England sealed a 3-1 win in its Twenty20 series against West Indies when the fifth and final match was abandoned after five overs because of rain.

Torrential rain led to the abandonment of the final clash of England’s T20 series in the Caribbean, leaving the final score at 3-1.

It’s been a soggy end to a sparky series, an unfitting send-off for three coaches – the interim boss Marcus Trescothick, who, like Lee Carsley, will now hand over to a more lasting successor, plus the fielding coach Carl Hopkinson and the spin-bowling coach Richard Dawson.

Shai Hope and Evin Lewis have made half centuries in a rapid 136-run opening stand as the West Indies completed a record run chase and beat England by five wickets in the fourth Twenty20 international.

Evening everyone and welcome to the fifth act of another sporting drama. Some might say it was a dead rubber, but they would be missing the point. In a sport that loves its records the way cricket does,

The curse lives on. Seven games into England’s white-ball tour of the Caribbean, every match has still been won by the team batting second. The streak fleetingly threatened to be broken as England amassed 218-5,