrict them to 140-8 from their 20 overs.

The effect gives England an unassailable 3-0 pb with 2 games remaining.

England's first-innings full was the highest of the bid truthful far, and was ever going to beryllium a large inquire of the West Indies, whose highest ever T20 pursuit is 151.

But the hosts started their pursuit brightly, reaching 55-1 aft the opening powerplay earlier a double-wicket maiden from Dean, that included the prize wicket of Hayley Matthews for 35, changed the people of the game.

Rashada Williams took the onslaught to England with 38 from 29 balls but fell lbw to Sophie Ecclestone successful the penultimate implicit which dampened immoderate hopes of a West Indies upset.

England person won each crippled of the circuit truthful far, having besides clinched a 3-0 one-day planetary whitewash. The bid continues connected Sunday astatine 22:00 GMT astatine the aforesaid venue.

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Dunkley and Knight acceptable up England win

Despite batting with a caller opening spouse successful Lauren Winfield-Hill, with Danni Wyatt resting, Dunkley was unfazed and again important successful mounting up England's first-innings total.

So acold successful the series, the opener has scores of 25 from 21 balls, 43 astatine a tally a shot and her innings successful the 3rd T20 came astatine a strike-rate of 141.

The half-centuries whitethorn beryllium eluding her but Dunkley has established herself arsenic a reliable T20 opener astatine the cleanable clip for England, with a World Cup conscionable implicit 2 months away.

Smashing 3 consecutive boundaries from the 2nd implicit of the innings acceptable the code for Dunkley's knock, and it took a portion of brilliance from Shemaine Campbelle with a nonstop deed tally retired to extremity her enactment astatine the crease.

With 102 runs already connected the committee aft 13 overs erstwhile Dunkley departed, it allowed Knight the state to play with adjacent aggression and freedom.

The skipper started her innings with a reverse-sweep for 4 and the intent continued, favouring the limb broadside arsenic she struck 5 fours and a six earlier she holed retired to heavy quadrate limb successful the penultimate over.

There was imaginable for a middle-order wobble erstwhile Dunkley and Amy Jones fell successful the 14th over, Jones chipping Shenata Grimmond consecutive to mid-on, but Knight's positivity ensured West Indies could not marque the astir of the accidental to dominate.

Dean shines amid West Indies improvement

Despite the defeat, it was comfortably West Indies' champion batting show of the circuit truthful far.

Matthews has had a frustrating bid with the bat, showing glimpses of her dazzling people but struggling to footwear connected to the large scores her squad requires. Her 35 from 31 balls contained six fours including a lofted screen thrust that could beryllium a contender for the changeable of the year, but her dismissal to Dean successful the eighth implicit squandered a promising position.

But portion the mediate bid buckled nether the unit earlier successful the series, Williams and 19-year-old debutant Trishan Holder, stood firm.

Williams, 25, scored the hosts' lone half-century of the bid successful the 2nd one-day planetary and has been their standout subordinate of the circuit with her assertive intent, portion Holder made a run-a-ball 21 connected a precise promising debut.

But they were halted by different youngster with an highly agleam aboriginal successful Dean, who has present taken 7 wickets successful 2 games during the T20 bid to spell with 7 successful the ODIs.

The off-spinner deceived the batters with her assortment successful gait and accuracy and has formed an breathtaking bowling concern with Ecclestone, who took 2-28. England were relying connected their spinners with Lauren Bell and Katherine Brunt resting, and they surely roseate to the challenge.