England v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 -2nd T20 - England stumble at the final hurdle – Match Recap
A bitter taste of defeat was finally experienced by the English side, as an unfancied West Indies team stuns the host to take the second T20 by 25 runs, played at the Kennington Oval, London on September 25, 2011.
In a remarkable turnaround, the star for the Caribbean outfit was debutant, Garey Mathurin, who spinned through the opponent’s top order to grab impressive figures of 3-9.
Chasing a sub-par total of 114, the Poms could only manage 88, with visitors charge aided by 4 run-outs.
On a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501 which put the West Indies into bat, fresh from the side’s convincing 10-wicket victory, two days earlier.
The start was promising as Jade Bernbach caught opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Miles-Cameron-Bascombe-c76296 back to the pavilion.
The scoring rate was always kept under check as the visitors failed to tick the score board. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marlon-Nathaniel-Samuels-c74804, among the very few recognized players of a relatively inexperienced side, managed to up the rate in the final quarter of match finishing with an
unbeaten run-a-ball 35.
A late cameos from skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andre-Dwayne-Russell-c44235 (12*), ensured that the team played their full quota of overs, despite only managing a sub-par 113.
The bowlers all impressed with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scott-Borthwick-c2466 the standout with figures of 1 for 15 in four.
With so much going for the English opposition, one expected yet another thumping win for a inform young XI. However, the game turned on his head in the second half as unknown, Mathurin announced his arrival to International Cricket in style.
He baffled opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alex-Hales-c985 was cleaned up superbly by Krishmar Santikie, making just 2.
Still one would have hoped that the team would recover from the early setbacks. Despite http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RS-Bopara-c2373 and Jonny Bairstow to end his night on a high.
With the match hanging in balance, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Bresnan-c2711 (2), leaving the team 7 for 60.
Jos http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Butler-c48850 (13) and Borthwick (14) managed to insert sanity to the proceedings; however panic led to string of errors by the lower order leading to last three being run-outs, leaving Swann stranded and shell shocked.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 faltered at 88 with more than 3 overs still left to play.
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