Salt In West Indies Wounds

by Terry Finisterre West Indies hosted England at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground on Wednesday evening, the opening match of the Super Eights phase of the ICC T20 Men’s World Cup for these familiar foes. After going through the group stages unbeaten, including a record-setting victory on this ground two days ago, the regional side turned in a lacklustre all-round performance to concede their first loss of the series.  Put in to bat, the West Indies produced a team effort with the bat, but not quite the fireworks that the DSCG had become used to over the last weekend, with two teams compiling innings of over 200, and Australia chasing down 181. Two days after posting the highest total in this year’s competition, the home team managed a respectable 180-4 from their 20 overs, but never really felt like building a formidable innings. The top four, and five of seven batsmen in total, made between 23 and 38 but no one went on. Saint Lucia’s Johnson Charles was the top scorer with a sedate 38 runs off 34 balls, hitting four fours and a six. After his majestic half-century on Monday against Afghanistan, Nicholas Pooran added 36 after opener Brandon...