BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — England Twenty20 captain Stuart Broad admitted Sunday that he will sit out the rest of the West Indies tour to rest a knee injury. After his side lost Sunday's opening game of a three-match T20 series by 27 runs, Broad said he wanted to be fully recovered in time for the World Twenty in Bangladesh later this month. “No panic with the knee, had it a long time,” tweeted Broad. “The workload over the winter has got it to a point it needs treatment. 7 days should be fine.” The second and third matches between West Indies and England are Tuesday and Thursday at Bridgetown's Kensington Oval. Earlier, Marlon Samuels blasted an unbeaten 69 off just 46 balls to spur West Indies to an easy victory over England in their first Twenty20 international at Kensington Oval. Samuels helped West Indies compile an impressive total of 170 for three after Chris Gayle got the innings off to a flying start with a quick-fire 43. “I've been working hard, but the hard work is paying off,” Samuels said in a post-match interview. “I love to play cricket in Barbados, the pitch was one you could play your shots on, so we had to back ourselves.” England, who beat the West Indies 2-1 in their three match one-day series, could only muster 143 for nine in reply and never really looked like getting to its target. All-rounder Tim Bresnan top scored for England with 47 not out off 29 deliveries but his late blast counted for little after the tourists had slumped to 73-6 in the 12th over. Spinner Samuel Badree was the pick of the West Indian bowlers, taking 3-17 off four overs, including the stumpings of Alex Hales and Luke Wright in successive balls after Sunil Narine only managed two overs because of injury. “We didn't get going today, but that can happen in T20 when you a chasing a good score,” said England captain Stuart Broad, who also struggled with a sore knee. “I've got a touch of patellar tendonitis and may not play the next two games to get ready for the World T20.” — Agencies Scoreboard West Indies D. Smith b Bopara 27 C. Gayle lbw b Tredwell 43 M. Samuels not out 69 L. Simmons c Lumb b Bopara 03 A. Russell not out 24 Extras (lb3, nb1) 04 Total (for 3, 20 overs) 170 Falls: 1-57 (Smith), 2-87 (Gayle), 3-112 (Simmons). Did not bat: Dwayne Bravo, D. Sammy, D. Ramdin, S. Narine, R. Rampaul, S. Badree. Bowling: Broad 2-0-26-0 (1nb), Dernbach 4-0-36-0, Bresnan 4-0-36-0, Stokes 2-0-30-0, Bopara 4-0-23-2, Tredwell 4-0-16-1. England Lumb c Rampaul b Badree 18 Hales st Ramdin b Badree 03 Wright st Ramdin b Badree 00 Morgan c (sub) Charles b Samuels 19 Buttler c (sub) Charles b Narine 00 Bopara c and b Dwayne Bravo 42 Stokes st Ramdin b Samuels 04 Bresnan not out 47 Broad run out 05 Tredwell run out 01 Dernbach not out 01 Extras (b1, lb2) 03 Total (for 9, 20 overs) 143 Falls: 1-13 (Hales), 2-13 (Morgan), 3-36 (Lumb), 4-40 (Buttler), 5-55 (Morgan), 6-73 (Stokes), 7-101 (Bopara), 8-123 (Broad), 9-133 (Tredwell). Bowling: Badree 4-0-17-3, Rampaul 3-0-31-0, Narine 2-0-8-1, Dwayne Bravo 4-0-30-1, Samuels 4-0-21-2, Sammy 1-0-12-0, Russell 2-0-21-0.
