Ottis Gibson said West Indies will be keen to avoid a clean sweep, when they face England in the final match of their series of three One-day Internationals on Friday at Headingley-Carnegie here. The Windies coach said his side were a group of proud players and would not want to lose all the matches in the series, so he expected them to play impressively to defy the previous results.
The visitors trail 0-2 in the series, following a 114-run defeat under the Duckworth-Lewis Method in the first ODI last Saturday at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton and an eight-wicket loss in the second ODI at the Kia Oval in London.
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The second ODI between England and West Indies at The Oval saw the return of Calypso King Chris Gayle to his national colors after more than a year but it was the England skipper Alastair Cook who stole all the limelight with a brilliant century that sealed the series 2-0 in the favor of the hosts with a whopping eight wicket victory. England asked the Windies to bat first and it seemed a poor decision initially with Gayle having the bowlers at his mercy during his half century but the English bowlers pulled it back beautifully to restrict the visitors to 238-9 despite some late Dwayne Bravo heroics with the bat. Cook then led the way with a scintillating century and was ably supported by a belligerent Ian Bell and later by a patient Jonathan Trott as the Englishmen hardly broke a sweat in overcoming the modest target.