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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
What a catch from Badree! Plunkett is gone for 4! #ENG 142/9 (18.3) LIVE: bit.ly/WT20-35 #ENGvWI #WT20 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CfIFH2FWQAA1A3S.jpg
145-9 Rashid 1 Jordan 5Seven runs off the penultimate over, and it's been a fine day for the West Indies so far. Expect Rashid or Jordan to have a few big swings in the next six balls - England need all the help they can get.
155-9 - Rashid 4 Jordan 12England's lower order made that a respectable scoreline, but England now need something special to lift the T20 World Cup.
#ENG make 155-9 from 20 overs, with @root66 leading the way on 54. #WI need 156 to win the #WT20 final. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CfIGw3XWAAER_al.jpg
In the words of Ned Flanders, England find themselves in a dilly of a pickle - but Joe Root's 54 could be the key to a victory today. Nobody could really stay with him for any real amount of time, but that is the silver lining for Eoin Morgan's men.
The sides are back out, and Chris Gayle and Johnson Charles are up for the West Indies - what a moment for them.
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