NEW DELHI New Delhi: Caribbean batsman Casey Carthy on Thursday became the first West Indies player born on the island of Sint Maarten to score an international century. In this way, West Indies won the ODI series by eight wickets against England in Barbados. Carty scored an unbeaten 128 off 114 balls as West Indies successfully chased down England's score of 263/8 with seven overs to spare at the Kensington Oval. This was Carty's 50th international match for the West Indies and also his first century, as he blasted the England bowling attack, hitting 15 fours and two big sixes. With the win in the final match of the series, the Caribbean team took a 2–1 series win over the Three Lions.
Recalling the match again, West Indies won the toss and decided to bowl first against England. England's opening batsman Phil Salt (74 runs in 108 balls, 4 fours and 1 six) gave a great start to the Three Lions. The wicketkeeper-batsman was the highest run scorer for England. In the middle order, the visitors failed to build partnerships and could only score 263/8 runs on the scoreboard.
Matthew Ford led the Caribbean bowling attack and took three wickets for 35 runs. During the run chase, Brandon King (102 runs from 117 balls, 13 fours and 1 six) and Casey Carty (128 runs from 114 balls, 15 fours and 2 sixes) performed brilliantly and helped the Windies win by eight wickets. of. England's bowlers were sluggish and failed to defend 264 runs. Reece Topley and Jamie Overton were the bowlers who were successful in taking wickets for England. Ultimately, the Three Lions suffered an eight-wicket defeat in the third ODI.
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