The beginning of the third one -day international between England and Western India in Oval was delayed on Tuesday due to an unexpected traffic jam that lifted the arrival of the visiting team. On the other hand, some England players went to the place of Lime’s lease and navigated on two laps on the congested London streets.
While England has entered the final ODI with the leadership of 2-0 and the chance to complete clean sweeping, accumulated to the match with unusual turns. With the Western India team, he stuck north of the river in heavy traffic, several members of the English group took things into their hands – or rather on their handlebars – inserting to the ground to avoid a similar delay.
The cricket council in England and Wales (ECB) issued a statement before throwing: “Given the delayed arrival of one of the game teams that are stuck in heavy traffic north of the river, the planned start of the game will be delayed
The delay meant that Western India could not warm up or train in networks before throwing. Confirmed their late arrival at X (formerly Twitter) and published:
“Due to the heavy delay of operation, our team arrived moments before the previously scheduled time.”
Meanwhile, live visuals have shown that English players are digging football around to stay free. West Indies players stayed in the dressing room. As a preventive measure, the playground and square were kept under the cover, despite the fact that no rain at that time.
The rank, originally scheduled for 12:30 local time (17:00 ist), was pushed until 13:10 (17:40 ist), and the match started at 13:30 (18:00 ist), provided the weather remains cooperating. No exceeding is expected.
England, after ensuring a convincing victory in Birmingham and Cardiff, follows the triumph of the 3-0 series. West Indies will try to finish the ODI leg at a high level before the series of three T20i matches start on Friday.
Published:
Saurabh Kumar
Published on:
June 3, 2025
