WIndies beat England by 25 runs, level series 1-1

LONDON, Sept 25, (Agencies): West Indies bowled England out for 88 to win the second Twenty20 match by 25 runs at The Oval on Sunday, leveling the two-match series at 1-1. Chasing a modest target of 114, England collapsed to 60-7 thanks to Garey Mathurin’s 3-9 before the final three wickets fell for just five runs in the space of 12 balls. Ben Stokes offered England’s only resistance, hitting 31 off 23 balls, with only three other players making double figures. Marlon Samuels top-scored for West Indies with a run-a-ball knock of 35 not out as the tourists’s young side made 113-5. Samit Patel had England’s best bowling figures of 2-22 off his four overs. England won the first match by 10 wickets at the same venue on Friday.

Scoreboard
Full scoreboard in the second Twenty20 international between England and West Indies at the Oval on Sunday:
WEST INDIES
D. Smith lbw b Dernbach 11
J. Charles b Borthwick 21
M. Bascombe lbw b Patel 3
M. Samuels not out 35
C. Barnwell c Hales b Patel 16
D. Sammy c Borthwick b Bopara 12
A. Russell not out 12
Extras (2w, 1lb) 3
Total (5 wkts, 20 overs) 113
Did not bat: D. Christian, G. Mathurin, D. Bishoo, K. Santokie
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Smith), 2-24 (Bascombe), 3-42 (Johnson), 4-64 (Barnwell), 5-98 (Sammy)
Bowling: Bresnan 3-0-12-0 (1w), Patel 4-0-22-2, Dernbach 3-0-19-1 (1w), Borthwick 4-0-15-1, Bopara 4-0-36-1, Swann 2-0-8-0

ENGLAND
C. Kieswetter b Mathurin 10
A. Hales b Santokie 2
B. Stokes lbw b Bishoo 31
R. Bopara b Mathurin 3
J. Bairstow b Mathurin 4
S. Patel run out (Bishoo) 2
J. Buttler run out (Sammy) 13
T. Bresnan c Mathurin b Russel l 2
S. Borthwick run out (Russell/Sammy) 14
G. Swann not out 0
J. Dernbach run out (Barnwell/Christian) 3
Extras: (3lb, 1w) 4
Total (all out, 16.4 overs) 88
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Hales), 2-14 Kieswetter, 3-24 (Bopara), 4-44 (Bairstow), 5-52 (Patel), 6-55 (Stokes), 7-60 (Bresnan), 8-83 (Buttler), 9-85 (Borthwick), 10-88 (Dernbach)
Bowling: Santokie 3-0-17-1, Mathurin 4-0-9-3, Bishoo 3.4-0-22-1, Sammy 2-0-9-0, Russell 2-0-14-1 (1w), Smith 2-0-14-0
Toss: England
Result: West Indies won by 25 runs
Umpires: N. Llong (ENG), R. Illingworth (ENG)
Third Umpire: R. Bailey (ENG)
Fourth Umpire: T. Robinson (ENG)
Match referee: J. Crowe (NZL)
Series: 1-1

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