• Captain says it will catch all-rounder time to recover from final-over horror
• Marlon Samuels fined 30% of match fee for abusive language to StokesFor the 48000 neutrals here the Twenty20 World Cup final delivered a wonderful spectacle: a taut,fluctuating contest that was enthralling. For the two sides the extremes of elation and despair that can be conjured simply by chasing and hitting a hunk of leather can seldom have been so stark.
England were forced to defend a total (155 for nine) that Eoin Morgan described as 40 runs short. Yet they did this so tenaciously that, when Ben Stokes ran in to bowl the final over, or West Indies needed 19 runs to win. Carlos Brathwaite hit the next four balls for six. The game was over; West Indies celebrated with a vim and vigour that no team on earth can match. England were devastated. Related: Marlon Samuels takes aim at Shane Warne and Ben Stokes after T20 win Overwhelmed by all the support of everyone after a disappointing final over.....
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Source: theguardian.com