West Indies created an emotional rebound to beat England by 26 keeps running in Barbados on Friday and level their five-coordinate one-day arrangement at 1-1.
The hosts, who finished a 10-coordinate losing streak in one-day internationals against England, made 289 for six with left-hander Shimron Hetmyer hitting a radiant unbeaten 104 from 83 balls, including four sixes.
Chris Gayle, who scored a century in the opening match of the arrangement won by England, had established the framework with a strong 50 from 63 balls.
Yet, it was Hetmyer, the 22-year-old Guyanese, who got the group on their feet with his showy innings including some incredible ad libbed strokes just as reasonable collection.
The century was Hetmyer's fourth in the organization at global dimension and proposes he could be a player to watch in the World Cup in the not so distant future.
Yet, having pursued down 361 at the Kensington Oval on Wednesday, England would have been sure of expanding their lead in the arrangement.
The sightseers were given a solid stage as chief Eoin Morgan made 70 and they required 62 to win from 61 balls with six wickets staying before West Indies captain Jason Holder evacuated Ben Stokes (79), Jos Buttler (34) and Tom Curran - the last with a flawed lbw choice after England had utilized their audits.
Left-arm seamer Sheldon Cottrell came back to the assault and won for the Caribbean side with the wickets of Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid - celebrating with his trademark military salute.
Cottrell, a Jamaican Defense Force warrior brought into the side as an additional bowler, finished with his profession best ODI figures of 5-46.
Carlos Brathwaite got the last wicket when Liam Plunkett holed out to Holder at long-off and England were expelled for 263 to the enjoyment of the Kensington Oval group.
Holder rushed to commend his key men.
"I am truly satisfied, credit to Hetty (Hetmeyr), he set it up on a sticky wicket, and credit for the manner in which we shielded it, driven by Sheldon Cottrell," he said.
"When I returned I realized we required a wicket, I got two in the over and had England under strain. You need alternatives nowadays, Cottrell included variety, I adore his vitality, he's one for the future," included the West Indies skipper.
Morgan felt his group ought to have improved
"A diversion is never won until comfortable end. We thought 290 was well without our capacities. We committed errors and it hurt us, and West Indies had the right to win," he said.
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