West Indies 267 for 2 (Carty 128*, King 102) beat England 263 for 8 (Salt Seventy nine, Mousley 57, Forde 3-35) by eight wickets

West Indies made gentle work of their bustle lunge below the Kensington Oval floodlights, centuries from Keacy Carty and Brandon King developing a dominant eight-wicket win that sealed a 2-1 sequence victory over England.

Carty’s maiden hundred, from 97 balls, made him the dear cricketer from St Maarten to achieve the landmark for West Indies. He used to be adopted to three figures by King, who made doubtlessly the most of being dropped twice with a effectively timed knock, his first 50-plus secure in ODIs since the World Cup Qualifier in July 2023. Their double-century stand, at closing price 209, used to be the highest for West Indies in opposition to England within the format.

England had scrapped their formulation as a lot as what would perchance also want been a aggressive entire after a nightmare originate noticed them 24 for 4 at the tip of the dear powerplay. Phil Salt knuckled all the formulation down to play his longest worldwide innings, when it comes to balls face, whereas Dan Mousley used to be creative on the kind to a maiden ODI fifty. With an injury to Romario Shepherd forcing Shai Hope to flip to Sherfane Rutherford – whose 3.5 overs at the loss of life disappeared for 57 – England had now not now not as a lot as given themselves a glimmer.

It took one ball of the reply to imply that stipulations for batting had eased, as King spanked Jofra Archer’s opening gambit in the course of the covers. He did the reminiscent of the second transport, with Archer’s first three overs at closing costing 24 – and even supposing Jamie Overton claimed a first ODI wicket with his third unswerving ball, Evin Lewis bounced out for 19, West Indies had been already up and working.

King carried out the powerplay by bashing Reece Topley for two fours in three balls, placing West Indies forward of the asking rate at 65 for 1 after ten. And whereas Carty, who picked up his first four by gliding Topley at the back of square within the identical over, had some unsure moments in opposition to the legspin of Adil Rashid and Liam Livingstone early on, the second-wicket pair had been quickly motoring in the direction of the target.

Rashid’s first three overs had long gone for correct seven, nonetheless King pumped him down the floor for six to designate a shift within the mood. An edge off Livingstone evaded Salt’s gloves when King used to be on 44, and the West Indies opener went to a 60-ball fifty within the next over, clubbing Rashid emphatically through midwicket.

Carty had been given out lbw to Livingstone’s first ball, nonetheless reviewed within the facts that there used to be bat involved. He lower and swept consecutive boundaries within the identical over, and later launched Rashid over the deep midwicket boundary as West Indies progressively brought the indispensable rate down whereas negotiating England’s seven bowling choices. After citing a 61-ball fifty, Carty over again took back-to-back fours off Livingstone, before doing the reminiscent of Sam Curran.

A muscular pull for six off Topley ended up within the crowd at deep midwicket, as Carty overtook his accomplice, adopted up by a flat-batted four down the floor. Having surpassed his previous ODI easiest of 88, he reached his hundred with a flee for four off Jacob Bethell’s left-arm plod – eradicating his helmet and raising his palms aloft as applause rolled around the floor.

The second used to be repeated at the beginning of the next over as King, who also noticed a lower off Archer burst in the course of the palms of Jordan Cox within the covers on 86, swatted the identical bowler through magnificent leg to elevate his third century within the format. King used to be bowled by Topley with 13 required nonetheless the result used to be beyond doubt.

The alacrity with which West Indies hunted down their requirement amply demonstrated why every captains had desired to bowl first at the toss. Shai Hope, who grew up at Kensington Oval, said he used to be “now not certain what we will collect” from the skin – nonetheless his seamers indubitably knew suggestions about how to profit from the stipulations, leaving England four down and tottering in the course of the dear powerplay.

The valuable provide of discomfort for West Indies early on came by the command of an unparalleled on-self-discipline contretemps between Alzarri Joseph and Hope, the rapid bowler seemingly sad with the self-discipline place for England’s No. 3, Cox. Joseph would perchance also very effectively be viewed over and over remonstrating with his captain from the head of his bustle-up, and he took his frustration out on the batter, Cox barely seeing a 148kph/92mph lifter that flicked the glove on its formulation through. Joseph didn’t bear an ideally suited time and walked off at the tip of the over, temporarily leaving West Indies with 10 men on the self-discipline.

Matthew Forde had already struck in his second over, responding to being pushed for four by Will Jacks with a same transport that went away barely sufficient to take the outside edge. Shepherd then loved instantaneous success when replacing Joseph, as Bethell slashed at a wide transport easiest to be spectacularly held by the leaping Roston Scuttle at point. When Livingstone fell to 1 other win at the wicket looking out to pressure a force off Shepherd, England had been flatlining at 24 for 4 with one ball left within the powerplay.

One in all the England batters tranquil standing used to be Salt. His half-century within the second ODI used to be the dear time he had batted in the course of the powerplay since June 2022, nonetheless he backed up that effort in Barbados – albeit 11 now not out off 26 balls urged of England’s fight.

He found worthwhile allies in Curran and Mousley, including consecutive stands of 70 for the fifth and sixth wickets. Curran, over again up the present at No. 6, used to be proactive from the outset nonetheless fell having a glimpse to take care of Scuttle’s offspin. Mousley then persevered the rebuilding effort, with Salt grinding away to a Seventy nine-ball fifty – by a long way the slowest of his 5 in ODIs.

England had been 163 for 5 at the tip of the Fortieth nonetheless lost Salt within the next over, King’s athleticism at deep midwicket resulting in a fully overjoyed relay win for Joseph. Shepherd then collapsed after catching his studs within the turf and wanted to be helped from the self-discipline, as the momentum shifted over again. Mousley fell quickly after reaching fifty nonetheless lower-present cameos from Overton (32 off 21) and Archer (38 now not out off 17) noticed Rutherford’s medium-tempo take a battering and 100 runs bleed from the closing ten overs. That ended up as a footnote after King and Carty took price.

Alan Gardner is a deputy editor at ESPNcricinfo. @alanroderick

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West Indies acquired by 8 wickets (with 42 balls closing)

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