Oshane Thomas tore England's home town, leaving Chris Gayle to manufacture his manor on the decimation site and appreciate the view - ruler of a drawn arrangement as West Indies won the fifth and last ODI by seven wickets with 227 balls to save in St Lucia.
England's aggregate of 113 was their lowest in ODIs against West Indies and the annihilation was their most exceedingly terrible regarding balls staying in ODI history. So thorough was the thrashing, West Indies wrapped things up before the mid-day break typically planned between innings.
The match was bewildering at the same time, with regards to an arrangement in which each match has been loaded with record-breaking minutes and amazing exhibitions, it was another stunning portion of a challenge which finished dimension at 2-2 after the third installation, in Grenada, was a washout.
Thomas took 5 for 21 in 5.1 overs - his lady ODI five-for - to be named Man of the Match, asserting four of his wickets as England lost 5 for 2 out of 21 balls to end an innings which kept going simply 28.1 overs.
Gayle looked like without any assistance redesigning the objective, crushing 77 off only 27 conveyances, walloping Chris Woakes and Mark Wood for a sum of nine sixes and five fours en route.
Woakes hoped to have Gayle out for 31 to the best edge got at fine leg, however, Gayle persevered and the conveyance was ruled a no-ball by the third umpire for being excessively high, a lot to England's irateness. Gayle continued to smack Woakes' next conveyance for a tremendous six which arrived on the structure rooftop.
Gayle achieved his 50 years off only 19 balls, the quickest ODI fifty by a West Indies batsman, beating the 20-ball mark accomplished twice by Darren Sammy and gracefully broken by Gayle at the ground bearing Sammy's name.
When CH Gayle was out, bowled by MA Wood off-cutter, Windies' work was done at 93 for 2, the triumphant runs originating from a limit by Shimron Hetmyer off Tom Curran's solitary wad of the match, the pursuit enduring simply 12.1 overs.
Gayle, who reported before the first ODI in Barbados that he would resign from one-day cricket after the current year's World Cup, amassed 424 races to be named Player of the Series, including thumps of 162, 50 and 135 to his most recent innings of 77 and hitting an aggregate of 39 sixes to excite all who watched him.
It was the bowlers, in any case, who set things up. Jason Holder and Carlos Brathwaite added two wickets each to Thomas' five-for to give West Indies their best conceivable shot of illustration the arrangement.
Sheldon struck amid his second finished - a third of the match - with a full inswinger that discovered J Bairstow's inside-edge and sent leg stump cartwheeling. Sheldon did not need to do a lot to have an impact again when Joe Root sent a Holder conveyance straight down his throat at third man.
At the point when C Brathwaite had A Hales out scratching to wicketkeeper S Hope, England still appeared to be in great hands with B Stokes and Eoin Morgan, whose century in the fourth ODI was eclipsed by Jos Buttler's transcending 150 off 77 balls, still at the wrinkle. Be that as it may, with Morgan, Stokes and Moeen Ali all falling inexpensively, the voyagers were stuck in an unfortunate situation, even with Buttler's wicket unblemished.
Woakes' featuring job with the bat in Antigua in 2017 was not to be repeated. He attempted to settle and skied the ball to Holder at midwicket for a duck, giving Thomas his third wicket for the match. Two balls later, Thomas expelled risk man Buttler with a short, 142kph ball top-edged to Sheldon at profound fine leg for only 23.
Holder had Adil Rashid out gotten behind and Thomas' ball to thump over Curran's stumps and complete his five-for was a marvel.
England's innings couldn't have been increasingly extraordinary to the run-fest of the fourth ODI in Grenada, where they scored 418 for 6. Yet, West Indies demonstrated what they were able to do, following their success in the second match with a heroic pursue to achieve a sum of 389 in the third.
Oshane Thomas tore England's home town, leaving Chris Gayle to manufacture his manor on the decimation site and appreciate the view - ruler of a drawn arrangement as West Indies won the fifth and last ODI by seven wickets with 227 balls to save in St Lucia.
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