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Raf Nicholson at the Uptonsteel County Ground, Leicester

Jones and Beaumont make ODI history as England thrash West Indies and seal series

Amy Jones celebrates with Tammy Beaumont during the One Day International match against West Indies.
Amy Jones and Tammy Beaumont struck up a formidable opening partnership for England. Photograph: Manjit Narotra/ProSports/Shutterstock

England took advantage of the absence of Hayley Matthews to thrash West Indies by 143 runs in the second one-day international at Leicester on Wednesday.

Having waited 12 years to score a maiden international hundred, Amy Jones resolved to achieve the feat twice in five days, and this time did so in just 76 balls, reaching 129 before departing in the 31st over. Tammy Beaumont, meanwhile, followed up with a second consecutive hundred of her own, despite battling what she jokingly described as “man flu”.

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