Jamie Smith struck a maiden one-day international fifty to set-up England's victorious run chase as they completed a 3-0 series sweep of the West Indies at his Oval home ground on Tuesday.
Player-of-the-match Smith, opening in ODIs for the first time this series, launched England's pursuit of a revised target of 246 with a quickfire 64 in a match reduced by rain to 40 overs per side
"It felt great on my home ground, getting the team off to a good start, taking the pressure off the middle order," Smith told Sky Sports during the presentation ceremony. "That is the role I want to take on."
Victory meant Harry Brook led England to a whitewash in his first series as permanent white-ball captain after they had lost their seven previous matches at this level, culminating in a woeful exit from this year's Champions Trophy in Pakistan.
Brook was 26 not out at the finish but it was Jos Buttler, his predecessor as captain, who ended the match with an emphatic six out of the ground off fast bowler Jayden Seales that capped an unbeaten 41.
"We have been talking about being dominant and finishing the series 3-0," said Brook, adding: "Smith took the game away from West Indies in the powerplay which is what we like to see."
England made a blistering start to their chase, scoring 93 in the first seven overs.
Smith's fifty came off 25 balls, including nine fours and two sixes.
He hit four boundaries in four balls in the seventh over before being bowled by Gudakesh Motie, who earlier made a fine 63 in West Indies' total of 251-9 but conceded 74 runs in his eight overs.
- 'Evolving Root' -
Smith's exit brought in Joe Root, fresh from steering England to a three-wicket win in Cardiff on Sunday with an ODI best of 166 not out that saw the star batsman become his country's leading run-scorer in this format.
Ben Duckett completed a 34-ball fifty including four fours and three sixes, before the left-handed opener fell for 58 when he flayed off-spinner Roston Chase to cover.
Root could only manage 44 on Tuesday before he was caught top-edging a hook off Alzarri Joseph. But that still meant the player-of-the-series had scored 267 runs in three innings at an average of 133.5.
"There is so much data out there so you have to evolve and expand your game," said Root, also England's leading run-scorer in Test cricket.
Earlier, Sherfane Rutherford top-scored for the West Indies with 70 in his first match of the series.
The tourists slumped to 121-6, with veteran England leg-spinner Adil Rashid (3-40) taking three wickets in quick succession.
But Motie and Alzarri Joseph (41) shared an eighth-wicket stand of 91 in 12 overs before Smith made the West Indies' total look inadequate.
The West Indies' day got off to a bad start when traffic problems meant they arrived at the ground late, delaying the start by 30 minutes.
England avoided the traffic by riding bikes and made the most of winning the toss to leave their opponents 28-3 inside seven overs.
"There are always positives you can take from any series, any match," said West Indies captain Shai Hope, out for a golden duck at the Oval, ahead of a three-match T20 series against England starting at Chester-le-Street on Friday.
"Rutherford is a quality player, he looks like he is playing a video game sometimes!"
Brook relishing 'fun' start as captain
Harry Brook said he was having a "hell of a lot of fun" as England captain after his first series in permanent charge of the white-ball sides ended in a 3-0 clean sweep of the West Indies.
England recorded their first one-day international series whitewash in three years -- when they beat the Netherlands by the same scoreline -- following a dominant seven-wicket success at the Oval on Tuesday.
Brook's men made light of a revised target of 246 after rain reduced the match to 40 overs per side.
Jamie Smith, promoted to open this series, launched the run chase with a dynamic 64 off 28 balls as he posted a maiden ODI fifty in front of his Surrey home crowd.
Jos Buttler, Brook's predecessor as limited-overs captain, finished the job with 41 not out as England cruised home with more than 10 overs to spare.
Yet England came into this series on a seven-match losing streak in ODI cricket, including a woeful Champions Trophy campaign in Pakistan earlier this year that prompted Buttler's resignation as skipper.
"It's a hell of a lot of fun when you're enjoying it with a lot of mates," said Brook, whose attention now turns to a three-match T20 series with the West Indies starting at Chester-le-Street on Friday.
"I think we've got such a good side. The depth in batting is amazing and then we've got a lot of skilful bowlers as well."
England were back to their best in the field at the Oval after letting their standards slip at Cardiff on Sunday following a 238-run rout of the West Indies in last week's series opener at Edgbaston.
That England managed a three-wicket win in Wales that put them an unassailable 2-0 up was largely down to star batsman Joe Root's ODI best 166 not out.
- 'Proper shots' -
"I don't feel like we really deserved that win," said Brook of Sunday's success at Sophia Gardens.
"Our fielding was a little bit sloppy.
"But because we are so tight as a group, we've managed to scrape a victory there. Obviously, having Joe Root in your side is always a big help."
Smith, who replaced Phil Salt as opener, averaged 17.63 after his first dozen ODI innings.
But on Tuesday the batting skill that has helped make him a Test regular was evident.
"He's gone out there and and played extremely well, but he's not a slogger," Brook said. "He's playing proper shots, he's putting their bad balls away and he's putting them (the West Indies) under immense pressure."
The West Indies recovered from 28-3 and 154-7 to finish on 251-9 after arriving late to the Oval because of heavy London traffic .
Adil Rashid was the pick of England's attack, with the veteran leg-spinner taking 3-40.
"Rash has got so much skill," said Brook of his Yorkshire team-mate.
"He's a very wily bowler. He's he's been around the block for a while, and he keeps on getting better and better."
Scoreboard
West Indies
B. King c Bethell b Potts 16
E. Lewis c Smith b Carse 8
K. Carty b Rashid 29
S. Hope c Carse b Mahmood 0
S. Rutherford c Brook b Carse 70
J. Greaves c Duckett b Rashid 12
R. Chase c Root b Rashid 0
G. Motie b Potts 63
A. Joseph c Potts b Mahmood 41
S. Joseph not out 3
Extras (lb2, w7) 9
Total (9 wkts, 40 overs) 251
Did not bat: J Seales
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Lewis), 2-27 (King), 3-28 (Hope), 4-90 (Carty), 5-121 (Greaves), 6-121 (Chase), 7-154 (Rutherford), 8-245 (A Joseph), 9-251 (Motie)
Bowling: Mahmood 8-0-48-2 (2w); Carse 8-1-57-2 (1w); Potts 8-0-51-2 (1w); Jacks 6-0-39-0; Rashid 8-0-40-3 (3w); Bethell 2-0-14-0
England (revised target 246)
J. Smith b Motie 64
B. Duckett c Lewis b Chase 58
J. Root c S Joseph b A Joseph 44
H. Brook not out 26
J. Buttler not out 41
Extras (lb4, nb1, w8) 13
Total (3 wkts, 29.4 overs) 246
Did not bat: J Bethell, W Jacks, B Carse, A Rashid, M Potts, S Mahmood
Fall of wickets: 1-93 (Smith), 2-155 (Duckett), 3-200 (Root)
Bowling: Seales 5.4-0-49-0 (2w); S Joseph 4-0-48-0 (1nb, 1w); A Joseph 7-0-52-1 (1w); Motie 8-0-74-1; Chase 5-0-19-1
Result: England won by seven wickets (DLS method)
Player-of-the-match: Jamie Smith (ENG)
Note: Match reduced by rain to 40 overs per side
Series: England win three-match series 3-0
Player-of-the-series: Joe Root (ENG)
Toss: England
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SRI), Martin Saggers (ENG)
TV Umpire: Adrian Holdstock (RSA)
Match Referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL)
Previous results
May 29: 1st ODI, Edgbaston: England won by 238 runs
Jun 01: 2nd ODI, Cardiff: England won by three wickets