CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) — West Indies Captain Rovman Powell strongly believes that if his batters had better assessed the conditions in the just-concluded Twenty20 International (T20I) series against England, they might have been on the winning end.

England captured the best-of-five series 3-1 after Sunday’s final T20I at Daren Sammy Cricket Ground was rained out, with only five overs of play possible.

The visitors won the toss in the first three matches at Kensington Oval in Barbados and sent the Windies in to bat on each occasion, with the home side’s batsmen struggling to come to grips with the conditions.

In the first two matches they lost three wickets inside the power play, and in the third game they lost five wickets inside the first six overs.

Trailing 0-3, the West Indies’ batters showed up to the party in the fourth T20I on their way to completing a historic run chase by posting 221 for five — the highest ever at Daren Sammy Cricket Ground.

Speaking during the post-match ceremony on Sunday, Powell said failure to properly assess the conditions in the opening matches ultimately led to them losing the series.

“It’s been a tough series. I think a lot of credit has to be given to Jos and his team, they really came in our conditions and dominated.

“But, having said that, I think we played good cricket in patches — just that we didn’t play good cricket for long enough periods,” said Powell, the second-highest run scorer in the series with 153 runs, behind England’s Phil Salt who scored 162 runs.

“I think we always, as a batting group, have a template that we try to work with but, unfortunately, the template didn’t work in our first few games.

“But as a team we need to assess a little bit faster. It took us about two or three games to really wonder what’s really happening to us as a batting group, and also as a bowling group we need to sharpen up on a few areas,” he added.

With the West Indies set to play Bangladesh in three T20 Internationals next month, Powell said there were still some positives to take away from the England series.

“The way we played the last game, we showed that we can play really good cricket.

“You know, if we just assessed a little bit earlier in the series it possibly would have been a different series, but a lot of credit has to be given to Jos and his team…” Powell said.