West Indies hammer England in series decider

Third ODI, Barbados

England 263-8 (50 overs): Salt 74 (108); Forde 3-35

West Indies 267-2 (43 overs): Carty 128* (114), King 102 (117), ; Overton 1-17

West Indies triumph by 8 wickets; triumph bid 2-1

Scorecard

West Indies claimed a bid triumph implicit England aft defeating the tourists by 8 wickets successful the 3rd and last one-day planetary successful Barbados.

Keacy Carty and Brandon King some scored awesome hundreds arsenic West Indies cantered location successful pursuit of 264 with 7 overs to spare.

Sint Maarten batter Carty blitzed his mode to his maiden planetary ton successful 97 balls and stayed unbeaten connected 128, portion King made his 3rd ODI period successful 113 balls.

England’s 263-8 looked reasonably steadfast considering they crumbled to 24-4 successful 10 overs aft being asked to bat first.

Phil Salt’s watchful 74 dug them retired of a spread with Sam Curran scoring 40 and Dan Mousley impressing with his maiden ODI half-century.

Jamie Overton added 32 portion Jofra Archer remained unbeaten connected 38 arsenic England recovered to station a full which had looked challenging until the involution of King and Carty.

With Jos Buttler returning arsenic captain, England volition anticipation to regroup arsenic they hole for the five-match T20 series, which kicks disconnected astatine the aforesaid venue connected Saturday.

Salt watched connected from the non-striker’s extremity arsenic West Indies ripped done the England apical order.

After the tourists were forced connected to the backmost ft early, the opener played an uncharacteristically sedate sound to lend immoderate respect to the England total.

Matthew Forde had recovered immoderate aboriginal question to disregard Will Jacks successful 3rd implicit earlier Jordan Cox’s troubles against the abbreviated shot continued arsenic helium gloved a 92mph bouncer from Alzarri Joseph to Hope down the stumps.

Jacob Bethell went for a duck, with skipper Liam Livingstone joining him successful the dressing country wrong the powerplay, leaving England up against it.

They were grateful for the diligent show from Salt, who deed conscionable 1 bound successful his archetypal 52 balls earlier hoisting Romario Shepherd implicit mid-wicket for his lone six to bring up a precious 50-run concern with Curran.

It took the opener 79 balls to scope his 5th and the slowest ODI half-century earlier falling to Forde connected 74, but lone aft providing the springboard for England.

Mousley built connected that momentum and carved retired his maiden half-century successful 64 deliveries, accumulating the bulk of those runs connected the limb broadside earlier falling to Joseph arsenic England stepped connected the gas.

Overton’s 32 from 21 balls and Archer’s 17-ball 38 helped the visitors ransack 100 successful the past 10 overs, including 21 disconnected the last over.

Though England yet fell good short, Salt’s back-to-back fifties volition springiness him assurance heading into the T20 series, wherever helium volition clasp the gloves contempt Buttler's return.