England vs West Indies: Seven-wicket victory seals 3-0 ODI collection whitewash

England clinched a 3-0 collection whitewash with a seven-wicket victory over the West Indies after rain and site visitors conspired to cut 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 crew bus obtained caught in London congestion that compelled England gamers to finish the ultimate stage of their journey on Lime bikes.

A further 90-minute rain delay compelled a discount in overs with the West Indies ending 251-9 after their 40, as England had been set a revised whole of 246 for victory by way of 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 beneath new white-ball captain Brook, whose aspect swap their focus to the T20I collection, which begins in Durham on Friday, dwell on Sky Sports activities.

England sweep West Indies in ODI collection

England made gentle 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 a superb 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 had 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 aspect 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 collection, Rutherford was West Indies’ biggest risk with the bat however, after notching his sixth ODI half-century, his innings was delivered to an abrupt finish on 70 by the most recent excellent 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 enormous 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 in opposition to England in ODI cricket.

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

Root: I wish to preserve evolving and increasing

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

“For me, it’s about trying to be consistent with practice. Make sure I am looking for ways to get better and stay one step ahead of the opposition.

“There may be a lot knowledge on the market so you must evolve and increase your sport. That’s how I’ll proceed to do issues.”

Hope: West Indies can take positives

West Indies captain Shai Hope:

“There are always positives you can take from any series, any match

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

“Rutherford is a quality player, he looks like he is playing a video game sometimes! I love his prep and the way he goes about his innings.”

Brook hails ‘superior’ England after 3-0 sweep

England captain Harry Brook:

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

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

“Smith took the game away from West Indies in the powerplay which is what we like 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 times UK and Ireland; all games live on Sky Sports

One-day international series (May-June)

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

T20 international series (June)

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

Watch the first T20I between England at the West Indies live on Sky Sports Cricket and Sky Sports Main Event from 6pm on Friday June 6 (first ball, 6.30pm). Stream cricket with NOW.