Gorgeous centuries from Keacy Carty and Brandon King steered West Indies to an eight-wicket victory over England within the third and ultimate One-Day Worldwide in Barbados on Wednesday because the hosts sealed the collection 2-1.
England batted first, with a high-quality 74 from opener Phil Salt serving to the vacationers recuperate from 24-4 to submit a decent 263-8, a late flurry of runs from the bat of quick bowler Jofra Archer (38 not out) serving to the trigger.
Archer struggled with the ball, nevertheless, as Keacy (128 not out) posted his first worldwide ton and King (102) made his third ODI century in a second-wicket partnership of 209 to information West Indies to victory.
England takes on West Indies once more within the first of 5 Twenty20 Internationals at Barbados’ Kensington Oval on Saturday, with white-ball captain Jos Buttler in line for a possible return from damage.
Liam Livingstone had notched a maiden ODI century to assist England sq. the collection 1-1 on Saturday, however the stand-in skipper’s wicket was one among 4 to fall inside the primary 10 overs at Kensington Oval, with solely 24 runs on the board.
Salt’s 70-run stand with all-rounder Sam Curran helped England recuperate, whereas Dan Mousley’s maiden ODI half-century dragged the vacationers again into the competition.
A mid-spell damage to the hosts’ Romario Shepherd offered England with an extra enhance, with Sherfane Rutherford pressured to come back into the bowling assault.
England plundered 57 runs off Rutherford’s 3.5 overs, with Archer’s big-hitting 38 from 17 balls, together with three sixes, doing the injury.
“We battled again very well (with the bat),” Livingstone instructed TNT Sports activities. “The boys within the center placed on an honest partnership and ended very well. In the end we didn’t get sufficient runs.
“Disillusioned with the top to the collection however there have been quite a lot of good elements.”
West Indies captain Shai Hope stated his aspect’s dominance had happy him most.
“We requested for consistency and self-discipline, and that’s precisely what the blokes did. The principle factor if you wish to be an elite crew is that you simply’ve bought to do issues constantly,” he added.
“It’s a giant plus for us, the work is basically exhibiting. The blokes are placing quite a lot of work in off the sphere. It’s a terrific confidence booster, particularly for the batting unit and going forwards I’m certain we’ll have much more runs to come back.”
England struck early when Jamie Overton eliminated opener Evin Lewis for 19 however the partnership between King and Carty ended the vacationers’ hopes. It was solely the third time a West Indies ODI partnership collected greater than 200 on residence soil.
King was clear bowled by Reece Topley because the hosts closed in on victory, with Carty, who completed the collection as the very best run scorer, hammering one ultimate boundary to seal the win.
It was England’s third successive ODI collection defeat since its disappointing World Cup in India final 12 months.