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[caption id="attachment_38835" align="aligncenter" width="580"] England Team posing with the winners Trophy on Thursday. Image Source: ICC[/caption] Internet Desk: Centuries by Alex Hales and Joe Root powered England to a massive 186-run victory over West Indies in the third and final One-Day International on Thursday. Put in to bat, England racked up a sizeable 328 all out in 50 overs, but the home team could muster only 142 all out in 39.2 overs in its reply. This was the West Indies’ heaviest loss against England in an ODI in terms of runs, while it also marked the first occasion since 1991 that England had swept an ODI series against West Indies 3-0. Hales, the Man of the Match for his 110 off 107, had been sidelined for almost two months due to a hand injury sustained when England was touring India but made a successful return in his first match back. Root followed up his assured match-winning 90 not out in the second game in Antigua with a 108-ball 101. The duo shared a 192-run stand (183 balls) for the second wicket – the highest partnership for any wicket in an ODI at the Kensington Oval. "This innings was really special because I wanted to get back into the thick of things," said Hales. “It was frustrating being on the sidelines and I was desperately keen to perform.” West Indies needed victory to avoid a series sweep and also pick up valuable ranking points that would help the team earn automatic qualification for the ICC World Cup 2019, but the team came up short. Dropped catches hurt the Caribbean side, with Root let off twice early in his innings. Alzarri Joseph, the 20-year-old Antigua pacer, suffered one of those drops off his bowling. Josesph had come in for the injured Shannon Gabriel, with West Indies replacing one fast bowler with another. He looked the most threatening of the West Indies bowlers though he was on the expensive side, picking up 4 for 76 in ten overs. Jason Holder, who won the toss for the third consecutive time, did well while opening the bowling to return 3 for 41 in ten overs. Joseph accounted for the attacking Jason Roy in just the sixth over of the innings and could have had more success if Root had been snapped up. He came back for an effective second spell though, and together with Holder, slowed England’s breakneck progress to what looked like being a total well in excess of 350. However, West Indies couldn’t carry the momentum of a good finish in England’s innings when the home team’s batsmen came out to bat, with early wickets ensuring the team was on the back foot from the start. West Indies was 13 for 3 inside the first four overs with the top three gone, and quickly slid to 45 for 6 by the 17th over. Jonathan Carter top-scored with 46 in the middle-order to delay the inevitable. Chris Woakes, the Man of the Series, and Liam Plunkett, the fellow fast-medium bowler, took three wickets each. Woakes had 3 for 16 in eight overs, while Plunkett took 3 for 27 in the same number of overs. Steven Finn also played his part with two wickets while Adil Rashid, the legspinner, finished off the affair in bright afternoon sunshine.