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West Indies cruised to a six wicket victory over England in a one-off Twenty20 international in Trinidad on Sunday.
The hosts' excellent bowling and fielding restricted England to a modest 121 in 19.1 overs before Ramnaresh Sarwan's 59 put them in control and set up victory with two overs to spare.
England opener Steve Davies struck a solid 27 but after Kevin Pietersen was unluckily given out lbw and captain Andrew Strauss was brilliantly run out by Shivnarine Chanderpaul, England's batting folded meekly.
The West Indies coped comfortably with England's mediocre bowling which never threatened to force a result despite the early dismissal of Andre Fletcher.
England, who lost the Test series 1-0, continue their tour with the first of five one-day internationals in Guyana on March 20.
Scoreboard:
England:
R Bopara b Baker 13
S Davies b Bravo 27
K Pietersen lbw b Benn 12
O Shah c Pollard b Benn 6
P Collingwood c Simmons b Sammy 14
A Strauss run out 22
A Mascarenhas run out 0
G Batty run out 4
S Broad c Benn b Edwards 2
A Khan b Benn 2
J Anderson not out 0
Extras (lb-7, w-12) 19
Total (all out; 19.1 overs) 121
Fall of wickets: 1-25, 2-55, 3-66, 4-82, 5-95, 6-98, 7-114, 8-117, 9-121, 10-121.
Bowling: F Edwards 3.1-0-18-1, L Baker 2-0-12-1, D Sammy 4-0-14-1, D Bravo 4-0-34-1 (3w), S Benn 4-0-24-3 (1w), K Pollard 2-0-12-0.
West Indies:
R Sarwan b Khan 59
A Fletcher c Mascarenhas b Broad 6
S Chanderpaul c Collingwood b Anderson 12
L Simmons not out 23
D Bravo c Pietersen b Khan 8
K. Pollard not out 4
Did not bat: D Ramdin, FH Edwards, LS Baker, DJG Sammy, SJ Benn.
Extras (b-1 lb-1 w-9) 11
Total (four wickets; 18 overs) 123
Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-45, 3-105, 4-119.
Bowling: J Anderson 3-0-19-1 (3w), S Broad 3-0-26-1 (3w), A Khan 4-0-34-2 (2w), G Batty 3-0-17-0 (1w), A Mascarenhas 4-0-17-0, P Collingwood 1-0-8-0.
Result: West Indies beat England by six wickets
