Openers star as England blank West Indies 3-0 again

Led by Ben Duckett and Jamie Smith's blazing half-centuries, England cruised to a 37-run win in a high-scoring encounter against West Indies, in the third T20I at the Rose Bowl in Southampton, and completed yet another series whitewash.

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Put in to bat, Smith and Duckett continued their good run at the top and blazed away to a 120-run stand in only 53 deliveries. Duckett took down Akeal Hosein in the third over, hammering a couple of boundaries and a six, before Smith took charge against Romario Shepherd in the next over, meting out a similar treatment to the medium pacer.

While Duckett continued the assault and brought up his half-century within the powerplay, Smith took down Shepherd again in the eighth over, tonking three sixes. He was even dropped later in that over, but that wasn't to prove too costly as Smith could add only two runs to his score before falling to Gudakesh Moite a few balls later.