The tourists were bowled out for a second consecutive T20 International, this time by 30 runs in the final over against West Indies at Kensington Oval. The hosts battled back from 76/6 to beat England’s score of 140 with 16 balls remaining.,
The “west indies scorecard today” is the scorecard for a match between two cricket teams. The tourists, West Indies, were bowled out for 103 to lose their first T20 in Barbados.
In T20 internationals, England have only made less than 103 all out on three prior occasions.
| Barbados hosts the first Twenty20 international. |
| Holder 4-7, Jordan 28; England 103 (19.4 overs). |
| West Indies 104-1 (17.1): King 52*. |
| The West Indies were victorious by nine wickets. |
| Scorecard |
The West Indies thrashed England in the inaugural T20 international in Barbados, despite England’s batting difficulties across forms and countries.
After being sent in on a two-paced surface six days later and 10,000 miles away from the end of a disastrous Ashes series in Australia, an almost totally new group of players found themselves 49-7.
England’s T20 record low score of 80 was in jeopardy, but Barbados-born Chris Jordan’s 28 and Adil Rashid’s 22 (two of just four players to reach double digits) saved them.
The visitors were eventually bowled out for 103, with Jason Holder getting two wickets in two deliveries on two occasions with scores of 4-7.
Brandon King’s unbeaten 55 helped the hosts reach their modest goal with 17 balls to spare, a margin of victory that tied West Indies’ highest win and England’s worst loss in T20s.
On Sunday, the second game of the five-match series, which is being played entirely in Barbados, will take place.
Same tale, different format
A changing format and opponent would have been anticipated to bring a change of fortune to English cricket. Instead, the kind of helter-skelter batting collapse that was prevalent during the Ashes was reproduced.
Only Sam Billings, who flew to Barbados from Hobart after being pulled in for the fifth Test, is in both teams, meaning England only has five players left from the side that lost in the T20 World Cup semi-final in November. Liam Livingstone was forced to withdraw due to sickness and will be dearly missed.
With another World Cup only nine months away, the peripheral players lost out on the chance to stake their claim to a spot in Australia.
After two overs, England was down to 10-3 and never recovered. In total, four wickets fell one ball after a boundary was scored by a visiting hitter.
Jason Roy sped past a Sheldon Cottrell full throw, Tom Banton pushed Holder to a wide slip, and Moeen Ali hit his opening ball to point loosely.
Billings was stumped by spinner Akeal Hosein, and out-of-sorts skipper Eoin Morgan took 29 balls over 17 overs, during which time he appealed being called caught behind and saw Liam Dawson calamitously run out.
Jordan smashed three sixes and added 36 runs with Rashid, who took England beyond 100 runs before he and Saqib Mahmood were dismissed in the penultimate over.
England had been knocked out for 124 in the last Ashes Test and 103 in a T20 match the previous week, for a total of 20 wickets for 227 runs.
The New Windies avenge themselves.
West Indies failed to defend their global championship, leaving in the group stage, and have since moved on from white-ball legends Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo. Even yet, they were defeated by Ireland in a one-day series earlier this month.
This was, however, an outstanding effort, extracting some vengeance on an England squad who bowled them out for 55 runs at the World Cup.
It was headed by former captain Holder, who swung the new ball and often perplexed England hitters by extracting steepling bounce before switching to slower deliveries. He began by dismissing Banton and Moeen in consecutive balls, then followed up with Rashid and Mahmood.
Everything catchable was grabbed by the remainder of the assault, which was masterfully marshalled by seasoned captain Kieron Pollard.
With a stand of 52, England’s openers King and Shai Hope ensured there was no way back for the tourists.
Hope was dismissed for 20 after being stumped by Rashid’s stinging leg-break, but King was joined by Nicholas Pooran to complete a furious West Indian chase.
‘We didn’t adjust well enough,’ says the author.
Eoin Morgan, England captain: “We didn’t appear to be able to adjust quickly enough. Because the circumstances are expected to remain identical tomorrow, we’ll have to come back with a new strategy. We had a difficult time today trying to get into the mentality of risk and reward.”
Kieron Pollard, captain of the West Indies: “When it comes to Jason Holder and Kensington Oval, he goes all out. He was fantastic for us. We backed it up on the field today, and the boys put on a great display.”
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