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The Independent
2 days ago
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- The Independent
Jamie Smith reveals England's future potential after clean sweep over West Indies
Jamie Smith 's barnstorming 64 off 28 deliveries helped England clean sweep the West Indies 3-0 in Harry Brook's first series as full-time white-ball captain. Smith bludgeoned 10 fours and three sixes for his first fifty in his 13th one-day international as England cantered to a revised target of 246 in 40 overs, with seven wickets and 62 balls to spare at the Kia Oval. The Windies had recovered from 28 for three and 154 for seven to post 251 for nine after arriving to the ground late because of traffic which – combined with a 95-minute rain delay – meant a reduced contest. Adil Rashid took three for 40 while there were two wickets apiece for pace trio Saqib Mahmood, Brydon Carse and Matthew Potts but the Windies' tail wagged through Gudakdesh Motie and Alzarri Joseph. After Sherfane Rutherford's 70 led the first rebuild, Motie (63) and Joseph (41) put on a blistering 91 off 68 balls but that was put in the shade by Smith and Ben Duckett's 93-run union in 43 deliveries. After Smith's blitz, Duckett made 58 off 46 balls before Joe Root, Brook and Jos Buttler got England over the line for their first ODI series whitewash since beating the Netherlands 3-0 in 2022. England's new-look opening pair made ducks as the hosts sealed a Metro Bank series win on Sunday at Sophia Gardens but Smith – averaging 17.63 from his first 12 ODIs – grabbed the bull by the horns on his home ground. He got off the mark with a streaky inside edge but was on top thereafter, taking eight fours from his first 17 balls off the wayward Shamar Joseph and Jayden Seales, who was hooked out of the ground for six. Smith was put down at short midwicket from Motie's first delivery and crashed four-six-four-six en route to a 25-ball half-century before the slow left-armer ended an eventful over by finding the base of off-stump. Duckett, who dropped two catches and fumbled a run-out at Cardiff, contributed just 19 to the opening stand but found some rhythm with three sixes off Alzarri Joseph, having been put down on 15. Duckett swept, cut and pulled Motie for three successive fours but then picked out cover off Chase, who then spilled a simple chance at backward point to reprieve Brook when he was on just four. It was largely a procession from that point, even if Root, fresh off a career-best 166 not out at the weekend, perished with 46 needed after top-edging Alzarri Joseph to Shamar Joseph for 44. Buttler then took centre stage, blazing an unbeaten 41 from 20 balls, finishing matters with a towering leg-side six off Seales, as Brook grabbed a red-inker of his own on 26 not out. A combination of broken-down buses, a traffic lights failure and roadworks over a River Thames bridge contributed to the Windies' earlier tardiness from their hotel three-and-a-half miles away. They arrived to the ground at 12:40pm – 10 minutes after the scheduled toss – and a 1:30pm start meant a truncated practice. They stumbled out of the traps after losing the toss as the fit-again Evin Lewis and Brandon King miscued to catchers in the ring. Captain Shai Hope was bounced out by Mahmood for the second time in the series but Rutherford led the recovery well. He was fluent through the off-side and strong off his hips but lacked support as Rashid bowled Cardiff centurion Keacy Carty via an inside edge shortly after the rain break and then 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 and then led another Windies wave of resistance alongside Alzarri Joseph after Brook took an excellent diving catch to end Rutherford's defiant knock. While not entirely comfortable with England's short-pitched tactics, Motie dispatched Mahmood and Carse into the stands to go to his ODI best score from number eight, while penultimate batter Alzarri Joseph proved a capable foil as the Windies ended their 40 overs with a flourish.
CNA
2 days ago
- General
- CNA
England crush West Indies to complete 3-0 ODI series win
LONDON :England completed a 3-0 sweep of West Indies in their one-day international series with opener Jamie Smith's rapid half century paving the way for a convincing seven-wicket victory at the Oval on Tuesday. Having set a revised target of 246 in 40 overs after West Indies posted 251-9 in a rain-shortened match, England sauntered to victory after Smith's damaging 64 from 28 balls. Fellow opener Ben Duckett chipped in with 58 and Joe Root made 44 as England made light work of the chase - former captain Jos Buttler sealing victory with a six with more than 10 overs to spare. A series whitewash was the perfect start for England's new white ball captain Brook after England had lost their previous seven ODIs ahead of the series.
