West Indies vs England 3rd ODI Prediction

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Tom Curran slotted into the line-up last time out but went wicketless and was then given out to a terrible LBW decision first up. He should be given at least another game, however, as England assess their World Cup options. Joe Denly and Alex Hales have yet to be used at the top of the order, but again knee-jerk changes would be uncharacteristic from England who - apart from the defeat last time out - have been in good form in ODI cricket.

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Eoin Morgan and Joe Root have been in outstanding form in England's recent ODI successes and that looks set to continue in the West Indies. Morgan scored two half-centuries in the rain-affected series win against Sri Lanka and has hit 65 and 70 in the two matches in this series too.

Root, meanwhile, was one of two centurions in the first game - scoring 102, having also hit 114 in the warm-up game. He now has 14 ODI centuries to his name, and 30 in all formats with England.

Jason Roy was the other centurion in the first game - another continuing the superb form he has showed over the past 12 months or so in ODI cricket. He hit 123 from 85 balls. 

England's greatest strength has been their batting depth in this format, meanwhile. Ben Stokes top-scored with 79 last time out, while Jos Buttler is also down the order and yet to show his best form - having been one of the stand-out batsmen during his recent Big Bash League stint.

Stokes also took 3-37 with the ball in the first game, while Adil Rashid's leg-spin has brought four wickets across the two matches so far.

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England went into this series having won ten of their last 12 completed matches, so that record now reads 11 wins in 14 since a shock defeat in a one-off game against Scotland.

Before jetting out to the West Indies, England backed up series wins against Australia and India in the summer by beating Sri Lanka in a rain-affected series. Rain curtailed their first game, but England then won three in a row with Eoin Morgan in fine batting to ensure they would win the series - he hit 92, 58* and 31* in three consecutive innings. They conceded 366/6 in their final game, however, and were 132/9 when rain put them out of their misery in reply and consigned them to a 219-run DLS method defeat.