England lost last night to bow out of the Twenty20. It was decided after Mr Duckworth and Mr Lewis got involved due to a number of rain delays.
England made 161-6 off their 20 overs, but that was revised down to 80 off 9 overs when the West Indies took to the field.
I do feel a bit sorry for them, because I don't think that this Windies batting line-up is capable of sustaining its scoring rate to chase down the full total. And it did have to be the first rain-affected game of the tournament.
Bopara hit a maiden Twenty20 half century, and then the West Indies were reduced to 16-3, but the bowling seemed to go flat to let Shiv Chanderpaul and Ramnarash Sarwan see them home with 5 balls to spare.
It did seem to be a strange decision to drop a batter in favour of another bowler, but I really can't work out the best way to set up a team in this format so I think I'll leave that to others to pass judgement.
Never mind - at least they all have time to get prepared for the Ashes now.
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