Debutant Matthew Forde’s sensational all-round effort (3/29 and 13* off 16 balls) mixed with Romario Shepherd’s brilliance with the willow in hand helped West Indies clinch an ODI series against England for the primary time since 1998 at home as they sealed the series decider by 4 wickets (DLS technique) at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on Saturday, December 9.
Player of the Match (POTM) Forde who changed Oshane Thomas within the enjoying XI, proved his captain Shai Hope proper as he demolished the English prime order up entrance. Forde received the higher of Phil Salt, Zack Crawley and Will Jacks who was the star for England within the earlier recreation with the bat in hand to depart the vacationers languishing at 3/45.
Alzarri Joseph added to England’s distress quickly as he ran Harry Brook out earlier than he may get his eye in and eliminated the English skipper Jos Buttler for a golden duck with a bumper. Buttler failed to hold the pull shot in management and miscued it because it was held safely by Gudakesh Motie at the wonderful leg boundary.
The Three Lions had been 5 down inside the primary ten overs of the sport and had been beginning down the barrel. However, an 88-run stand between Ben Duckett (71 of 73 balls) and Liam Livingstone (45 off 56 deliveries) rescued the 2019 ODI World Cup champions from a precarious state of affairs.
Shepherd ended England’s resistance as he eliminated each Duckett and Livingstone inside a niche of 16 balls and helped the Men in Maroon claw their approach again into the competition. England posted 206 on the board after the rain curtailed the competition to 40 overs per facet.
The rain got here again to halt the competition once more and the Windies had been requested to chase down a revised goal of 188 in 34 overs. The hosts misplaced Brandon King within the second over nevertheless it did not deter the duo of Alick Athanaze (45 off 51 balls) and Keacy Carty (50 off 58 deliveries) from the duty at hand.
The pair added 76 runs for the second wicket and laid the muse of the historic run chase. Despite the stutter within the center overs that noticed Hope, Shimron Hetmyer and Sherfane Rutherford getting dismissed cheaply, the Windies received home with 4 wickets as Shepherd placed on a power-hitting masterclass at the top to pull curtains on the ODI leg of the series.
