• First T20i: West Indies (107-1) beat England (103) by nine wkts
  • Tourists reduced to 49-7 before rally from Jordan and Rashid

Different format, different opponents, same old story for England, who started their Twenty20 series against West Indies with very different personnel but in precisely the same style with which they ended the Ashes, soundtracked by an embarrassing clatter of wickets.

The tourists lost first the toss and then their composure as they slumped to 49 for seven before Chris Jordan and Adil Rashid inspired something of a recovery but West Indies, powered by a suitably regal half-century from Brandon King, made their total of 103 appear suitably trifling and won by nine wickets with 17 balls remaining.

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