Flintoff hat-trick claims series

England ended their ragged tour of the West Indies on a high when an Andrew Flintoff hat-trick blitzed the hosts and claimed the one-day series 3-2.Flintoff took five for 19 in his five overs, including the hat-trick in his final over, as England claimed their first one-day series victory in the Caribbean by 26 runs.It was a well-deserved win on Friday as England bowled with accuracy and discipline after an earlier batting collapse meant they managed only 172 for five from their allotted 29 overs."It has been a long hard tour and to come out at the end with something is pretty special," England captain Andrew Strauss told Sky Sports in St Lucia."I'm delighted. We played really well and handled the pressure well. We're very happy tonight."It has been a tough tour."We would have liked to have won the Test series – we played some good cricket but kept coming out with nothing."England lost that series 1-0.Put in to bat, the tourists started well as they overcame the early loss of Strauss to reach 88-2 after 15 overs on a difficult pitch.But an all-too-familiar middle-order collapse took the steam out of the innings.

Fifth ODI scorecard

England innings A Strauss c Bravo b Rampaul 3 R Bopara c Ramdin b Pollard 44 K Pietersen c Sammy b Benn 48 O Shah c Simmons b Benn 6 P Collingwood not out 35 A Flintoff c Chanderpaul b Pollard 3 M Prior not out 25 Extras 8 Total (5 wickets; 29 overs) 172 FOW: 1-8 2-88 3-104 4-107 5-112 West Indies innings C Gayle c Flintoff b Anderson 0 L Simmons c Broad b Flintoff 17 R Sarwan c Prior b Flintoff 23 S Chanderpaul c Bell b Collingwood 13 D Bravo c Flintoff b Broad 33 K Pollard c Collingwood b Anderson 30 D Ramdin b Flintoff 12 D Sammy run out 7 R Rampaul lbw b Flintoff 0 S Benn b Flintoff 0 F Edwards not out 2 Extras 9 Total (all out; 28 overs) 146 FOW: 1-1 2-40 3-45 4-69 5-124 6-124 7-140 8-140 9-140 10-146 England win by 26 runs