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The tourists held their nerve for a 29-run win, with Adil Rashid taking four wickets in the 48th over to seal it.
Chris Gayle looked to be on top form for the hosts, hitting 14 sixes in a dazzling 162.
He was then dismissed with 16 overs remaining by Ben Stokes, with Brathwaite and Nurse continuing strongly with an 88 partnership.
With 32 runs required off 18 balls, Rashid dismissed Brathwaite and Nurse before taking the final two wickets.
Buttler's earlier score was his his highest in an ODI, hitting 12 sixes and 13 fours, with captain Eoin Morgan making 103.
The wicketkeeper-batsman came to the crease at 165-3 and batted reservedly at first before getting into his stride alondside Morgan.
The pair added 80 runs between overs 41 and 44, with Buttler going from his half-century to 150 in just 31 deliveries.
Their partnership of 204 off 124 balls took England to their third highest ODI total - 154 runs coming in the final 10 overs alone.
Alex Hales opened in place of Jason Roy and showed his ability with a 73-ball 82.
He and Jonny Bairstow scored 89 from the first 10 overs before being dismissed as West Indies slowed the scoring rate in the second powerplay.
England are now 2-1 up in the five match series with one game remaining, in St Lucia.
The third match was abandoned in Granada for rain.
West Indies would have needed their highest ODI total to win, England were therefore heavy favourites between innings.
Mark Wood dismissed John Campbell and Shai Hope in the first six overs, after which Gayle came into his own.
He reached his 50 from 32 balls, starting aggressively after being criticised in the first match for slow batting.
He got the next 50 from only 23 deliveries, with England's bowlers struggling to prevent him from clearing the boundary.
Becoming the first player to hit 500 sixes in international cricket during his innings, Gayle scored 105 runs in a 176-run stand with Darren Bravo, who made 61.
With those two at the crease West Indies were well ahead of the rate, reaching 220-2 from just 23 overs.
Wood dismissed Bravo with a miscued pull shot, and Hetmyer was caught two balls later, all while Gayle carried on the charge before eventually falling to Stokes.
Brathwaite and Nurse took their side toward the brink of victory, continuing as Gayle started.
England bowled 11 wides, and Stokes dropped a difficult chance in the deep.
Rashid's first nine overs cost 83 runs, but skipper Morgan kept faith with his leg-spinner.
He responded by removing the lower order with a mix of leg-spinners and googlies.
STAT ATTACK
- 46 sixes were hit in the match, the most in an ODI.
- England hit a record 24 maximums in their innings before West Indies almost bettered the effort with 22 in their reply.
- 807 runs were scored in the match; the third-highest aggregate total in ODI history.
- Buttler scored the most sixes in an ODI innings for England with 12.
- Buttler went from 51 to his hundred in 15 balls.
- He took 31 balls to move from his half century to 150 - the fastest ODI hundred was made by South Africa's AB de Villiers from 31 balls.
- Gayle scored his hundred from 51 balls, his fastest ODI century.
- Morgan became the first England batsman to pass 6,000 one-day runs.
- Gayle became the second West Indian to score 10,000 ODI runs during his knock, following Brian Lara.
481-6 (vs Australia, Trent Bridge, Nottingham, 2018)
444-3 (vs Pakistan, Trent Bridge, Nottingham, 2016)
418-6 (vs West Indies, St George's, Grenada, 2019)
SCORECARD
West Indies won the toss and decided to field
England won by 29 runs
England InningsBatsman: How Out - Bowler / Runs / Balls / SR (4s, 6s)
Bairstow: b Thomas / 56 / 43 / 130.23 (4, 4)
Hales: c Hetmyer - b Nurse / 82 / 73 / 112.33 (8, 2)
Root: c S Hope - b Thomas / 5 / 10 / 50.00 (0, 0)
Morgan: c Holder - b Cottrell / 103 / 88 / 117.05 (8, 6)
Buttler: b Brathwaite / 150 / 77 / 194.81 (13, 12)
Stokes: c Hetmyer - b Brathwaite / 11 / 10 / 110.00 (1, 0)
Ali: not out / 0 / 1 / 0.00 (0, 0)
Extras 2nb 7w 1b 1lb 11Total (50.0 overs) 418-6
Bowler: Overs / Maidens / Runs / Wickets / EconCottrell: 9.0 / 0 / 64 / 1 / 7.11
Holder: 7.0 / 0 / 88 / 0 / 12.57
Nurse: 10.0 / 0 / 68 / 1 / 6.80
Bishoo: 4.0 / 0 / 43 / 0 / 10.75
Brathwaite: 10.0 / 0 / 69 / 2 / 6.90
Thomas: 10.0 / 0 / 84 / 2 / 8.40
Fall of Wicket - Batsman100-1 (13.5 ovs) - Bairstow
120-2 (17.3 ovs) - Root
165-3 (25.5 ovs) - Hales
369-4 (46.1 ovs) - Morgan
417-5 (49.4 ovs) - Buttler
418-6 (49.6 ovs) - Stokes
West Indies InningsBatsman: How Out - Bowler / Runs / Balls / SR (4s, 6s)
Gayle: b Stokes / 162 / 97 / 167.01 (11, 14)
Campbell: c Root - b Wood / 15 / 9 / 166.67 (2, 1)
Hope: c Buttler - b Wood / 5 / 7 / 71.43 (1, 0)
Bravo: c Stokes - b Wood / 61 / 59 / 103.39 (4, 4)
Hetmyer: c Hales - b Wood / 6 / 2 / 300.00 (0, 1)
Holder: st Buttler - b Rashid / 29 / 35 / 82.86 (3, 0)
Brathwaite: c Morgan - b Rashid / 50 / 36 / 138.89 (4, 2)
Nurse: c Plunkett - b Rashid / 43 / 41 / 104.88 (5, 0)
Bishoo: c Hales - b Rashid / 0 / 2 / 0.00 (0, 0)
Cottrell: not out / 0 / 0 / 0.00 (0, 0)
Thomas: st Buttler - b Rashid / 0 / 1 / 0.00 (0, 0)
Extras 1nb 12w 0b 5lb 18Total (48.0 overs) 389 all out
Bowler: Overs / Maidens / Runs / Wickets / EconWoakes: 10.0 / 0 / 91 / 0 / 9.10
Wood: 10.0 / 0 / 60 / 4 / 6.00
Plunkett: 8.0 / 0 / 40 / 0 / 5.00
Stokes: 8.0 / 0 / 77 / 1 / 9.62
Rashid: 10.0 / 0 / 85 / 5 / 8.50
Ali: 2.0 / 0 / 31 / 0 / 15.50
Fall of Wicket - Batsman24-1 (3.1 ovs) - Campbell
44-2 (5.2 ovs) - Hope
220-3 (23.1 ovs) - Bravo
226-4 (23.3 ovs) - Hetmyer
295-5 (34.1 ovs) - Gayle
301-6 (35.5 ovs) - Holder
389-7 (47.2 ovs) - Nurse
389-8 (47.3 ovs) - Brathwaite
389-9 (47.5 ovs) - Bishoo
389-10 (47.6 ovs) - Thomas
West Indies vs England ODI Fixtures and Results
20 February
First ODI, Barbados
England won by six wickets (West Indies 0-1 England)
22 February
Second ODI, Barbados
West Indies won by 26 runs (West Indies 1-1 England)
25 February
Third ODI, Grenada
Match abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain (West Indies 1-1 England)
27 February
Fourth ODI, Grenada
England won by 29 runs (West Indies 1-2 England)
2 March
Fifth ODI, St Lucia
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