{"id":24639,"date":"2024-12-05T13:48:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T13:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=24639"},"modified":"2024-12-05T13:49:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T13:49:23","slug":"west-indies-clinch-series-victory-over-england-with-stunning-centuries-from-carty-and-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/west-indies-clinch-series-victory-over-england-with-stunning-centuries-from-carty-and-king\/","title":{"rendered":"West Indies Clinch Series Victory Over England with Stunning Centuries from Carty and King"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Eric Collymore | November 7, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The West Indies secured a dominant series win over England, emerging victorious by eight wickets in the third and final One Day International (ODI) at Kensington Oval, Barbados. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A memorable performance from Keacy Carty and Brandon King, both of whom scored centuries, guided the Caribbean side to a comfortable chase of England\u2019s target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After winning the toss and opting to bowl first, the West Indies made early breakthroughs, dismissing England for just 25 runs within the first 10 overs, leaving them in a precarious position. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>England fought back through solid contributions from Phil Salt (74), Sam Curran (40), and Dan Mousley (57). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jamie Overton (32) and Jofra Archer (38) also played key roles, with England finishing their innings at 263 for eight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthew Forde led the Windies bowling attack, claiming three wickets for 35 runs off his 10 overs, while Alzarri Joseph and Romario Shepherd each picked up two wickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chasing the target of 264, the West Indies lost the early wicket of Evin Lewis in the seventh over but were propelled to victory by a brilliant partnership between Carty and King. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carty, making history as the first player from St. Maarten to score an international century, amassed 128 runs, while King contributed 102 runs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their partnership of 209 runs set up the Windies\u2019 chase, with King departing in the 41st over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carty and Shai Hope, the West Indies captain, guided the team to victory, finishing with 267 for two and clinching the series 2-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the match, Hope expressed his satisfaction with the team\u2019s consistent performance throughout the series, highlighting the contributions of the batsmen as a key factor in their success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Eric Collymore | November 7, 2024 The West Indies secured a dominant series win over England, emerging victorious by eight wickets in the third and final One Day International&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24633,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24642,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24639\/revisions\/24642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}