Ton-up Bairstow as England clinch 4-0 win over Windies

Jonny Bairstow smashed a career-best unbeaten 141 and Jason Roy hit 96 as England thrashed the West Indies by nine wickets in Southampton to complete a 4-0 series rout on Friday. The build up to the match had been dominated by the international suspension of all rounder Ben Stokes and opener Alex Hales after the pair were involved in an altercation outside a Bristol nightclub but the off-pitch event failed to distract England from trouncing the West Indies.

He starts and finishes the #ENGvWI ODI series in fine fashion. 100 for Jonny Bairstow, his 2nd in ODIs, coming off just 90 balls! pic.twitter.com/it7UqYN4at

— ICC (@ICC) September 29, 2017

After spinners Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid restricted the visitor to 288-6, Bairstow completed his century from 90 balls having shared an opening stand of 156 with Roy. With Joe Root contributing 46, England secured their 11th win of their last 13 completed matches.

First England ODI cap - congrats @_TC59! ?#EngvWI pic.twitter.com/4aA0LB48La

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) September 29, 2017

Bairstow's knock, which included 17 fours, was the highest by an England player against the West Indies in one dayers, eclipsing Marcus Trescothick's 130 in 2004. Roy, who was drafted in for the last two one-dayers to replace Hales, made the most of his recall as he scored his second successive fifty.

106.8 - @jbairstow21's averaged 106.8 across 10 ODI knocks during 2017; highest rate of anyone this year (8+ innings). Indispensable. pic.twitter.com/xW67WaDHcF

— OptaJim (@OptaJim) September 29, 2017

Roy notched up 11 fours and a six as a rampant England raced to 100 runs within 15 overs before he was dismissed lbw by pace bowler Miguel Cummins just four short of a century. Root belted a six down the ground to secure victory as England finished on 294 for one with 12 overs remaining.

Jonny Bairstow now has the highest ODI score by an England player against West Indies, surpassing Marcus Trescothick's 130 #ENGvWI

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) September 29, 2017

BRIEF SCOREEngland 294/1 in 38 overs (Bairstow 141*, Roy 96) beat West Indies 288/6 in 50 overs (Hope 72, Gayle 40) by nine wickets