ENGLAND'S players cycled to the Oval due to heavy London traffic that caused West Indies to be late for the third and final one-day international.

The Windies team coach did not get to the ground until around 12.40pm on Tuesday afternoon, 10 minutes after the scheduled toss, after stopping overnight in a hotel just three-and-a-half miles away.

Delays were caused by issues including a couple of broken down buses, a traffic lights failure and roadworks across one of the bridges over the River Thames, which also held up England’s coach en route from their hotel to the ground five miles away.

But instead of waiting it out, England’s players decided to use rental bicycles to beat the traffic as they look to seal a 3-0 series clean sweep following wins at Edgbaston and Cardiff last week.

After the toss had taken place at 1.10pm, England captain Harry Brook said: “We were on the bus for a while, then we all decided to get off and get on some lime bikes.”

Play eventually got under way at 1.30pm, half an hour after the dead rubber was supposed to start.