England had made less than their previous three totals in T20 internationals.
This is the first Twenty20 international.
England 103 (19.4 overs): Jordan 28.
West Indies 104-1 (17.1 overs): King.
The West Indies won by a large margin.
There is a scorecard.
The first T20 international between England and the West Indies was a debacle.
A different set of players found themselves 49-7 on a two-paced pitch six days after the conclusion of the dismal Ashes series in Australia.
England's T20 record low score of 80 was in danger, only for 28 from Chris Jordan and 22 by Adil Rashid, two of just four players to reach double figures, to spare them from that indignity.
The tourists were defeated by a score of 103 to 103, with the superb Jason Holder taking two of them in two balls in figures of 4-7.
West Indies' biggest win and England's largest defeat in T20s were both matched by Brandon King's 55 as he led the home side to their meager target with 17 balls to spare.
The second game of the five-game series is on Sunday.
Same story in different format.
English cricket expected a different format and opponent to change their fortune. The kind of helter-skelter batting implosion that was commonplace during the Ashes was repeated.
England had five survivors from the team that was beaten in the T20 World Cup in November and only one of them is in the squad. Liam Livingstone was not able to attend due to illness.
The fringe players missed out on the chance to push their claims for a place in the World Cup in Australia.
After two overs, England was 10-3 and never recovered. A visiting batter hit a boundary and four of them fell.
Roy charged past a full toss, Banton fell to a wide slip, and Ali drove his first ball to point.
James Vince slapped a long hop to cover, James Billings was stumped off Akeal Hosein, and the out-of-sorts captain Eoin Morgan took 29 balls to run out Liam Dawson.
Jordan hit three sixes, adding 36 with Rashid, before he and Saqib fell in the final over.
In the last Test and T20, England were dismissed for 124 and 103 in the same week.
Revenge is what the New Windies extract.
The West Indies were knocked out of the group stage of the world title and have since moved on from their white-ball mainstays. They lost a one-day series to Ireland.
This was a great performance, and they got revenge on England by winning the World Cup.
It was led by the former captain, who swung the new ball and often befuddled the England batters by first getting steepling bounce and then using his slower deliveries. He started by removing Banton and Moeen in successive balls and finished by doing the same to Rashid and Mahmood.
Everything was taken from the rest of the attack, which was marshalled by experienced skipper Kieron Pollard.
The opening pair of King and Hope made sure there was no way back for England, with a stand of 52.
Hope was stumped off ripping a leg-break for 20, but King was joined by Nicholas Pooran to complete a ruthless West Indies chase.
We did not adapt well.
We didn't seem to adapt well. We will have to come back tomorrow with a new gameplan. We found a challenge trying to get the mindset around risk and reward.
Pollard said that he steps it up when it comes to the Oval. He was great for us. The guys put on a great show in the field.
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