West Indies eased to a snug 264-run defeat in opposition to England for the lack of simply two wickets within the third ODI ultimate in Barbados on Wednesday, beating England 2-1.
Brandon King (102) and Keacy Carty (128) scored lots of every in 209 runs for the second wicket, the latter in his twenty eighth ODI First look for West Indies.
Reece Topley (1-55) claimed solely King’s ultimate comfort wicket, bowling, to finish the partnership, however Carty stayed to see the house aspect register a victory in seven overs.
England began 24-4 after taking the sphere and appeared to be carrying some momentum within the chase, with Phil Salt (74) and Dan Mousley (57) opening the scoring Serving to save the innings, Jofra Archer (38 off 17 balls) then hit three sixes in a cameo on the again finish.
However the writing was on the wall lengthy earlier than the 2 balls of West Indies’ reply, with two king boundaries blasting Archer, setting the tone for what was to come back.
The 2 groups will meet once more in a five-match T20 sequence on Saturday at 8pm (UK & Eire), with the primary two matches additionally happening at Bridgetown Oval.
Alzarri angrily leaves the pitch along with his captain
Shai Hope’s choice to bowl first within the ODI sequence ultimate was undoubtedly the suitable one as his set of quick bowlers demolished England’s high order within the first 10 overs, however such an excellent begin got here at a time when This was marred to an extent by a quarrel between the West Indies captains.
In unprecedented scenes, Alzarri (2-45) knocked out Jordan Cox (1) with a snort earlier than sulking and rapidly leaving the sphere on the finish of the sport, seemingly dismayed by the bottom he had set. Stressed – His staff was all the way down to 10 folks at one level.
Alzarri’s absence did not matter within the grand scheme of issues as Romario Shepherd (2-33) dismissed Jacob Bethel (0) along with his first ball – at Roston Aided by an outstanding catch from Chase – who then added the match-winner Liam Livingstone (6) from the second ODI – England had been in hassle quickly after. Will Jacks (5) was the primary domino to fall, reducing by Matthew Forde (3-35).
Salter and Mosley save England’s innings 24-4
Salter and Sam Curran (40) slowly rebuilt, including 70 for the fifth wicket earlier than Curran was killed whereas attempting to interrupt Chase’s off-spin tie, whereas attempting to counter the fielder. Pitch to heart.
Quickly after, Salter hit a half-century off 79 balls, his fifth in ODI cricket and his slowest. He might have made 52 within the subsequent over, however this time, Chase hit a troublesome likelihood low to the left at again level.
As a substitute, the England opener shared one other 70-run stand with Dan Mousley, this time the 23-year-old who scored the primary 50 runs in his third ODI look .
Salter ended up with 74 within the forty first over, taking an excellent catch on the lengthy catch boundary earlier than Alzarri added the ending touches that showcased all of King’s athleticism, although That also did not convey a smile to his face.
Mosley got here on and whereas Jamie Overton (32 off 21) and Archer performed some robust knocks within the closing seconds, England benefited from the harm of Sheppard bowling the primary ball of the seventh over Needed to get assist from the pitch after a severe slip.
West Indies immediately needed to discover the perfect half in part-timer Sherfane Rutherford’s four-wicket haul and England took full benefit, scoring 57 in his spell with Archer in Scored 25 factors within the ultimate sport.
Cardi’s maiden ton leads West Indies to sequence win
However relatively than carry that momentum into the West Indies chase, the hosts took again the initiative with an explosive begin from King and Evan Lewis (19), scoring 27 runs within the opening three overs. proper.
This included Lewis’s consecutive six off Archer, which prompted the quick bowler to withdraw from the assault early, just for Overton (1-17) to exchange him and bounce again in opposition to West Indies in his first over Islands opener.
England by no means actually threatened so as to add to the breakthrough, aside from Livingstone LBW adjudicating the primary ball within the thirteenth in opposition to Katy, which was quickly overturned by DRS, detected inside.
King additionally had a salt drop on the forty fourth pitch, additionally brought on by the captain’s bowling. King was additionally bowled by Cox on the cowl of Archer in ’86, however by then the sport and sequence had been lengthy misplaced.
All that remained was well-deserved centuries by each West Indies batsmen, with Khatty taking the primary in ODI cricket off 97 balls earlier than King received the third off 113 balls – a partnership between the 2 Additionally ticking.
Topley beat King within the closing seconds, however Carty hit the game-winner within the ultimate seconds to seal the sequence win.
Livingston: Positives in England’s defeat
England stand-in captain Liam Livingstone:
“We fought again very well [from 24-4]. The boys within the center shaped an excellent partnership and we ended nicely. We had numerous momentum within the defensive body and performed actually arduous.
“It is a disappointing ending however there’s numerous good on this sequence. We’ll take rather a lot, particularly the younger boys.
“I’ve discovered rather a lot and gained numerous expertise enjoying worldwide cricket, which might be priceless. There are numerous positives and I get pleasure from being captain.”
West Indies consistency delights Hope
West Indies skipper Shay Hope:
“We requested for consistency and self-discipline and that is precisely what we did.
“To be an elite staff you must do it persistently and I am excited to see everybody ticking the field off the sphere and translating that into efficiency on the sphere. We have accomplished a very good job.”
[Have you made up with Alzarri Joseph?]: “no remark.”
West Indies vs England schedule (all instances for UK & Eire)
- First overseas direct funding: Antigua – West Indies win by eight wickets (DLS)
- The second overseas direct funding: Antigua – England win by five wickets
- The third abroad direct funding: Barbados – West Indies win by eight wickets
- First T20: Barbados – Saturday, November 9 (8pm)
- Second T20: Barbados – Sunday, November 10 (8pm)
- Third T20: St. Lucia – Thursday, November 14 (8pm)
- Fourth T20: St. Lucia – Saturday, November 16 (8pm)
- Fifth T20: St. Lucia – Sunday, November 17 (8pm)