Harry Brook Relishing 'Fun' Start As England Captain After Windies Clean Sweep

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#39;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#39;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#39;s resignation as skipper.

It#39;s a hell of a lot of fun when you#39;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#39;ve got such a good side. The depth in batting is amazing and then we#39;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#39;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#39;s ODI best 166 not out.

- #39;Proper shots#39; -

I don#39;t feel like we really deserved that win, said Brook of Sunday#39;s success at Sophia Gardens.

Our fielding was a little bit sloppy.

But because we are so tight as a group, we#39;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#39;s gone out there and and played extremely well, but he#39;s not a slogger, Brook said. He#39;s playing proper shots, he#39;s putting their bad balls away and he#39;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#39;s attack, with the veteran leg-spinner taking 3-40.

Rash has got so much skill, said Brook of his Yorkshire team-mate.

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He#39;s a very wily bowler. He#39;s he#39;s been around the block for a while, and he keeps on getting better and better.