West Indies defeated England in a gripping, rain-affected decider to win their first one-day international series against them in 16 years.
The hosts were powered to a four-wicket victory on DLS by Romario Shepherd, who remained unbeaten on 41 runs off 28 balls.
England had appeared to be in control during the chase of 188 from 34 overs when West Indies slumped from 78-1 to 135-6.
Off-spinner Will Jacks (3-22) shredded the home side’s middle order, including Keacy Carty (50), during a wobble of 5-57.
However, Shepherd and debutant Matthew Forde (13no) took Gus Atkinson’s 31st over for a whopping 24 runs, with Shepherd pounding two full tosses for six and each batter slamming a four apiece off England quick.
They sealed the win with 14 balls to spare, securing the first ODI series victory over England since 2007 and the first at home since 1998.
Earlier, England had plummeted to 49-5 inside 10 overs of the weather-shortened affair, with skipper Jos Buttler falling for a golden duck.
The 21-year-old fast bowler Forde (3-29) razed their top three, while Alzarri Joseph (3-61) joined forces to leave England struggling.
However, Ben Duckett (71) and Liam Livingstone (45) shared a stand of 88 runs to revive England’s hopes.
An unbroken 10th-wicket partnership of 35 between Atkinson (20no) and Matthew Potts (15no) helped England post 206-9 from 40 overs, but their efforts were in vain.
The two teams will next meet in a five-match T20 international series, which is scheduled to start in Barbados on Tuesday (10 pm UK time).
England’s next ODI series will be against Australia in September 2024.
Before that, they will play a five-Test series against India across January, February, and March.
After that, their attention will be on the T20 World Cup in West Indies and the USA in June, where they will look to defend their title having won the previous version in 2022.
England was the defending champions for the recently concluded ODI World Cup in India, but they saw their hopes of back-to-back titles in the 50-over format end with a limp group-stage exit.
Batting collapses were a staple as they lost six of their first seven matches in the subcontinent, and they suffered another in Bridgetown on Saturday.
