WI vs ENG: West Indies did wonders, defeated England in the third ODI and won the series at home after 25 years
WI vs ENG 3rd ODI: Host West Indies defeated England by 4 wickets in the third ODI to capture the three-match series 2-1. This is after 25 years when West Indies defeated England at home.
The Caribbean team has done wonders by winning the last match of the three-match ODI series being played between hosts West Indies and England. In this rain-interrupted match, the West Indies defeated the English team by 4 wickets under the Duckworth-Lewis rule and captured the series 2-1. This happened after 25 years when West Indies defeated England in an ODI series at home. Before this, the West Indies had last defeated the English team in 1998. West Indies, which did not qualify for the World Cup 2023, has once again shown that it can defeat the biggest teams at the international level.
In fact, in this rain-interrupted match, West Indies won the toss and invited England to bat first. England, who came to bat first, had a very bad start. At one time half the team had returned to the pavilion on the score of 49.
After this, there was a brilliant partnership of 88 runs between Ben Duckett and Livingstone and England scored 206 runs in 40 overs. Ben Duckett scored 71 runs and Livingstone scored 45 runs. Apart from this, no other batsman could even cross the 20-run mark. Alzarri and Ford took 3-3 wickets for West Indies.
In the rain-interrupted match, West Indies got the target of 188 runs in 34 overs under Duckworth Lewis's rule. West Indies, which set out to chase the target of 188 runs, had a very bad start. He lost the first wicket on the score of just two runs. After this, there was a partnership of 76 runs between Alek Athanaje and Casey Carty.
Allik was out after scoring 45 runs. After this, wickets kept falling at regular intervals, but West Indies scored 191 runs in 31.4 overs and registered a spectacular victory by four wickets. For West Indies, Casey Carty scored 50 runs and Romario Shepherd scored 41 runs.
After capturing the ODI series, now the host West Indies will be eyeing to defeat the English team in their favourite T20 cricket format. Now a 5-match T20 series will be played between West Indies and England from December 12.
