LONDON : Spinner Garey Mathurin enjoyed a memorable debut as he inspired
the West Indies to a surprise 25-run win over England in the second
Twenty20 international at the Oval on Sunday. The
28-year-old left-armer from St Lucia took 3-9 in his four overs as
England crumbled in pursuit of the West Indies' total of 113-5 and were
bowled out for 88, their lowest total in a Twenty20 international. On
a turning pitch, Mathurin opened the attack and bowled Craig
Kieswetter, Ravi Bopara and Jonny Bairstow in quick succession to give
the tourists a stranglehold on the game.Ben Stokes hit
some big shots in making 31 but was trapped in front by leg-spinner
Devendra Bishoo and in a much-improved West Indies fielding performance
Samit Patel was run out by a direct hit from Bishoo. Joss
Buttler and Scott Borthwick were both run out and with them went
England's last hopes of a successful run chase and when Jade Dernbach
was last man out he was the fourth run out victim of the innings. This
was England's first defeat in any form of the game since July 3, when
they lost the third one-day international against Sri Lanka at Lord's.The
win was also sweet revenge for the West Indies who were crushed by 10
wickets in Friday's first game as the two-match series ended 1-1 Samit
Patel took 2-22 as the West Indies were kept to 113, a total that did
look big enough until their spinners came into action.After
their defeat on Friday the tourists were hoping to post a bigger total
but their depleted batting line-up was kept in check by England's slower
bowlers who were shrewdly rotated by Swann.The West
Indies, who were put in by England, struggled to get the bowling away
and Marlon Samuels was the only batsman to make more than 30, hitting 35
not out. The tourists struggled to get the English bowling
away and by the end of the 14th over they had just 62 on the board and
at one point went 43 balls without hitting a boundary. Chris Barnwell tried to accelerate but when he attempted to hit Patel over the top he fell to a stunning catch by Alex Hales.Patel
opened the bowling and had Miles Bascombe plumb leg before whilst
Johnson Charles and Dwayne Smith got themselves in but failed to go on
and convert their starts into significant scores. Smith was caught in front by Dernbach and Charles was bowled by a googly from young leg spinner Borthwick. Borthwick
then pulled off a smart catch in the deep off Ravi Bopara to get rid of
skipper Darren Sammy as he was trying to increase the run rate. Samuels
and Andre Russell managed a few big blows in the last two overs which
were to prove significant in the end with Friday's bowling hero Bopara
going for 36 in his four overs.
