Jamie Smith’s barnstorming 64 off 28 deliveries helped England clear sweep the West Indies 3-0 in Harry Brook‘s first collection as full-time white-ball captain.
Smith bludgeoned 10 fours and three sixes for his first fifty in his thirteenth one-day worldwide as England cantered to a revised goal of 246 in 40 overs, with seven wickets and 62 balls to spare on the Kia Oval.
The Windies had recovered from 28 for 3 and 154 for seven to submit 251 for 9 after arriving to the bottom late due to visitors which – mixed with a 95-minute rain delay – meant a decreased contest.
Adil Rashid took three for 40 whereas there have been two wickets apiece for tempo trio Saqib Mahmood, Brydon Carse and Matthew Potts however the Windies’ tail wagged by Gudakdesh Motie and Alzarri Joseph.
After Sherfane Rutherford’s 70 led the primary rebuild, Motie (63) and Joseph (41) placed on a blistering 91 off 68 balls however that was put within the shade by Smith and Ben Duckett‘s 93-run union in 43 deliveries.
After Smith’s blitz, Duckett made 58 off 46 balls earlier than Joe Root, Brook and Jos Buttler obtained England over the road for his or her first ODI collection whitewash since beating the Netherlands 3-0 in 2022.
Jamie Smith’s Innings
England’s new-look opening pair made geese because the hosts sealed a Metro Financial institution collection win on Sunday at Sophia Gardens however Smith – averaging 17.63 from his first 12 ODIs – grabbed the bull by the horns on his dwelling floor.
He obtained off the mark with a streaky inside edge however was on prime thereafter, taking eight fours from his first 17 balls off the wayward Shamar Joseph and Jayden Seales, who was hooked out of the bottom for six.
Smith was put down at brief midwicket from Motie’s first supply and crashed four-six-four-six en path to a 25-ball half-century earlier than the gradual left-armer ended an eventful over by discovering the bottom of off-stump.
Duckett, who dropped two catches and fumbled a run-out at Cardiff, contributed simply 19 to the opening stand however discovered some rhythm with three sixes off Alzarri Joseph, having been put down on 15.
Duckett swept, lower and pulled Motie for 3 successive fours however then picked out cowl off Chase, who then spilled a easy likelihood at backward level to reprieve Brook when he was on simply 4.
Ending the Chase
It was largely a procession from that time, even when Root, recent off a career-best 166 not out on the weekend, perished with 46 wanted after top-edging Alzarri Joseph to Shamar Joseph for 44.
Buttler then took centre stage, blazing an unbeaten 41 from 20 balls, ending issues with a towering leg-side six off Seales, as Brook grabbed a red-inker of his personal on 26 not out.
A mixture of broken-down buses, a visitors lights failure and roadworks over a River Thames bridge contributed to the Windies’ earlier tardiness from their resort three-and-a-half miles away.
They arrived to the bottom at 12:40pm – 10 minutes after the scheduled toss – and a 1:30pm begin meant a truncated follow.
West Indies Innings
They stumbled out of the traps after shedding the toss because the fit-again Evin Lewis and Brandon King miscued to catchers within the ring.
Captain Shai Hope was bounced out by Mahmood for the second time within the collection however Rutherford led the restoration nicely.
He was fluent by the off-side and powerful off his hips however lacked help as Rashid bowled Cardiff centurion Keacy Carty through an inside edge shortly after the rain break after which had two wickets in two balls by dismissing Justin Greaves and Chase, who recorded a second golden duck in a row.
Motie smoked Rashid’s hat-trick ball over long-on after which led one other Windies wave of resistance alongside Alzarri Joseph after Brook took a superb diving catch to finish Rutherford’s defiant knock.
Whereas not solely snug with England’s short-pitched ways, Motie dispatched Mahmood and Carse into the stands to go to his ODI greatest rating from quantity eight, whereas penultimate batter Alzarri Joseph proved a succesful foil because the Windies ended their 40 overs with a flourish.
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