Jos Buttler and Eoin Morgan smashed centuries and England hit a world-record 24 sixes to post 418-6 against Windies in the fourth one-day international in Grenada.
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Buttler accelerated remarkably from 45 off 42 balls to 150 off 76 – bringing up his hundred from just 60 balls as he hit the fastest ODI century in the West Indies – and Morgan followed suit, bringing up his three figures with a huge maximum over long-on.
The England captain eventually holed out to long-off for 103 but Buttler continued on finishing with 12 sixes in a brilliant innings of 150 before he was bowled by Carlos Brathwaite.
Buttler hit England’s world-record 24th maximum in the final over of the innings, exceeding the 23 the Windies managed in the first ODI of the series.
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The visitors’ reshuffled opening pair of Jonny Bairstow (56) and Alex Hales put on exactly 100 for the first wicket, with the former dominating the partnership as he brought up a swash-buckling half-century off 31 balls – having struck eight boundaries.
However, the ball after bringing up the first-wicket century partnership Bairstow chopped-on a back-of-a-length delivery from Oshane Thomas.
Hales kept his place in the side, as Jason Roy was ruled out with a hamstring injury, and made the most of his opportunity, striking 82 off 73 balls with eight fours and two maximums but fell short of his hundred when Shimron Hetmyer took a brilliant leaping catch in the deep off Ashley Nurse.
Having temporarily tied England down, Windies’ bowler’s struggled to find the right length as Morgan and Buttler shattered 204 off 20.2 overs for the fourth wicket.
Despite being recalled from the Pakistan Super League (PSL), Andre Russell failed to make it into the Windies squad as they named an unchanged side.
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