ENGLAND cricket stars have been forced to travel to their ODI match against the West Indies on Lime bikes.
The team are facing off at the Oval in South London for the third one-dayer of the series.
England go into the match having won the two previous ODIs.
However, their arrival for the third one has caught fans' attention as the players took to Lime bikes to get to the stadium.
Harry Brook, Brydon Carse and Matthew Potts were pictured arriving on the bikes while wearing their training kit.
They were forced to use the unconventional mode of transport due to a road outside the ground being closed.
England cricket's official social media account shared a video of the players cycling to the ground on X.
Fans shared their amusement in the comments section.
One posted: "This is hilarious."
A second wrote: "What a sight haha."
A third commented: "Beating the traffic and a nice warmup lol."
A fourth said: "Imagine walking in London and seeing the England cricket team just riding bicycles."
While former England star Stuart Broad labelled the team as "Iconic".
The West Indies team were also delayed arriving due to being stuck in traffic.
They were staying in a hotel around four miles from the Oval but arrived at 12.40pm, which was ten minutes after the scheduled coin toss.
Due to the delays, the match start has been delayed.
During the toss, Brook said: "We were on the bus for a while, then we all decided to get off and get on Lime bikes."
But the West Indies captain Shai Hope admitted that he and his team "should've walked".
England won the first ODI by a massive 238 runs after hitting 400 in their 50 overs.
The visitors did not get close as they were bowled out after just 26.2 overs for 162.
In the second ODI, the West Indies set England a total of 308 to chase at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff.
Joe Root was the hero as he came to the crease with both openers falling for ducks.
The batter smashed 166 runs himself as he steered England to victory.
His impressive score saw him reach 7,000 ODI runs in his career, taking him past Eoin Morgan as England's leading ODI run-scorer.
After the match, Root hailed both teams' performances in a "great game".
He said: "From being 2-2, it was nice to be there at the end and get us across the line and to finish the series with one game to go.
"A lot of other stuff wrapped into it as well. A tricky wicket in periods but it made for a great game of cricket.
"The bowlers always felt in the game. It was nice to be there at the end.
"It was an interesting wicket. When two teams get over 300, it can’t be that bad. It was managing different situations within it."
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