England vs West Indies: Seven-wicket victory seals 3-0 ODI sequence whitewash | Cricket Information

England clinched a 3-0 sequence whitewash with a seven-wicket victory over the West Indies after rain and site visitors conspired to scale back the third one-day worldwide at The Kia Oval to 40 overs-a-side.

Play commenced at 1.30pm, half an hour later than the scheduled begin time, after the West Indies workforce bus obtained caught in London congestion that compelled England gamers to finish the ultimate stage of their journey on Lime bikes.

An extra 90-minute rain delay compelled a discount in overs with the West Indies ending 251-9 after their 40, as England have been set a revised whole of 246 for victory through the DLS system.

Jamie Smith’s blistering 64 off 28 balls set the tone for England’s speedy run chase that was accomplished by an unbeaten 46-run partnership between captain Harry Brook (26 not out) and his predecessor Jos Buttler (41 not out), who sealed victory in 29.4 overs with a swashbuckling six.

The victory maintains England’s momentum underneath new white-ball captain Brook, whose facet swap their focus to the T20I sequence, which begins in Durham on Friday, reside on Sky Sports activities.

England sweep West Indies in ODI sequence

England made mild work of their run chase, with Smith’s blistering 25-ball fifty a part of a 93-run opening stand with Ben Duckett.

The lack of Smith, who fell to Gudakesh Motie after hitting the spinner for 20 runs in an all-action seventh over, did not derail the hosts, who obtained midway to their goal in 10.4 overs because of Duckett’s 34-ball half-century – his eighth in ODI cricket.

The run-rate slowed when Duckett holed out on 58 to Roston Chase at cowl, however Joe Root’s 44 off 48 obtained England to inside 50 of victory earlier than he fell sufferer to an excellent Shamar Joseph catch off the bowling of Alzarri Joseph.

It was left to the present and former captain to complete the job with Brook watching on as Buttler tonked an enormous six into the stands to place the seal on an emphatic victory with seven wickets to spare.

West Indies all the time enjoying catch-up

West Indies’ delay was compounded by the lack of the toss, because the unprepared vacationers have been put into bat and noticed Evin Lewis (8), Brandon King (16) and Shai Hope (0) fall to England’s seamers inside the primary seven overs.

After slumping to 28-3, Sherfane Rutherford (70 off 71 balls) and Keacy Carty, a centurion within the second ODI, led the West Indies resistance, placing on 62 for the fourth wicket both facet of the rain delay.

West Indies wickets tumbled upon the resumption, with Carty enjoying on from the bowling of Rashid, who eliminated Justin Greaves and Roston Chase in two balls, the latter falling for a first-ball duck in successive ODIs.

On his first look of the sequence, Rutherford was West Indies’ biggest menace with the bat however, after notching his sixth ODI half-century, his innings was dropped at an abrupt finish on 70 by the newest very good catch from England captain Brook, diving ahead at mid-on after a cross-seam brief supply from Brydon Carse.

The large-hitting Motie (63 off 53 balls) spearheaded a middle-order fightback, smashing three big sixes on path to a 45-ball half-century as a part of a 91-run stand with Alzarri Joseph (41 off 29) – the very best eighth-wicket partnership for the West Indies towards England in ODI cricket.

However England’s dominance with the bat ensured the West Indies whole fell means wanting being aggressive.

Root: I need to hold evolving and increasing

Participant of the Collection, Joe Root (267 runs, 100, one fifty)

“For me, it is about making an attempt to be in keeping with follow. Be certain that I’m in search of methods to get higher and keep one step forward of the opposition.

“There’s a lot information on the market so it’s important to evolve and develop your sport. That’s how I’ll proceed to do issues.”

Hope: West Indies can take positives

West Indies captain Shai Hope:

“There are all the time positives you may take from any sequence, any match

“Keacy Carty’s type has continued, he has made nice progress over the past couple of months. Alzarri along with his enforcer function within the center overs.

“Rutherford is a high quality participant, he seems to be like he’s enjoying a online game typically! I like his prep and the way in which he goes about his innings.”

Brook hails ‘superior’ England after 3-0 sweep

England captain Harry Brook:

“The best way we began off at Edgbaston [in the first ODI] was superb – to get 400 on the board and bowl them out convincingly.

“At present was superior as properly. We’ve been speaking about being dominant and ending the sequence 3-0. We are going to benefit from the success.

“Smith took the sport away from West Indies within the powerplay which is what we wish to see – and I Iike the depth in our batting.

“I feel that helped us in Cardiff within the second ODI.”

England vs West Indies white-ball fixtures

All instances UK and Eire; all video games reside on Sky Sports activities

One-day worldwide sequence (Could-June)

• First ODI, Edgbaston: England gained by 238 runs
• Second ODI, Cardiff: England gained by three wickets
• Third ODI, The Oval: England gained by seven wickets

T20 worldwide sequence (June)

• First T20I: Friday June 6 (6.30pm) – Chester-le-Avenue
• Second T20I: Sunday June 8 (2.30pm) – Bristol
• Third T20I: Tuesday June 10 (6.30pm) – Southampton

Watch the primary T20I between England on the West Indies reside on Sky Sports activities Cricket and Sky Sports activities Most important Occasion from 6pm on Friday June 6 (first ball, 6.30pm). Stream cricket with NOW.