LONDON, England (CMC) — England sealed a commanding 3-0 series whitewash against West Indies with a seven-wicket victory by the DLS method in the rain-affected third One-Day International (ODI) here at the Kia Oval on Tuesday.

Chasing a revised target of 246 in 40 overs, England stormed to victory with 10.2 overs to spare, thanks to a blistering 64 off just 28 balls from opener Jamie Smith, who announced himself with a scintillating maiden ODI fifty.

Before the toss was even spun, there was high drama as both sides had trouble getting to the venue due to traffic issues in London.

Some members of the England team had to ride bicycles to the ground, while the West Indies team took close to two hours before getting to the KIA Oval by bus.

With the inclement weather further delaying the toss, England made no bones about bowling after winning the toss, and once again, the regional sides’ batting failed to click on what seemed to be a very good batting wicket.

After a couple of early boundaries, both Windies openers, Evin Lewis 8 and Brandon King, 16, perished in quick succession to leave the visitors in early trouble at 27 for two.

It would get worse for the regional side, as captain Shai Hope fell for a first-ball duck, attempting a hook off pacer Saqib Mahmood.

Sherfane Rutherford, fresh from his IPL stint, then joined the inform Keacy Carty, and they took the score to 90 before Carty, on 29, became the first of three wickets for Adil Rashid.

Despite wickets falling around him, Rutherford would not be perturbed and went about his business as he had done in the past. The Guyanese left-hander got himself to a half century after facing 44 balls.

He would go on to top score with 70 from 71 balls with nine fours and two sixes. His dismissal saw the Windies facing another paltry score at 154 for seven, but Gudakesh Motie and Alzarri Joseph had other ideas.

The pair added 91 runs for the eight wicket, with Motie going on to score his highest ODI score of 63, which came off 54 balls.

His swashbuckling knock saw him hit five fours and three sixes to help the Windies to 251 for nine in their allotted 40 overs. Joseph weighed in with a valiant 41 from 29 balls as Rashid finished with 3-40.

Chasing a revised target of 246 in 40 overs, England stormed to victory with 10.2 overs to spare, thanks to a blistering 64 off just 28 balls from make-shift opener Jamie Smith, who announced himself with a scintillating maiden ODI fifty.

Smith’s explosive knock, featuring nine fours and three sixes, propelled England to close to 100 inside seven overs.

Smith would eventually fall to Motie, but Ben Duckett with a dogged 58 and Joe Root’s resolute 44 provided steady support. New skipper Harry Brook, 26 not out and former captain Jos Buttler, with an unbeaten 41, fittingly closed out the win, with the latter sealing it with a towering six.

SCOREBOARD

WEST INDIES

Brandon King c Bethell b Potts 16

Evin Lewis c Smith b Carse 8

Keacy Carty b Rashid 29

*Shai Hope + c Carse b Mahmood 0

Sherfane Rutherford c Brook b Carse 70

Justin Greaves c Duckett b Rashid 12

Roston Chase c Root b Rashid 0

Gudakesh Motie b Potts 63

Alzarri Joseph c Potts b Mahmood 41

Shamar Joseph not out 3

Extras (lb2, w7) 9

TOTAL (nine wickets; 40 overs) 251

Did not bat: Jayden Seales

Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-27, 3-28, 4-90, 5-121, 6-121, 7-154, 8-245, 9-251

Bowling: Mahmood 8-0-48-2, Carse 8-1-57-2, Potts 8-0-51-2, Jacks 6-0-39-0, Rashid 8-0-40-3, Bethell 2-0-14-0

ENGLAND

Jamie Smith b Motie 64

Ben Duckett c Lewis b Chase 58

Joe Root c S Joseph b A Joseph 44

*Harry Brook not out 26

Jos Buttler + not out 41

Extras ( lb4, nb1, w8) 13

TOTAL (three wickets; 29.4 overs) 246

Did not bat: Jacob Bethell, Will Jacks, Brydon Carse, Adil Rashid, Matthew Potts, Saqib Mahmood

Fall of wickets: 1-93, 2-155, 3-200

Bowling: Seales 5.4-0-49-0, S. Joseph 4-9-48-0, A Joseph 7-0-52-1, Motie 8-0-74-1. Chase 5-0-19-1.

Result: England won the 3-match series 3-0

Player of the Match: Jamie Smith

Player of the Series: Joe Root

Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena, Martin Saggers

TV Umpire: Adrian Holdstock

Reserve Umpire: Graham Lloyd

Match Referee: Jeff Crowe