Sam Curran bounces back from disappointment to help England beat West Indies by six wickets and set up decider in Barbados

Sam Curran roared back from the worst performance of his international career to decimate the West Indies top flight and propel England to a series-level victory at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.

Three days after returning figures of 9.5-0-98-0, the most expensive for an Englishman in 53 years of one-day internationals, Surrey all-rounder Curran produced a new-ball spell of three for one in eight deliveries to steel barrels and plunged the hosts to 23 for four – a position from which they never recovered.

Keacy Carty and Brandon King both cut to Zak Crawley as a ball that curved around Shimron Hetmyer's bat and lurched forward was the subject of a successful LBW review by a rejuvenated England captain Jos Buttler.

And although Buttler's opposite number Shai Hope teamed up with Sherfane Rutherford to score 129 in 23 overs, it proved only a brief reprieve as England showed a ruthless streak that was missing in Sunday's opening defeat.

Hope and Rutherford fell in successive overs to Liam Livingstone and the tourists easily powered their way through the West Indies lower order, ending the innings with more than 10 unused overs.

Sam Curran recovered to propel England to victory over the West Indies

England's Gus Atkinson celebrates after taking the wicket of Wet Indies' Alick Athanaze

Will Jacks exploded out of the blocks in pursuit of 203 as he helped England to victory

Rehan Ahmed produced a couple of miscues to replicate his analysis of two for 40 from the first match, and Gus Atkinson ended the innings with wickets, snaring Alzarri Joseph with a short ball after going for Alick Athanaze in the fourth over had ensured, after Buttler had offered his bowlers the first use of a new delivery.

The win was also secured at a canter after Will Jacks exploded from the blocks in pursuit of 203.

As in the first match of three here, Jacks shared a half-century partnership with Phil Salt and remained unperturbed by the loss of his opening partner, producing a 43-ball 50 shortly after fast bowler Oshane Thomas for his third match . six.

The 25-year-old dominated the scoring, making 73 by the time he finished fourth, with the scoreboard reading 117: part-time medium pacer Sherfane Rutherford pinning him on the shin.

That left the previously out-of-control Buttler in trouble and the England captain battled through a tough early examination from Yanic Cariah to rediscover the fluency that has been lacking since the home summer of 2023, bringing the requirement below 50 with the first of consecutive sixes off. the leg-spinner, and his first 50 in 14 innings with a third clearance off the string of Oshane Thomas in what turned out to be the penultimate over of the match.

A win for England by six wickets will set up a decider in Barbados on Saturday.

Sherfane Rutherford celebrates with Shimron Hetmyer after taking Jacks' wicket

Harry Brook hits a six during England's win against the West Indies in Antigua

Rehan Ahmed (left) and Ben Duckett (right) celebrate the dismissal of Romario Shepherd