Bridgetown : West Indies returned to winning ways as soon as variety , beating England by 27 runs in the first T20 international of a three-match series at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown on Sunday . Marlon Samuels , the star when the Caribbean side beat Sri Lanka in the final of the World T20 in Colombo last 17 months ago , led the efforts of the home team with a defeat 69 as the West Indies totaled a competitive advantage 170 for three. Samuels manages the work of a good afternoon to a packed house party with two wickets to seal the man of the match award .
Watch spinner Samuel Badree put tourists on the back foot early on with three wickets and Tim Bresnan versatile well ( not 47 ) and Ravi Bopara (42 ) made useful contributions , England were still struggling to keep the required pace and were restricted to 143 for nine .
“We did not go today, but it is something that can happen in Twenty20 cricket, especially when you’re chasing a decent score ,” said England captain Stuart Broad.
“It is certainly not something to panic about . “
Broad does however suggest that it is likely to miss the remaining two games of the series on Tuesday and Thursday because of knee tendinitis . For the Caribbean , the celebrations on a victory that sends a message to all opponents for their T20 world title in Bangladesh later in the month would have been tempered by concerns about the ability of Sunil Narine as Spinners and Badree .
Narine bowled only two overs and left the field after shaking his right knee while trying to make a backup on the border while Badree , which according to its three for 17 off four overs allocated injured the fingers of his bowling hand to try take a snapshot back just before finishing his fate. ” It will happen for a sweep tonight so hopefully it will go well , ” said West Indies captain Darren Sammy commenting injury Narine .
“We are already without Kieron Pollard we can not afford to lose another key player so close to the World Cup .
Injuries also limited appearances by Chris Gayle West Indies for the past two months, but he returned Sunday contributing a generally robust 43.
However, it was his opening partner Dwayne Smith, who stole the show from the start, lifting the first delivery of the match off Broad field and taking 19 tracks on this opening . Smith was finally the first to go for 27 , one of two wickets for Bopara who spinner James Tredwell with were best bowlers in England. 46 -ball sleeves Samuels (10 fours, 6 January ) was not without moments of happiness.
Omission of 37 by Eoin Morgan jumping back – point out wide, he still has more luck when Tredwell dropped a simple chance at extra cover off Jade Dernbach in the early 18th over . Like rubbing salt in the wounds of England, the right turn of Jamaica smashed the next five deliveries limits.
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