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The tourists were hopeful of ending their tour of the West Indies on a high by winning the one-day series, despite suffering several embarrassing episodes this winter - including being dismissed for 51 in the opening Test in Jamaica.

Dismissed for a lowly 117 in just 41.3 overs, England were brutally brushed aside by the aggressive strokeplay of West Indies captain Chris Gayle, who raced to 80 off just 42 balls including five fours and eight sixes as the hosts cantered home by eight wickets.

Gayle, subdued in his previous two appearances in the series because of a hamstring problem, quickly set about England's attack and signalled his intentions by hitting Stuart Broad for a six over third man in the opening over.

Broad was replaced after conceding 28 runs in his opening three-over spell, one of which was a maiden, with Strauss turning to Mascarenhas' medium pace as a method for halting Gayle's stunning strokeplay.

It was as disastrous a decision as the one to leave Harmison fuming in the dressing room and resulted in Gayle hitting Mascarenhas for 24 in an over. The third ball was launched over extra cover for six up the steps and through the open door to the England dressing room and brought up his half-century in only 27 balls.

Gayle's ferocious assault was finally ended when Jimmy Anderson returned and uprooted his leg-stump as he wound up for another huge hit, before Broad redeemed himself by bowling Ramnaresh Sarwan with a yorker.

But by then West Indies were closing in on an emphatic victory which is unlikely to help Strauss' ambitions to become permanent captain of England's misfiring one-day side.