England tour of West Indies: England Vs West Indies 1st T20I Live Scores, Mar 09, 2014.Match scheduled to begin at 14:00 local time (18:00 GMT)
England tour of West Indies: England Vs West Indies 1st T20I Live Scores, Mar 09, 2014
Match Teams :England Vs West Indies
Match Venue: Played at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Match Time: 14:00 local time (18:00 GMT)
Toss: West Indies, who chose to bat first
West Indies: 170/3(20 Ov)
England: 143/9(20 Ov)
Result: West Indies won by 27 runs
Preview
Chris Gayle's return is crucial for West Indies although there will be plenty of crossed fingers that he is over his injury problems. Their top order did not pack anything like the same fear-factor without him in the ODIs and the stagnant starts were a major reason England were able to rebound and take the series
(completed matches, most recent first)
West Indies W L L L L
England L L L W L
Match Stats
1.England's previous Twenty20 on this ground was when they secured the World T20 title in 2010, beating Australia by seven wickets in the final.
2.The two dies last met in this format in the previous World T20 when West Indies won by 15 runs Chris Gayle and Charles added 103 for the first wicket.
3.West Indies' series-levelling win against Ireland in Jamaica ended a run of five defeats on the bounce.
4.The total number of sixes hit by players in the England squad is 136 (not including the injured Root): the total number for West Indies is 212\
Teams
West Indies team:CH Gayle,MN Samuels,R Rampaul,DR Smith,DJ Bravo,DJG Sammy,D Ramdin,LMP Simmons,ADS Fletcher,S Badree,SP Narine,Johnson Charles,Andre Russell,Krishmar Santokie,Sheldon Cotterell
England team:IR Bell,SCJ Broad,LJ Wright,RS Bopara,TT Bresnan,EJG Morgan,JC Buttler,JC Tredwell,MJ Lumb,Jade Dernbach,Ben Stokes,Alex Hales,Chris Jordan,Moeen Ali,Stephen Parry
