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England white-ball captain Harry Brook said that he and his players had to use lime bikes to beat the London traffic to arrive at The Oval early. The toss and the start of the play for the third England versus West Indies ODI on Tuesday, June 3, was delayed, after the West Indies team got held up in traffic.
Brook said that the England players were inside the bus for a while before they decided to use an alternate route to get to the ground.
"We were on the bus for a while and then we all decided to get off and get on some lime bikes in. We were in a little bit earlier than the West Indies boys, but we are here now ready to go," Brook said at the toss on Tuesday (via Cricbuzz).
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The England Cricket X handle shared a video of the players riding the bikes in London to get to the ground.
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West Indies captain Shai Hope said that the team could have considered walking to the ground, after their bus was stuck in traffic.
"Probably should have walked," Hope said at the toss (via Cricbuzz).
Start of play in England versus West Indies third ODI at The Oval delayed by 30 minutes
The start of the play in the third England versus West Indies ODI at The Oval on Tuesday, June 3, was delayed after the West Indies team was stuck in traffic in London.
An ESPN Cricinfo report said that traffic-light failures in the Vauxhall region and the closure of Lambeth Bridge had forced the England players to get off the team bus and use bikes to get the ground. The West Indies team did eventually arrive at the ground at 12.40pm local time, 10 minutes later than the scheduled time for the toss.
The toss eventually took place at 1.10pm local time, with England captain Harry Brook calling it right and opting to field first. The first ball was bowled at 1.30 pm local time, 30 minutes later than the scheduled start of play.
England have already won the series 2-0 with wins at Edgbaston and Cardiff in the first two games.
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