English cricket team take ebikes to beat traffic for one-day international against West Indies in London

England’s cricket team was on a roll before they even set foot on the pitch, resorting to innovative means to beat London’s traffic gridlock for the third one-day match against the West Indies.

Traffic jams in London sent the one-day international between England and the West Indies into chaos and led to the British cricketers hiring Lime bikes or catching the tube to try and speed up their arrival.

The beginning of the third one-day international clash between England and West Indies was sent into disarray on Tuesday morning after it was revealed the players in both teams were trapped on clogged roads while sitting on their respective team buses.

Arriving at the ground in style 😎

Only one way to beat the road closures in London 😂 pic.twitter.com/2xrSPypnQD

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) June 3, 2025

The West Indies were jammed in heavy traffic for nearly two hours and arrived at the ground after the scheduled coin toss.

On the Brits’ official English cricket account on X they had to inject some humour into the frustrating situation, posting footage of the players wearing their tracksuits, beanies and their backpacks strapped on while cycling their way through London’s streets with the lyrics added, “get out the way, get out the way”.

Saqib Mahmood of England came out firing. Picture: Getty Images

Road closures caused the traffic carnage for the teams coming up against each other at The Oval in Kennington, south London, and delayed the scheduled 1pm (10pm AEST) start time.

Due to traffic gridlock, the West Indies cricket team turned up late to the 3rd One Day International match against England at The Oval in Kennington, London. Picture: X

Among the English players to opt for two wheels included Harry Brook, Brydon Carse and Matthew Potts who all ditched the team bus to get to the ground much quicker.

Better late than never: Brandon King of West Indies plays a shot. Picture: Getty Images

The route from the West Indies’ hotel – located about 6km from The Oval – was dogged by traffic woes and the team posted on X: “Due to heavy traffic delays, our team arrived moments before the previously scheduled toss time”.

MATCH UPDATE:

Due to heavy traffic delays, our team arrived moments before the previously scheduled toss time.

Revised toss time is now 1:10pm local time. 8:10amAST/7:10am Jamaica time.

Play is scheduled to start at 1:30pm local time.

— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) June 3, 2025

They arrived 10 minutes after the scheduled coin toss and the beginning of the match was subsequently delayed by 30 minutes and started at 1.30pm.

Traffic was not the only problem for players with rain forecasted to interrupt the match.

Australia plays South Africa in the ICC World Championship Test Final at Lord’s in London which begins on Wednesday, June 11.

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