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Your support makes all the difference.West Indies have won the Twenty20 final in a sensational finish in which Carlos Braithwaite smashed four sixes in four balls to secure victory in the lastover
- England got off to a disastrous start and set a lowly target of 156
- However, victory looked in sight for England with West Indies needing 19 from the final over
- Carlos Braithwaite then smashed four successive sixes from Ben Stokes's bowling to take them to victory in Kolkata
- West Indies won the Women's World Twenty20 final against Australia earlier today
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Women's World Twenty20 final: West Indies beat three-times defending champions Australia
Hayley Matthews has hit 66, but she's gone now - what a boost for Australia!
Good luck to @englandcricket in the #WT20 final against West Indies in India later this afternoon! http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ce9d2CDWwAAnUwi.jpg
Meanwhile, the English FA have given their best wishes to their cricket counterparts. Could a win today be followed by glory at Euro 2016 for the footballing contingent?
WI Women are 135/1 and need 14 runs from 12 balls - that's easily doable, but this is where the nerves come in. Play it safe and risk a frantic finish, or go for broke and risk a collapse?
... go for broke it is! That's a four off the first ball of the penultimate over, which leaves 10 runs needed off of 11 balls.
Poor fielding sees Dottin smash another four, and now it's just 6 from 10.
Five games down, one to go. Here's @josbuttler on the key moments on the road to the final: the-ecb.co.uk/JamOdL http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CfHR7OtXEAQyGZE.jpg
OUT! A late twist? Farrell strikes. Taylor is gone for a brilliant 59 and #WI need 5 off 8.LIVE: cricketa.us/WWT20_Final #WT20 #AUSvWI
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