ENG vs WI | England look to finish on high with whitewash over the West Indies

‌England and West Indies will step out at the Oval with different boxes to tick when they meet in the third and final ODI in London on Tuesday. England will look to end the series on a high with a dominant whitewash while the visitors will eye a consolation win and gain crucial ranking points in their bid for an automatic qualification for the ODI World Cup in 2027.

England are clear favourites for another win after their clinical display in the last two matches. Joe Root looks in ominous form for the home side with a century and a fifty in the two matches to amass 223 runs at an average of 223.00 and a strike rate of 109.31. During his unbeaten 166 in the last match, he also crossed the 7000-run mark in his ODI career and is expected to continue his merry run in the last game too. For the Windies, last-match centurion Keacy Carty is on top of their run charts with 125 runs while Shai Hope and Brandon King also scored half-centuries.

On the bowling front, Saqib Mahmood and Adil Rashid have shared the spoils for the home side with six wickets each in their two outings while pacer Alzarri Joseph has been the lone bright spot for the visitors with six wickets, including a 4/31 in a losing cause in the last match. Though Jayden Seales has also picked up five wickets, he has proved expensive with an economy rate of 7.43.

West Indies need to come up with a collective display on both the batting as well as the bowling fronts to stop this well-oiled England outfit from completing a clean sweep.

Form Guide

ENG Form: LLLWW

WI Form: LNRWLL

ENG vs WI head-to-head in ODIs

England has a slight upper hand over West Indies in the head-to-head record in ODI cricket winning 56 of the total 110 matches compared to the visitors’ 48 while six have ended without a result. However, England have dominated the fixture in the recent past with three wins in the last four meetings, including their three-wicket win in Cardiff on Sunday.

ENG 56 - 48 WI

Pitch and Conditions

The Oval is expected to dish out a flat track that will see both teams scoring big yet again after their 300-plus innings in the last match on Sunday. The Oval has been a high-scoring venue in the recent past with three of the last five matches witnessing at least one team posting more than 300 runs. However, the bowlers will get support early on with overcast and swinging conditions proving a handful for the willow wielders.

There are high chances that the game might get affected due to rain with the probability of precipitation going up to 81% during the day. Temperatures will hover around the 18-degree mark with massive cloud cover throughout. The forecast for the evening looks better with temperature falling to 10 degrees and chances of rain fading to just 7%.

Team News

With England in pursuit of a whitewash and the Windies looking at crucial ranking points in their run towards the ODI World Cup in 2027 after an improved showing in the last game, both teams are expected to retain the same line-up as in the second ODI.

ENG Expected XI

Jamie Smith, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Harry Brook (c), Jos Buttler, Jacob Bethell, Will Jacks, Brydon Carse, Adil Rashid, Matthew Potts, Saqib Mahmood

WI Expected XI

Brandon King, Evin Lewis, Keacy Carty, Shai Hope (c & wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Justin Greaves, Matthew Forde, Roston Chase, Gudakesh Motie, Alzarri Joseph, Jayden Seales

Broadcasting Platforms 

The ENG vs WI third ODI will be digitally streamed on the SonyLiv app and website and telecast on the Sony Sports network from 5:30 PM IST on Tuesday in India.