The Guardian
2 days ago
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- The Guardian
Jamie Smith's rapid response to West Indies fireworks sets up ODI sweep for England
A day that started for England with walks and bike rides ended with runs, and plenty of them. A barrage of boundaries from Jamie Smith and Ben Duckett saw the home side take control of a match that was delayed after the players got stuck in traffic and then abbreviated by rain, before an explosive cameo from Jos Buttler saw them speed to victory by seven wickets, with 62 balls to spare. The series thus ended as it started, with a one-sided victory. The match in between was much more competitive but this was a very different display from England, whose fielding was as sharp as it had been sloppy on Sunday, and in particular from their openers, who in Cardiff had scored a combined total of nothing but here each reached rapid half-centuries. Smith might have travelled in by train, but as soon as he had a bat in his hand he was motoring. On the ground the Surrey man knows better than any other he looked instantly at home, putting the West Indies bowlers through an excruciating ordeal as he hammered 64 runs off just 28 balls, 46% of which went for boundaries. The first of them, it is true, came off the inside edge, but from there his bat seemed to be made entirely of middle. England rushed to 50 off just 28 legal deliveries, the last of which was brutally heaved over midwicket by Smith, the ball bouncing once in the stands before disappearing into the street behind – perhaps, inspired by the players' earlier improvisations, hoping to catch a bus – and by the end of an abbreviated, eight-over powerplay they had already scored 100. There was just a little bit of luck along the way, and Smith was dropped at midwicket by Jayden Greaves off the first ball of Gudakesh Motie's first over, Motie having himself dropped Duckett moments earlier. The bowler gained revenge by bowling Smith with the final ball of the same over, though the four in between had disappeared for 20. By this point England, having come in needing 6.15 an over, had whittled the required run rate down to something only marginally less pedestrian than some players' journey to the ground, and when Duckett ended an excellent over from Roston Chase by spearing to cover having scored a 46-ball 58 they were most of the way there. Harry Brook was also dropped in what, but for the efforts of a couple of batters, was a car crash of a performance from West Indies, before Buttler's quickfire 41 – 32 of those from boundaries – took England over the line. Given their late arrival at the ground it was perhaps understandable that some of West Indies' batters looked underprepared as the game begun, and both Hope and Chase lasted only one ball – the latter falling to his first delivery for the second time in three days. They were not helped by England's excellence in the field, and this time the only catch that did not stick was by Brydon Carse, sprinting to his left at the square leg boundary, though even if he had somehow clung on to Sherfane Rutherford's mighty blow his momentum would have carried him beyond the rope. Sign up to The Spin Subscribe to our cricket newsletter for our writers' thoughts on the biggest stories and a review of the week's action after newsletter promotion That was one of two sixes Rutherford registered, and if few batters had a finer excuse than him for feeling a little ill at ease – his last game was 4,000 miles and five time zones away in Mullanpur on Friday, the final outing of his IPL stint with Gujarat Titans – there was little sign of it here. Coming in with the West Indies innings almost as troubled as their journey to the ground he took only two balls to get his eye in, before hitting his next two for four to slide smoothly into gear. The 26-year-old ended with 70 off 71, very slightly reducing his average in a format that has so far seen him score six fifties and a century in just 11 innings to 70.87. With Gudakesh Motie scoring 63 off 54 before being bowled by Matt Potts with the final ball of the innings and Alzarri Joseph adding a handy 41 off 29 at No 8, West Indies eventually recovered from 28 for three and 154 for seven to post 251, adjusted under the DLS method to leave England with a target of 246 and 40 overs to do it. It felt just about defendable, until England's openers got to work.
Reuters
2 days ago
- General
- Reuters
England crush West Indies to complete 3-0 ODI series win
LONDON, June 3 (Reuters) - England completed a 3-0 sweep of West Indies in their one-day international series with opener Jamie Smith's rapid half century paving the way for a convincing seven-wicket victory at the Oval on Tuesday. Having set a revised target of 246 in 40 overs after West Indies posted 251-9 in a rain-shortened match, England sauntered to victory after Smith's damaging 64 from 28 balls. Fellow opener Ben Duckett chipped in with 58 and Joe Root made 44 as England made light work of the chase -- former captain Jos Buttler sealing victory with a six with more than 10 overs to spare. A series whitewash was the perfect start for England's new white ball captain Brook after England had lost their previous seven ODIs ahead of the series.
BBC News
2 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Duckett hits half-century as England charge towards target
Ben Duckett hits a half-century off 34 balls as England race towards their target of 246 in the third One Day International against the West Indies at The LIVE: England v West Indies - Third One Day InternationalAvailable to UK users only.
