England adopted up its heavy Ashes defeat with a nine-wicket loss to West Indies of their Twenty20 collection opener on Saturday.
England was once all out for 103 in 19.4 overs — after improving from 39-6 on the midway level — sooner than West Indies reached 104-1 with 9 wickets and 17 balls to spare.
After being requested to bat first on a difficult pitch with inconsistent jump, England lurched to 10-3 and 49-7 as its Ashes batting woes transferred to the Caribbean on the outset of this five-match collection.
Decrease-order batters Chris Jordan and Adil Rashid spared England’s blushes to some degree however West Indies was once hardly in its pursuit.
Jordan top-scored for England with 28 from 23 balls and was once one among best 4 batters to make double figures in a much-changed lineup for the vacationers, with out the likes of Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes after their Ashes labor.
West Indies opener Brandon King’s unbeaten 52 from 49 deliveries broke the again of the chase. Nicholas Pooran was once 27 no longer out because the hosts reached their goal after 17.1 overs.
The second one T20 is on Sunday.
Temporary Ratings
England: 103 all out in 19.4 overs (Chris Jordan 28, Adil Rashid 22; Jason holder 4/7, Sheldon Cottrell 2/30)
West Indies: 104 for 1 in 17.1 overs (Brandon King 52 no longer out; Adil Rashid 1/21)