England made an explosive start to the match as Chris Gayle put them into bat due to the grey, overcast conditions. Michael Lumb raised England's score to 30 all by himself as he played some stylish boundary shots in the place which he loves, mid-wicket.
In comparison to Lumb's fearless, aggressive start to his England career, Craig Kieswetter poked tentatively at the ball to start with, but it didn't take him long to settle in, he clipped the ball for 4 from a ball from Gayle wide of off stump to get him off the mark.
The opening pair didn't last too long though, Michael Lumb went in the 4th over bowled by Gayle after trying to hit the ball over mid-wicket for 28 off 18 balls. Craig Kieswetter got into slog mode hitting 3 giant sixes with his tremendous power before he went out bowled LBW by Miller to a leg-spinning ball for 26 off 14.
The new opening partnership of Lumb and Kieswetter showed potential, with Lumb playing some stylish shots and Kieswetter the big sixes to get England's tournament underway perfectly, but they may be disappointed that they didn't stick around for longer.
It was the experienced England partnership of Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood next at the crease, but an unsettled-looking Colly didn't last for long and could only manage 6 off 8 before being bowled by Darren Sammy, trying to pull a ball which was just not short enough.
Pietersen was more successful, making 24 off 20 before pulling the ball straight to Sarwan at deep mid-wicket off a Sammy delivery, with Sammy enjoying a terrific day with the ball.
Eoin Morgan and Luke Wright were the next two batsmen to form a partnership, and it didn't get off to the best start, with Darren Sammy pinning the pair back as the score dried up. However that all changed when Sammy and Miller left the attack to make way for Bravo and Pollard when the batsmen began to have some fun.
Sixes began being hit to all corners of the stadium in the closing 5 overs, as Morgan hit it over long on, and Wright cleared the scoreboard over mid-wicket in the 16th. The 18th was horrifically expensive for the West Indies as Ravi Rampaul's nightmare day continued, with 27 coming off the over.
As the England score increased so did the audacity of the batsmen, with Eoin Morgan playing a kind of reverse scoop over short third man for 4, leading to smirks on the face of the Irishman and his captain, but scowls from the hosts' captain Chris Gayle.
There was an amusing moment in the penultimate over as Luke Wright swung so hard his bat flew 40 yards away to past square leg as the ball trickled towards mid-wicket.
A terrific innings from Eoin Morgan in which he displayed his usual aggressive bravery and ingenuity came to a close in the final over as he was superbly caught by a diving Kieron Pollard at deep mid-off for 55 off 35. Tim Bresnan came to the crease but didn't face a ball before the end of the innings.
Luke Wright scored 45* off 27 at the end of the 20 overs as he showed off his usual big hitting power hitting 4 sixes on the way in a great partnership from him and Morgan.
Chris Gayle and Shiv Chanderpaul opened for the West Indies and they too got off to an exciting start, with 15 runs coming off the first over bowled by Ryan Sidebottom in which he couldn't find the correct line and length.
Graeme Swann had to stop the flow in the second over and it seemed he had before a terrific reverse sweep cleared the square-leg boundary from Chanderpaul.
However unfortunately half way through the third over being bowled by Tim Bresnan the rain came, and pretty swiftly the covers came on and didn't come off for a while, with West Indies 30 for no loss.
After a long spell off the covers going on and off, the rules were finally decided, and it was to be shortened to a 6 over game with the West Indies needing 60 to win, a target which I feel short changed England a little. After a terrific sustained aggressive batting display from the away side, the total of 60 from 6 did not really seem fair.
Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard both fell to Graeme Swann, but unsurprisingly West Indies made the small target with two balls to spare.
Ratings (/10)
Michael Lumb, 7 - Played some stylish shots through mid-wicket but could have stuck around for longer.
Craig Kieswetter, 7 - Like Lumb he hit some nice powerful sixes but didn't last too long.
Kevin Pietersen, 7 - Pietersen added some useful runs to the total but not at the explosive rate we have come to expect.
Paul Collingwood, 6 - Colly looked unsettled from the moment he came to the crease and only made 6.
Eoin Morgan, 9 - Morgan displayed a terrific performance showing his creativity and aggression once more.
Luke Wright, 8 - Eoin Morgan's partner in crime played as aggressively if not as stylishly as his counterpart.
Tim Bresnan, 7 - Bresnan bowled one over at a decent economy rate.
Stuart Broad, 6 - Broad's only over went for over 9 runs.
Graeme Swann, 6 - Swann bowled two overs for a huge 24 runs.
Michael Yardy, 7 - Yardy was the most economical of all the England bowlers at 6 runs/over.
Ryan Sidebottom, 5 - Sidebottom's only over went for 15.
England play Ireland at the same time tomorrow and need to win to stay in the competition. If they play as well as they did today they will have no worries whatsoever, but if they don't, it will be another World T20 horror show for them!
