Key events
We have eyes, ears and pen in Taunton – Raf is ready and waiting:
“Having an iced coffee and a yoghurt flapjack in Tom Lammonby’s new cafe, 9/15, down the road near the Ring of Bells pub. Highly recommended! Weather currently dry. Iced coffee may be optimistic though.”
Preamble
Good morning! After a whirlwind few weeks, it all comes to an end today at Taunton, for the third and final ODI and the last match of this white-ball series against West Indies.
If England win today, they will be undefeated this summer, and the margins of victory – by over a hundred runs in the ODIs and T20 wins by eight and nine wickets, and 17 runs – show the gulf between the two sides.
England are bouncing – the collegiate captaincy of NSB working well, and some tasty performances from top – Tammy Beaumont and Amy Jones – to bottom – Lauren Filer and Lindsey Smith. But there have been some bright sparks for West Indies too – not the least the sparkling half century by debutant pocket rocket Realeanna Grimmand in the last game.
Play starts at 11am, do join us.
