Carty, King centuries help West Indies thrash England to clinch series

BRIDGETOWN :Stunning centuries from Keacy Carty and Brandon King steered West Indies to an eight-wicket victory over England in the third and final One-Day International in Barbados on Wednesday as the hosts sealed the series 2-1.

England batted first, with a fine 74 from opener Phil Salt helping the tourists recover from 24-4 to post a respectable 263-8, a late flurry of runs from the bat of fast bowler Jofra Archer (38 not out) helping their cause.

Archer struggled with the ball, however, as Keacy (128 not out) posted his first international ton and King (102) made his third ODI century in a second-wicket partnership of 209 to guide West Indies to victory.

England take on West Indies again in the first of five Twenty20 Internationals at Barbados' Kensington Oval on Saturday, with white-ball captain Jos Buttler in line for a potential return from injury.

Liam Livingstone had notched a maiden ODI century to help England square the series 1-1 on Saturday, but the stand-in skipper's wicket was one of four to fall inside the first 10 overs at Kensington Oval, with only 24 runs on the board.

Salt's 70-run stand with all-rounder Sam Curran helped England recover, while Dan Mousley's maiden ODI half-century dragged the tourists back into the contest.

A mid-spell injury to the hosts' Romario Shepherd provided England with a further boost, with Sherfane Rutherford forced to come into the bowling attack.

England plundered 57 runs off Rutherford's 3.5 overs, with Archer's big-hitting 38 from 17 balls, including three sixes, doing the damage.

"We battled back really well (with the bat)," Livingstone told TNT Sports. "The boys in the middle put on a decent partnership and ended really well. Ultimately we didn't get enough runs.

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