England defeated West Indies by 241 runs to win the second Check match at Trent Bridge. Chasing 325 to win, West Indies have been bowled out for 143 within the second innings as England claimed an enormous victory.
With this win, England has moved as much as the sixth place on the WTC factors desk. West Indies, however, have fallen again to tenth. England now has 45 factors from 12 Check matches with 5 wins and 6 losses with a PCT of 31.25.
West Indies, however, misplaced one other Check collection to England in England. With one Check match to go, they’re trailing by 0-2. The Windies now have only one win from six Check matches and a PCT level of twenty-two.22.
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West Indies responded by scoring 457 runs and taking a 41-run lea. A century from Kavem Hodge (120) and an unbeaten 82 from keeper-batter Joshua Da Silva (82*) allowed West Indies to surpass ENgland’s first innings whole. England then responded brilliantly by scoring 425 within the second innings.
Chasing 385 to win, West Indies have been anticipated to do higher within the second innings after their resilience within the first innings. Nevertheless, issues didn’t go as anticipated and the aspect was bowled out for 143. Shoaib Bashir, the England spinner ripped aside the batting lineup along with his spell of 5/41. Gus Atkinson and Chri Woakes picked up two every and Mark Wooden picked up one every.
West Indies, thus misplaced one more Check collection the place they have been utterly outplayed within the second innings. The openers added 61 and the aspect misplaced their final 9 wickets for simply 80-od runs. The skipper lamented the batting collapse.
“We weren’t anticipating it after an honest begin, however it’s historical past now and we have to search for the longer term. We have to keep mentally robust and now we have quite a few Check matches remaining this 12 months” mentioned Brathwaite.
England skipper Ben Stokes, however, was a contented skipper. He continued his profitable run because the captain of the Check aspect along with his aspect taking part in an aggressive model of cricket. England for the very first time of their Check historical past scored over 400-plus within the two innings of a Check match.
“In staff sport, you need a couple of people to face up. What should not get misplaced in all that is that partnership between Brook and Root final night time when the ball was swinging. We performed nicely as we speak once more and if we’re being brutally trustworthy, we might have gotten extra within the first innings. This week has been nice for the development as a staff and as people” mentioned Stokes after England’s commanding victory.
