West Indies captain Chris Gayle is bowled by James Anderson for 13 after winning the toss and electing to bat first England's new skipper Paul Collingwood struggles to contain the runs as West Indies start to dominate with the bat Shivnarine Chanderpaul is at the forefront of the batting assault as the tourists race to 97-1 from 10 overs Dimitri Mascarenhas claims his first wicket for England as he removes Chanderpaul - well caught by Alastair Cook for 41 Devon Smith maintains the momentum with a series of lusty blows as West Indies batsmen run riot with the willow Mascarenhas claims his second wicket as he removes Smith - caught by Michael Yardy for 61 with West Indies 115-3 Marlon Samuels makes a stunning 51 off 26 balls including a six out of the ground before departing with Windies 199-6 West Indies are thrilled with the display as they make 208-8 - the fourth highest score in international Twenty20 cricket Cook struggles to gain any initiative and is caught by Dwayne Bravo from a Dwayne Smith delivery for just 15 Smith claims another wicket as England slip to 48-2 as Matt Prior finds Daren Powell at long-on for 25 England struggle to maintain the required run-rate and are left in trouble as Kevin Pietersen is run out with England 78-4 With his team in trouble Collingwood looks to single-handedly put England back in contention with an inspirational knock Despite Collingwood's best efforts, England fail to reach the target, leaving Bravo and Gayle to celebrate the 15-run win
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