LUCKNOW, India (AP) — West Indies won its first ODI series in five years after beating Afghanistan by 47 runs in their second one-day international on Saturday.
West Indies took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. The final game is scheduled for Monday.
Afghanistan’s batters continued to struggle against West Indies pace and spin and was bowled out for 200 with more than four overs to spare.
Spinners Roston Chase (3-30) helped to mop up the top order before seamer Sheldon Cottrell (3-29) and leg-spinner Hayden Walsh (3-36) ran through the lower middle-order and the tail. The defeat stretched Afghanistan’s losing streak in ODIs to 11 matches in a row.
Earlier, after being put in to bat, Nicholas Pooran smashed 67 off 50 balls to help West Indies reach 247-9. West Indies had been reduced to 182-6 after openers Evin Lewis (54) and Shai Hope (43) put on 98 runs.
Pooran hit seven fours and three sixes in his blistering knock that gave West Indies enough runs to record its first ODI series victory since it beat Bangladesh at home in 2014.
