Henry Moeran

That West Indies squad, by the way, you mentioned them.

Some of the all-time greats of T20 cricket were playing.

Captained by their coach for this year's edition in 26 are Darren Sammy and Dwayne Bravo as well.

Darren Bravo was there.

Fidel Edwards, Chris Gale, of course.

Karim Pollard, Dennis Ramdin, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels.

Yeah, he was there and causing mischief.

Oh dear, not a bit of it.

One thing I'd forgotten about the England squad, by the way, Finny, no Kevin Peterson at the time, because he was in international exile after all that had happened in the series against South Africa the preceding summer.

Yeah, well, it was a knockout.

England played against the West Indies, lost two wickets in the first over, chasing 180, then big partnership between Morgan and Hales, but eventually falling 15 runs short.

Then Stephen Finn starred, three for 16 against New Zealand, six-wicket win, and then the eventual, as it was, a knockout.

So England needed to beat Sri Lanka, and then Lasith Malinga did what he tends to do.

Five for 31.

Three wickets in four balls.

And even though there was 50 from Samit Patel, England lost by 19 runs and eliminated.

Yeah, and it was a fantastic occasion.

I remember it well with...

the noise around, Malinga running in, and just that sense of event every time.

You saw these superstars who were becoming real household names around the world, but in Sri Lanka, Prakash, these guys were just the absolute, you know, they were the kings of the world.