England thrashed the West Indies by 238 runs in the first ODI at Edgbaston on Thursday.

England, in Harry Brook’s first match as permanent white-ball captain, piled up 400-8 before dismissing the West Indies for just 162 to end a seven-match losing streak in ODI cricket and go 1-0 up in this three-match series.

This was England’s second-biggest win, in terms of runs, in all ODI cricket.

Barbados-born Jacob Bethell, back from the IPL, top-scored for England with 82 on his Warwickshire home ground after Ben Duckett (60), Brook (58) and Joe Root (57) also made fifties.

It was an expensive innings for the West Indies bowlers, with paceman Jayden Seales taking four wickets but conceding 84 runs in nine overs.

The West Indies now needed 401 for victory, with only one side in ODI history having scored over 400 runs to win – South Africa’s celebrated 438-9 against Australia at Johannesburg in 2006.

But they were dismissed with more than 23 overs remaining in an innings where last man Seales’ 29* was the top score and one of just three contributions above 20.

England quicks Jamie Overton (3-22) and Saqib Mahmood (3-32) did the bulk of the damage.

The series continues in Cardiff on Sunday before finishing at The Oval on Tuesday.

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