England's players rode hire bikes to get to the ground for the third one-day international against West Indies as their opponents got snarled up in London traffic to force a 30-minute delay to the start at The Oval on Tuesday.

The start of the third one-day international between England and the West Indies at the Oval on Tuesday was delayed after the tourists were stuck in London traffic. Rain might well have delayed the scheduled 1:00 pm local time (1200 GMT) start in any event.

West Indies captain Shai Hope joked that his team "probably should have walked" to The Oval after heavy traffic prompted a farcical half-hour delay to their third men's ODI against England. Traffic-light failures in the Vauxhall Area and the closure of Lambeth Bridge prompted England's players to get off the team bus and use e-bikes to reach The Oval,