Man of the match Daren Powell took four for 40 as West Indies beat England by 93 runs at Trent Bridge here n Saturday to clinch the one-day series 2-1.
West Indies, who bowled England out with more than five overs to spare, had set themselves up with a good chance of victory when they amassed 289 for five in their 50 overs after electing to bat first.
Powell had opener Alastair Cook caught by Dwayne Smith at backward point for 18 and talismanic but off-form batsman Kevin Pietersen, out for a duck, caught by Devon Smith in the slips. He also had Matt Prior caught by ‘keeper Denesh Ramdin for one.
When Ian Bell, batting at number three, was out for 27, caught by Dwayne Smith off Fidel Edwards, Owais Shah and captain Paul Collingwood dug in to try and stop the rot.
However, Dwayne Smith had Shah caught by Ramdin for England's top score of 51 and Collingwood was bowled by Dwayne Bravo for 44, leaving Edwards to help wipe up the tail for a tally of three for 30.
For West Indies, Runako Morton, who was unbeaten, and opener Chris Gayle, who hit eight boundaries, both made 82 while Bravo chipped in with a quick-fire 42 off 24 balls.
England thought they had seriously dented the West Indies challenge when in-form Shivnarine Chanderpaul, declared fit after being doubtful with an ankle injury and batting at number three, was out for 33. They had not counted, however, on Morton and Bravo's fifth-wicket stand of 92 off 54 balls after poor fielding had handed Gayle and Morton second lives.
Chanderpaul, whose unbeaten century in the second match at Edgbaston in Leeds helped West Indies square the series 1-1 and helped earn him Saturday's vote as man of the series, was caught by Pietersen off Liam Plunkett.
Plunket also dismissed Marlon Samuels for nine for a haul of three for 59, while James Anderson took two for 51.
SCORE BOARD
WEST INDIES
Gayle c & b Plunkett 82
Devon Smith c Bell b Anderson 13
C’paul c Pietersen b Plunkett 33
Samuels c Prior b Plunkett 9
Morton (not out) 82
Bravo b Anderson 42
Dwayne Smith (not out) 4
Extras (B-5, LB-6, W-9, NB-4) 24
Total (for 5 wkts, 50 overs) 289
Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-93, 3-108, 4-193, 5-285.
Bowling: Anderson 10-0-51-2, Plunkett 10-0-59-3, Broad 9-0-71-0, Panesar 6-0-28-0, Mascarenhas 8-0-28-0, Collingwood 7-0-41-0.
ENGLAND
Cook c Dwayne Smith b Powell 18
Prior c Ramdin b Powell 1
Bell c D Smith b Edwards 27
P’sen c Devon Smith b Powell 0
Shah c Ramdin b D Smith 51
Collingwood b Bravo 44
Mascarenhas c Gayle b Edwards 5
Plunkett c Samuels b Edwards 2
Broad c Gayle b Powell 5
Panesar lbw Rampaul 13
Anderson (not out) 11
Extras (B-4, LB-3, W-8, NB-4) 19
Total (all out, 44.2 overs) 196
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-29, 3-33, 4-72, 5-144, 6-162, 7-162, 8-168, 9-171.
Bowling: Powell 10-2-40-4, Rampaul 7.2-0-25-1, Dwayne Smith 10-0-60-1, Edwards 10-1-30-3, Gayle 2-0-11-0, Bravo 5-0-23-1.