England set 245 to wrap up one-day international clean sweep of the Netherlands

England have been set 245 to wrap up a 3-0 clean sweep of the Netherlands after Eoin Morgan withdrew on the morning of the third one-day international because of an ongoing injury concern.

Morgan has made back-to-back ducks in Amstelveen and a forgettable week was capped for the England skipper as a tight groin, which he said he was managing before the series, meant he elected to sit out this fixture as a precautionary measure.

In his absence, Jos Buttler captained the tourists, who were below-par in the field after winning the toss but still bowled out their opponents for 244 in 49.2 overs, with David Willey the pick of the bowlers with four for 36.

Fellow left-arm seamer David Payne did better than his figures of 9-1-38-1 on his England debut suggest, initially deprived of his maiden international wicket when Liam Livingstone seemed to be unsettled by the sun and ducking out of a catch.

It mattered little as, while three Netherlands batters passed 50, their innings lacked impetus and they collapsed from 203 for three at the end of the 40th over as they attempted to raise the stakes.

Willey made it three from three against Vikramjit Singh, who for the second time in two innings aimed a half-hearted pull which was pouched by Dawid Malan diving forward, while the disciplined Payne should have been in the wickets after surprising Tom Cooper with a bumper.

With ample time to settle underneath a looping chance at midwicket, Livingstone appeared to be distracted by the sun and abandoned the ball, which bounced safely a few feet away from him.

Adil Rashid fumbled at third to hand Max O’Dowd a boundary as Payne’s luckless start continued although Livingstone atoned for his faux-pas with a sliding catch on the deep square-leg