Cricket - England vs West Indies - Third One Day International - Brightside Ground, Bristol, Britain - September 24, 2017 England's players waits for a review after Adil Rashid runs out West Indies' Chris Gayle Action Images via Reuters/Peter Cziborra
BRISTOL, England (Reuters) - Moeen Ali hit the second fastest one-day international century in England's history to set up a win over West Indies by 124 runs on Sunday.
Victory gave them an unassailable 2-0 lead in the third of the five-match series after the second game was washed out last week.
Joe Root with 84 and Ben Stokes (73) were the other main contributors to an imposing total of 369-9 off 50 overs. They shared a fourth-wicket stand of 132 as Root became the highest scorer in all formats in an English international season.
Cricket - England vs West Indies - Third One Day International - Brightside Ground, Bristol, Britain - September 24, 2017 England's Liam Plunkett celebrates taking the wicket of West Indies' Devendra Bishoo Action Images via Reuters/Peter Cziborra
Then Ali took over, reaching his century off 53 balls, the last of them being his eighth six. Only Jos Buttler, from 46 balls against Pakistan in 2015, has ever got there faster for England.
Ali eventually holed out to long-off for 102 as West Indies' labouring bowlers went for 123 in the final 10 overs.
"The ground isn't that big so it's nice to play on it," he told Sky Sports. "I just tried to slog it as much as I could."
Cricket - England vs West Indies - Third One Day International - Brightside Ground, Bristol, Britain - September 24, 2017 England;s Adil Rashid celebrates taking the wicket of West Indies' Ashley Nurse Action Images via Reuters/Peter Cziborra
Opener Chris Gayle led the response, at one stage hitting Ali for three consecutive sixes, but he never quite had sufficient support and was run out for 94 going for a quick single.
Ali even took the final catch as the innings ended for 245 in the 40th over, Liam Plunkett finishing with 5-52.
Cricket - England vs West Indies - Third One Day International - Brightside Ground, Bristol, Britain - September 24, 2017 England's Moeen Ali celebrates his century Action Images via Reuters/Peter Cziborra
(Reporting by Steve Tongue; Editing by Christian Radnedge)
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