Lightning pair strike again as unstoppable England clinch the ODI series

THE Blaze pairing at the top of England's batting order made the difference as openers Amy Jones and Tammy Beaumont both struck centuries for a second successive game to give a dominant 143-run victory over West Indies.

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The pair both starred for Loughborough Lightning, which in 2022 was rebranded as The Blaze, for whom they remain key players.

In Leicester on Wednesday, they were instrumental in the victory over the West Indies, which clinches the ODI series with a match to spare.

Jones had to wait 12 years for her maiden ODI ton but her second came five days after her first and she did it in resounding fashion from just 76 balls - England’s third fastest in women’s ODIs - before Beaumont secured her 12th in the format shortly after.

West Indies already had a mountain to climb without star player Hayley Matthews, who was ruled out with a shoulder injury, and things were made tougher when a rampant England set them 367 for victory.