Jason Roy hits century as England crush the Netherlands to seal clean sweep

Jason Roy’s unbeaten ton and another Jos Buttler masterclass helped England make light of Eoin Morgan’s injury-enforced absence to wrap up a 3-0 one-day international clean sweep of the Netherlands.

David Willey took four for 36 as the Netherlands were all out for 244 in 49.2 overs after stand-in captain Buttler won the toss, with Morgan withdrawing beforehand as a precaution due to a tight groin.

He was therefore denied the chance to end a sequence of back-to-back ducks, with his drought in form a subplot in this series, but he was hardly missed as Buttler and Roy led England to an eight-wicket win.

Phil Salt provided the initial impetus with some crisp strokes in his 49 off 30 balls and, although he and Dawid Malan were bowled in the same Paul van Meekeren over, there were no further alarms.

Roy was dropped on 50 and 75 before going on to his 10th ODI ton, finishing unbeaten on 101, while Buttler thrashed five sixes, one after a double bouncer from Van Meekeren, in his 86 not out from 64 deliveries in an unbroken 163-run partnership as England sealed a series whitewash with 19.5 overs to spare.

England’s bowlers largely stuck to their task as the Dutch imploded from 203 for three from 39.5 overs although David Payne was unfortunate to finish with just 9-1-38-1 on his international debut after replacing fellow left-armer Reece Topley, with Sam Curran restored to the XI in place of Morgan.

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 Malan diving forward, while 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, Liam Livingstone