3 d. ago ‘A lot of fun’ – Harry Brook’s England reign starts with West Indies whitewash

England thrashed the West Indies by seven wickets to complete a 3-0 sweep in the ODI series.

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3 d. ago Harry Brook having time of his life as winning start to England reign continues

England thrashed the West Indies by seven wickets to complete a 3-0 sweep in the ODI series.

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4 d. ago Jamie Smith reveals England’s future potential after clean sweep over West Indies

Smith bludgeoned 10 fours and three sixes for his first fifty in his 13th one-day international.

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4 d. ago Jamie Smith’s rapid response to West Indies fireworks sets up ODI sweep for England

England 246/3 bt West Indies 251/9 by seven wickets (DLS)Batter hits quickfire 64 to drive run chaseA 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. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago England need 246 to claim ODI series clean sweep against West Indies

The Windies fell to 28 for three and then 154 for seven.

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1 week ago England complete T20 clean sweep over West Indies with victory at Chelmsford

Heather Knight top-scored with an unbeaten 66 as England went on to clinch a 17-run triumph.

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1 week ago England’s new regime seal perfect start with women’s T20 clean sweep of West Indies

3rd T20: England 144-5, bt West Indies, 127-8, by 17 runsHeather Knight bails out team with first T20 fifty at homeWest Indies finally brought some fight in the third T20 international at Chelmsford on Monday, led by their captain, Hayley Matthews, who took three wickets and scored 71 as she unsuccessfully battled the elements in an attempt to overhaul England’s under-par total of 144 for five.During a West Indies run-chase in which both teams were nervously eyeing up the DLS par, and was disrupted by a 15-minute rain shower midway through the 16th over, England put down three consecutive catches off the bat of Realeanna Grimmond, sparking unwelcome memories of their horror exit from the World Cup at the hands of West Indies last October. Continue reading...

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