West Indies skipper Chris Gayle wins the toss once again and decides to have a bat on the excellent Oval pitch Gayle's devastating batting guides West Indies to 44-0 after five overs as he clobbers the England attack to all quarters England skipper Paul Collingwood is encouraged as his team's fielding and bowling display shows signs of improvement Lendl Simmons falls to James Anderson for nine before Stuart Broad traps Austin Richards lbw for 10 with the tourists 64-2 Gayle then falls to Collingwood - caught by Broad for a fine 61 with West Indies 108-3 in the 13th over England's Ryan Sidebotom gets physical with Dwayne Bravo as West Indies batsmen look to make a competitive total Sidebottom claims a return catch to remove Runako Morton as West Indies make 169-7 from their 20 overs England's Alastair Cook smacks a couple of boundaries before Daren Powell wipes out his middle stump for nine Cook's fellow opener Matt Prior looks to accelerate England's run-rate with some lusty blows to the boundary England are reduced to 38-2 in the fourth over as Ravi Rampaul clatters Prior's timbers with the final ball of the over Rampaul claims his second scalp as he removes Jonathan Trott for two with England stuttering on 43-3 in the sixth over Darren Sammy dances a jig after he removes the threat of Kevin Pietersen for 19 with England 68-4 after nine overs Collingwood launches Marlon Samuels for six but is stumped off the very next delivery for 27 with England 104-5 Owais Shah inspires England and supporters watching from nearby flats as he starts to dominate the attack Shah makes a superb 55 from 35 balls with good support from Dimitri Mascarenhas as England earn a five-wicket win Shah is rewarded with the man of the match award after his knock helps England draw the Twenty20 series
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