As it happened, West Indies defeated England by four wickets in their first Twenty20 international.

This T20I series is nicely set up by that intriguing game. Rovman Powell and his team have made a significant statement. The West Indies faced a difficult start as England easily defeated them in the first ten overs, scoring 112-2. Jos Buttler’s team was unable to score more than 59 runs in the next ten overs, losing eight wickets in the process.

The West Indies rolled up their sleeves and demonstrated how strong their own batting card is; they cleared the ropes fourteen times to England’s six, which was thirty runs or more short of where England would have preferred to have finished. Rovman Powell and Andre Russell located the stands with