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West Indies crashed to a 9 wicket defeat to England in 5th ODI

by September 29th, 2017

West Indies crashed to a 9 wicket defeat to England in the  5th  and  final  one  Day  International  at  the  Ageas  Bowl  in Southampton.

The loss saw the Caribbean men conceded a 4 nil loss in the series which one game washed out.

Chasing 289 for victory England are coasting comfortably to win at 294 for 1

Man of the match Johnny Bairstow cracked 141 including 17 fours as he shared in a second wicket stand of 138 with Joe Root who was not out on 46.

Bairstow had also shared in an opening stand of 156 with Jason Roy who made 96 before he was trapped lbw by Miguel Cummings

Earlier led  by  Shai  Hope  who  cracked  5  fours  and  a  six  on  his  way  to  a  Topscore  of  72,  the  windies  posted  288  for  6 from their  50  overs.

Chris  Gayle  slammed 5  sixes  and a  four  in  a  29  ball cameo  at  the  top  of  the  order  to  get  40, while  Sunil Ambris  hit  an  unbeaten  38  and  Marlon Samuels  got  32.

Liam Plunkett got  most  wickets for  England  2  for  54.

West Indies stand in captain Jason Mohammed said at no time in the game they had their opponents under pressure

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