18 September,2017 12:12 PM IST | Chester-le-Street | AFP
West Indies captain Carlos Brathwaite said his side were so concerned about the prospect of career-threatening injuries on a sodden outfield they considered abandoning before beating England in a Twenty20 international
West Indies' captain Carlos Brathwaite walks back to the pavilion after losing his wicket for 2 during the T20 International cricket match between England and West Indies at The Emirates Riverside, Chester-le-Street in north east England on September 16, 2017. England won the toss and elected to bowl against West Indies in the lone Twenty20 international at Chester-le-Street on Saturday. Pic/AFP
West Indies captain Carlos Brathwaite said his side were so concerned about the prospect of "career-threatening injuries" on a sodden outfield they considered abandoning before beating England in a Twenty20 international.
None of the West Indies team at Chester-le-Street on Saturday had been involved in their side's recent 2-1 three-Test series defeat in England. Instead Brathwaite and his men had arrived directly from the Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 tournament.
Conditions at the Riverside, the home of northeast county Durham, were always likely to prove challenging for a team used to the rather warmer climate back home in the West Indies. But jokes about the weather gave way to major concern when Windies wicket-keeper Chadwick Walton, changing direction to field a deflected ball, slipped and jarred his knee on an already wet outfield that had been exposed to yet more rain during the game.
Walton recovered, however, and he was behind the stumps as West Indies completed a 21-run win -- their 11th in 15 Twenty20 internationals against England, a sequence including last year's World Twenty20 final triumph in India.
