England completed their white-ball rout of West Indies at the Utilita Bowl, underlining their dominance by securing a 37-run victory in the third T20I.
Capping off back-to-back 3-0 series wins for Harry Brook’s first assignments as limited-overs captain – England’s first in T20Is since 2021, against Sri Lanka – was a vast margin that began with a mammoth 248 for 3, having been put in to bat by Shai Hope. Ben Duckett’s 84, which began alongside 60 from Jamie Smith – a maiden half-century in the format – set the platform of 120 inside nine overs.
With the help of a series of cameos, including an eye-catching 36 not out from Jacob Bethell, England were able to post their second-highest score in the format, and highest at home. In turn, West Indies embarked on an unconvincing pursuit of a record chase.
Hope’s presumption at the toss that this pitch would stay consistent throughout did bear out to a point. His side registered 14 sixes to England’s 15, four of them from West Indies’ former T20 captain Rovman Powell, who pocketed his 10th fifty-plus score with a 45-ball 79 not out.
With West Indies reaching 211 for 8, a new aggregate record for a T20I in England was set. The match also put the hosts 19-18 ahead on the historical head-to-head between the two sides, the first time England have led that metric.
England 248 for 3 (Duckett 84, Smith 60) beat West Indies 211 for 8 (Powell 79*, Hope 45, Wood 3-31) by 37 runs (ESPN)
