England end with a whimper

Hosts shot out for 88 in 16.4 overs as series finishes all square

England's incredible summer finished on a rather disappointing note with a 25-run defeat in the second Twenty20 game against the West Indies.

The hosts, who had won the opener by 10 wickets, seemed on course to complete a 2-0 triumph in the NatWest Series when they restricted their opponents to 113-5 at the Oval.

However England's batsmen fell well short in reply, four run outs not helping their cause, as they were bowled out for 88 - their lowest ever T20 total.

Debutant Garey Mathurin did the early damage, taking 3-9 from his four overs, before the final three wickets fell for just five runs in the space of 12 balls, fittingly the last of them being the run out of Jade Dernbach.

While the defeat does not take the gloss of a fine campaign for England, there will be concerns at their failure to knock off such a small target.

They struggled against the unknown quantites of left-arm spinner Mathurin and Krishmar Santokie - a left-arm seamer who has still yet to play a first-class game.

Openers Alex Hales and Craig Kieswetter were unable to match their efforts from the first game, making just two and 10 respectively off the back of unbeaten half-centuries at the same venue on Friday night.

Mathurin bowled Ravi Bopara (three) and Jonathan Bairstow (four) to leave England 44-4 before the first run out put paid to Samit Patel's stay in the middle, the all-rounder failing to beat Devendra Bishoo's direct hit.

Ben Stokes did his best to keep the home team in contention, including clobbering a superb six off the bowling of Bishoo. The leg-spinner, however, gained his revenge when he trapped the left-hander lbw for 31.

Tim Bresnan carelessly lofted Andre Russell to Mathurin at long-off to make it 60-7 and from then on panic set in, leading to three late run outs.

Jos Buttler's first knock in international cricket was ended when West Indies skipper Darren Sammy caught him backing up too far, while skipper Graeme Swann sold the impressive Scott Borthwick (14) down the river with a bad call.

Last man Dernbach then became the fourth man to be caught short of his ground to close the innings after just 16.4 overs.

Few could have predicted such an outcome at the halfway stage, the West Indies having limped along to a total some way short of the 125 all out they managed two days earlier.

England opted to pick Borthwick for his Twenty20 debut and the leggie did not let them down, picking up 1-15 from his four overs.

Patel - who opened the bowling alongside seamer Bresnan - also prospered with his left-arm spin on a worn pitch, taking 2-22, though it was a surprise that Swann only opted to give himself two overs.

Marlon Samuels started slowly but managed an important run-a-ball 35 not out, putting on 34 for the fifth wicket alongside skipper Sammy.

The partnership ended when Sammy was well caught in the deep by Borthwick in the closing stages, but an unbeaten 12 from Russell at the end gave the West Indies a late boost. In the end, though, they had more than enough.