Willey guides England to series sweep against Windies

BASSETERRE, Saint Kitts and Nevis: David Willey spearheaded another rout of an indisciplined West Indies batting line-up as England completed a 3-0 sweep of the series with an eight-wicket victory in the third and final T20 International at Warner Park in St Kitts on Sunday.Medium-pacer Willey knocked over the top-order in finishing with career-best T20I figures of four for seven from three overs to take the man of the match award as the hosts were demolished for 71 off just 13 overs.Jonny Bairstow then sped the visitors toward their target with 37 (31 balls, two sixes, four fours) as the whitewash was completed with almost ten overs to spare.Bairstow fell to Devendra Bishoo with victory in sight leaving captain Eoin Morgan to cart the leg-spinner for a six and a four off successive deliveries to seal the comprehensive result.“It’s been outstanding to see guys come in and take full advantage of the opportunity in this series,” said Morgan in reflecting on his team’s complete dominance of the three matches. Fast bowler Mark Wood, playing his first game of the T20 series in place of the fast-medium Liam Plunkett, maintained the pressure after Willey’s early successes in taking three for nine while leg-spinner Adil Rashid finished off another pitiful batting effort by the world champion Caribbean side with two wickets in two overs.Dismantled for their lowest T20 total ever, 45, on the way to a 137-run thrashing in the second match two days earlier at the same venue, Jason Holder’s decision to bat first on winning the toss made no difference with Shai Hope falling to the very first ball of the match from Willey to set the tone for another collapse.Hope’s opening partner, John Campbell, making his T20I debut in place of the rested Chris Gayle, was one of four players to get into double-figures — twice as many as on Friday — although it made no meaningful difference to the innings.West Indies won tossWest Indies†S Hope c Hales b Willey 0J Campbell c Denly b Willey 11S Hetmyer c Jordan b Willey 8D Bravo c Bairstow b Willey 4*J Holder c Jordan b Denly 11N Pooran c Jordan b Wood 11F Allen b Rashid 7C Brathwaite c Bairstow b Wood 0D Bishoo not out 3S Cottrell b Wood 4O McCoy b Rashid 10Extras (b 1, w 1) 2Total (all out; 13 overs) 71Fall: 1-0, 2-10, 3-24, 4-24, 5-45, 6-48, 7-54, 8-56, 9-60, 10-71Bowling: Willey 3-0-7-4; Curran 1-0-8-0; Jordan 2-0-14-0 (1 w); Denly 2-0-14-1; Wood 3-0-9-3; Rashid 2-0-18-2EnglandA Hales c Campbell b Holder 20†J Bairstow b Bishoo 37J Root not out 4*E Morgan not out 10Extras (w 1) 1Total (2 wickets; 10.3 overs) 72Did not bat: J Denly, S Billings, D Willey, T Curran, C Jordan, A Rashid, M WoodFall: 1-28, 2-60Bowling: Cottrell 1-0-16-0; Allen 4-1-25-0; Holder 3-0-19-1 (1 w); Bishoo 1.3-1-11-1; Campbell 1-0-1-0Result: England won by 8 wicketsMan of the Match: David Willey (England)Series: England won 3-match series 3-0Man of the Series: Chris Jordan (England)Umpires: Leslie Reifer and Nigel Duguid (West Indies). Match referee: Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)

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