DEAD RUBBER DEFEAT

It was a wonderful home-coming for Barbados-born, England cricket recruit, Christopher Jordan at Kensington Oval, yesterday.

Playing before his “home” crowd for the first time in his brief international career, the 25-year-old Jordan starred with bat and ball in helping his adopted country England salvage a consolation five-run victory against the West Indies in the third and final Twenty20 International.

Jordan hit four sixes in the last over from Dwayne Bravo, who unwisely served up a number of slow deliveries in a rapid unbeaten 27 off nine balls to push England’s total to a challenging 165 for six.

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