Poor England surrender to Superstars

Superstars (101-0) beat England (99) by 10 wickets. England hit their lowest ever Twenty20 total in the course of their humiliation by the Superstars in Antigua. Captain Chris Gayle (right) and Andre Fletcher took just 12.4 overs to win the $20m prize fund for their team. “For England cricket it was an unmitigated disaster,” writes Mike Selvey in the Observer. “Bowled out inside the full 20 overs for just 99, they could only stand and watch, mouths agape, as the magnificent ball striking of the Superstars captain Chris Gayle and the diminutive keeper Andre Fletcher slaughtered the bowling with an unbroken opening stand of 101. There were still seven overs and two balls in hand when Gayle blasted a low full toss from Andrew Flintoff over long on for his fifth sixth to end proceedings.”