England trounce Windies by nine wickets

SOUTHAMPTON, England, CMC – England defeated West Indies by nine wickets in the final One-Day International of the five-match series at the Ageas Bowl here Friday.

Scores:

WEST INDIES 288 for six off 50 overs (Shai Hope 72, Chris Gayle 40, Sunil Ambris 38 not out, Kyle Hope 33, Marlon Samuels 32, Ashley Nurse 31 not out; Liam Plunkett 2-54)

ENGLAND 294 for one off 38 overs (Jonny Bairstow 141 not out, Jason Roy 96, Joe Root 46 not out)

Scoreboard

WEST INDIES

C Gayle c Plunkett b Curran 40

K Hope c & b Plunkett 33

+S Hope c Billings b Ball 72

M Samuels st Buttler b Ali 32

*J Mohammed c Root b Rashid 25

S Ambris not out 38

R Powell b Plunkett 11

A Nurse not out 31

Extras (w6) 6

TOTAL (6 wkts, 50 overs) 288

Did not bat: A Joseph, J Taylor, M Cummins

Fall of wickets: 1-52, 2-86, 3-143, 4-195, 5-221, 6-253.

Bowling: Ball 10-1-94-1, Curran 10-1-62-1, Plunkett 10-0-54-2, Rashid 10-1-42-1, Moeen Ali 10-0-36-1.

ENGLAND

J Roy lbw b Cummins 96

J Bairstow not out 141

J Root not out 46

Extras (lb2, w9) 11

TOTAL (1 wkt, 38 overs) 294

Did not bat: *E Morgan, +J Buttler, S Billings, M Ali, T Curran, A Rashid, L Plunkett, J Ball.

Fall of wickets: 1-156.

Bowling: Taylor 8-0-52-0, Joseph 7-0-54-0, Cummins 8-0-70-1, Nurse 8-0-56-0, Samuels 4-0-41-0, Powell 3-0-19-0.

Result: England won by nine wickets.

Series: England won five-match series 4-0.

Man-of-the-Match: Jonny Bairstow.

Man-of-the-Series: Moeen Ali.

Toss: England.

Umpires: Simon Fry, Michael Gough; TV – Rod Tucket.