Never mind the team, this was a night when England’s bowlers were thrashed. They conceded 14 sixes, a number no team has managed against them since they were last in Barbados at the start of last year, and that has only been exceeded four times in their history. Turbocharged by their mighty maximums, and chasing a distinctly under-par score of 171, West Indies duly won by four wickets, with 11 balls remaining.
Along the way one member of England’s team wrote his name into the history books. Adil Rashid became the first Englishman to 100 T20 wickets, the third to make 100 appearances in the format, and by way of footnote was the least expensive of the seven English bowlers here.
