England vs West Indies highlights T20 World Cup 2021: England beat West Indies by 6 wickets

That's that then. Jos Buttler completes the chase in 8.2 overs. A convincing victory for England and their first against West Indies in World T20 in six attempts

England are incurring a hard time in Dubai with thebat now, going 4 down in 6.1 overs. Livingstone departs for just 1 off 2. Umpires want to take another look at the catch. The soft signal is OUT. The fingers are underneath and Windies aregiven the green signal.

England 40/4 in 6.1 overs

A horrible mix-up and Moeen Ali is run put. Buttler declined the run when Moeen was well past the halfway mark of the pitch. McCoy collected the throw and broke the stumps comfortably. England have now lost their third wicket inside the powerplay

Hosein has dismissed Bairstow for just 9 off 6. Carefully dragged his length back as Bairstow reached out to drive the ball. It took a thickish inside edge and landed safely into the hands of the bowler. Some silver lining for West Indies?

Finally, something for West Indies in the game. Roy has been deceived by the slower delivery from Rampaul and he chipped it straight to Gayle at short mid-wicket. He departs for just 11.

England 21/1 in 3.1 overs

Buttler punched through the cover in the fourth ball of the chase to score a boundary before throwing his hand at a widish delivery from Rampaul to cut through backward point for another boundary. Roy joined his partner to smash a six against Hosein in the third over as England amassed 21 runs at the end of three overs.

West Indies faced 59 dot balls today in the 86 deliveries they faced. That's the second-lowest for the team in World T20, after 65 dots during a game against India in 2014. Windies had scored 129/7 in the game before losing by seven wickets.

Welcome back! The England opening pair of Roy and Buttler walk towards the middle. Akeal Hosein will open the attack for West Indies.

Rashid finishes with his career-best bowling figures, 2.2-0-2-4 as West Indies lose their final wicket to register their second lowest T20I score and lowest in World T20. 

With Pollard's dismissal, Windies' final batting hope ends. Pollard looked to clear the rope, but the ball landed safely into the hands of Bairstow in the deep. Obed McCoy followed the captain, departing for a golden duck. Windies now 9 down in 12.2 overs

West Indies' lowest T20I score is 45, against England in 2019. In T20 World Cup, they have never been folded for a score less than 100, their lowest being 101, against Sri Lanka at the Oval in 2009.

What is going on in Dubai! Returning just after the drinks break, Rashid dismissed Russell for a duck. Windies now 7 down for just 44.

England have been absolutely spot on with their bowling changes, match-ups and fielding as well. West Indies, on the other hand, have looked in complete disarray, losing six wickets inside 10 overs for just 44 runs.

England are not even celebrating now. Pooran's horrid run with the bat continues as he manages to score just one run in nine deliveries before nicking off to Jos Buttler.

West Indies 42/6 in 8.5 overs

Bairstow takes a stunning low catch at point, unrealistic though, as Bravo becomes the fifth batsman to depart.

West Indies 37/5 in 7.2 overs

They have now lost their fourth wicket as Gayle departs for 13 off 13. Mills' extra pace down the magic and Gayle is absolute disappointed with his dismissal.

West Indies 31/4 in 6 overs

Three wickets have fallen in the powerplay and Moeen has picked up two of them. Hetmyer, who already hit two boundaries, looked to take on Moeen, but mistimed his shot. He walked back in disappointment as West Indies now go three down.

West Indies 27/3 in 5 overs

Windies in trouble early on as they have lost their second opener in a space of just four deliveries. Simmons shimmied down to slog the delivery from Moeen straight to the fielder at deep mid-wicket.

West Indies 9/2 in 2.2 overs

A slower delivery from Woakes and Lewis looked to launch it high over the bowler's head, but it only took the bottom of the bat. Moeen Ali grabbed it comfortably in the deep. And early breakthrough for England.

West Indies 9/1 in 2 overs

The openers - Simmons and Lewis - make their way to the middle. Moeen Ali will open the attack for England.Both teams "take the knee". Here we go!

Kieron Pollard. We would have bowled. Russell is fit. First World Cup for Pooran, McCoy. Akeal Hosein gets an opportunity as well. With the combination of our team we do not depend on Russell bowling 4 overs every game. We have an all-round team. Just a matter of us coming together and playing. Chris Gayle, legend for us. He has been around for 20 odd years. He has done a lot for west Indies in all three formats. He has done justice to himself. Looking forward to what we can do as a team more than individuals.

Eoin Morgan: Short side one side. And we can guard ourselves a bit with that dew factor. Missing out are Billings, Willey, Curran, Wood... Wood and Curran needed a bit more time to recover after the injuries in the warm-up games. Tymal Mills is playing. He was excellent for us before. We get balance with Liam and Moeen, so gives us three seamers and three spinners. Obviously missing those all-rounders who aren't here hurt us. We are excited about the start of our campaign tonight.

The last time Mills played for England in the T20I format was back in 2017, against India in Bengaluru. This year in T20s, he has picked 25 wickets in 19 innings at an economy rate of 7.32 and at a strike rate of 14.7.

West Indies (Playing XI): Evin Lewis, Lendl Simmons, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran(w), Kieron Pollard(c), Andre Russell, Dwayne Bravo, Akeal Hosein, Obed McCoy, Ravi Rampaul

England (Playing XI): Jos Buttler(w), Jason Roy, Dawid Malan, Eoin Morgan(c), Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Tymal Mills

England have won the toss and have opted to field against West Indies

He did return to action in the warm-up game against Afghanistan picking 1/13 in two overs and scoring 11 off 16.

"He played in that warm-up game a couple of days ago and it was just like a trial for him because he hasn't played a cricket match in about three-four weeks, so there's still some rust there for him, still need to be a bit confident in his mind. But I'm sure even yesterday and a couple of days before that, he's been working tirelessly behind the scenes to be fit," said Pollard.