After a slightly soggy stumble out of the initial group stage, England’s defence of the men’s T20 World Cup finally kicked into life, with a clinical run chase against the highly fancied West Indies delivering the ideal start to the Super Eight stage.
Victory alone would have seen Jos Buttler’s side board the bus feeling good about life given the battle to simply reach this point. But the manner in which it was secured will have put the rest of the field on notice; a target of 181 reeled in with 15 balls and eight wickets to spare thanks to an utterly ruinous 47-ball knock of 87 not out from opener Phil Salt.
