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Samuels leads Windies to 27-run victory

Batsman’s all-round performance helps team win against England.

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West Indies cricketer Marlon Samuels plays a shot during the first T20 match between England and West Indies at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown on March 9, 2014. PHOTO: AFP

BRIDGETOWN: West Indies returned to winning ways in the shortest variety, defeating England by 27 runs in the first T20 International of a three-match series at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown on Sunday.

Marlon Samuels led the home team’s effort with an unbeaten 69 as the West Indies totalled a competitive 170 for three.

Samuels finished off a good afternoon’s work in front of a celebratory full house with two wickets to seal the man-of-the match award.

“We didn’t get going but that’s something that can happen in Twenty20 cricket, especially when you’re chasing a decent score,” said England captain Stuart Broad.

Broad admitted that he will sit out the rest of the West Indies tour to rest a knee injury.

“The workload over the winter has got it [the knee] to a point it needs treatment. Seven days out should be fine,” he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 11^th, 2014.

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