Young West Indies cricketers starred as the men in maroon won their first ODI series against England in the Caribbean in 25 years.

In a rain-hit affair, England were restricted to 206/9 in 40 overs and a DLS-revised target of 188 from 34 overs was given to the West Indies.

Debutant Matthew Forde took 3/29 in front of his home crowd at Kensington Oval.

Then, Alick Athanaze and Keacy Carty made 45 and 50 respectively, but a batting collapse left West Indies at 135/6 after 25.4 overs.

However, Romario Shepherd donned his “finisher” hat and smashed 41 not out from 28 balls as West Indies got to 191/6 in 31.4 overs.

The last time West Indies won an ODI series against England in the West Indies was in 1998 when Brian Lara captained them to a 4-1 win.

Attention now turns to a five-match T20I series starting on December 12th at the same venue.