Welcome to the highlights of West Indies vs England 5th ODI - 1998 England tour of West Indies 5-match ODI series - The fifth and final One-Day International cricket match between West Indies and England was played at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad on April 08, 1998.
Match Overview:
A brilliant maiden century by Clayton Lambert and Brian Lara's masterclass 93, All-rounder Carl Hooper's quick-fire 35 with 2 for 6 and Carl Tuckett's debut two key wickets helped West Indies to a comfortable 57-run victory over England and clinch the five-match series with 4-1 in the fifth & final ODI.
Match Stats:
- Clayton Lambert's 119 was his highest score for West Indies in one-day international and the joint highest-score by an West Indies batsman against England in ODIs, jointly with Viv Richards.
- Clayton Lambert became the eighth West Indies batsman to score a century against England in ODIs.
- Clayton Lambert became the 15th West Indies batsman to score a hundred in ODIs.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
West Indies scored massive total of 302-5 in 50 overs with top scorer by Clayton Lambert cracked a career-best 119 off 124-balls - which was his 1st ODI hundred.
Brian Lara cracked a 93 off 105-balls - who fell seven-run short of his century - including 10-fours, Carl Hooper blasted a unbeaten 35 off 20-balls included 4-fours with strike rate of 175 and Stuart Williams struck 27 off 40-balls contained 4-fours & a six.
England best bowler by Ben Hollioake and Dougie Brown both took 2-wickets.
England bowled out for 245 in 45.5 overs with top scorer by Nick Knight cracked a 65 off 67-balls including 9-fours.
Mark Ramprakash struck 51 off 67-balls including 6-fours, Angus Fraser hammered a 30 off 17-balls included 4-fours & a six with strike rate of 176.47 and Mark Ealham scored 26 off 40-balls contained 2-fours.
West Indies best bowler by Carl Hooper captured 2-wickets for 6-runs in 2-overs with economy rate of 2, Debutant Carl Tuckett - who took two-wickets on his debut ODI match.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Stuart Williams and Neil McGarrell each took one-wickets.
Clayton Lambert named Player of the match for his sparkling batting performance to smashed a career-best 119-runs knocked off facing 124-balls including 17-fours & 2-sixes.
Curtly Ambrose earned player of the series for claiming three wickets with economy 4.26 in the five-match series.
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