- England racked up a thumping 10-wicket victory and a whitewash on Sunday
- Joe Root fought his technique to 100 in Nottingham, then marshalled a restoration
- Atkinson backed up his beautiful debut at Lord’s with clever bowling
Mark Wooden blew the West Indies away with a ferocious spell of quick bowling as England racked up a thumping 10-wicket victory and a 3-0 sequence sweep in three days at Edgbaston.
Wooden introduced the warmth in Birmingham, terrorising the vacationers as he ended their second-innings resistance with the form of harmful efficiency as soon as related to the kings of Caribbean cricket.
Ben Stokes then confirmed the identical panache with the bat, taking a uncommon alternative to open the batting and blazing the quickest ever half-century by an Englishman – taking simply 24 frantic deliveries.
The 35-year-old, who left Trent Bridge with simply two wickets final week regardless of clearing 97mph in one in every of quickest shows ever seen on English soil, lastly noticed his luck change as he picked up 5 for 40.
Mail Sport’s LAWRENCE BOOTH was readily available to charge the performances of England’s stars over the sequence.
England racked up a thumping 10-wicket victory and a 3-0 sequence sweep in opposition to West Indies
5.5 – Zak Crawley Started with a fluent 76 at Lord’s, however fell away, not helped by a deflected run-out on the non-striker’s finish in Nottingham.
7 – Ben Duckett His pair of high-class seventies was central to England’s victory within the second Take a look at.
8 – Ollie Pope Regardless of by no means being at his greatest, he managed a century and two fifties, and shone at Trent Bridge.
9 – Joe Root Fought his technique to 100 in Nottingham, then marshalled England’s restoration at Edgbaston, ticking off 12,000 Take a look at runs within the course of.
Zak Crawley started with a fluent 76 at Lord’s, however fell away, and was unlucky at factors
Joe Root fought his technique to 100 in Nottingham, then marshalled England’s restoration
7.5 – Harry Brook Skilfully stored West Indies at bay in tough circumstances on the third night at Nottingham, but in addition left a couple of runs out within the center.
8 – Ben Stokes Three half-centuries, and several other probing spells – England’s captain is again as a Take a look at-class all-rounder, an enormous increase for the group’s steadiness.
8.5 – Jamie Smith A triumph for the selectors. Smith was near-immaculate behind the stumps, and harmful in entrance. Hit extra sixes (5) than any team-mate.
7.5 – Chris Woakes Grew in stature after a dusty begin at Lord’s, and performed his half in England’s lower-order fightback on residence turf at Edgbaston.
England’s Ben Stokes captain is again as a Take a look at all-rounder in a lift to the group’s steadiness
9 – Gus Atkinson A sensational debut sequence by which he backed up his Lord’s 12-for with clever quick bowling within the final two video games.
8 – Mark Wooden After some surprising luck at Trent Bridge, the place he bowled just like the wind, Wooden blew away West Indies at Edgbaston – it was a minimum of he deserved.
7 – Shoaib Bashir Bowled superbly on the fourth night in Nottingham, and clearly has the belief of his captain – outstanding for a 20-year-old off-spinner with subsequent to no county expertise.
Gus Atkinson backed up his Lord’s 12-for with clever bowling within the final two matches
8 – James Anderson Signed off at Lord’s with match figures of 26.4-10-58-4, and the gratitude of the nation.
West Indies
Mikyle Louis 6, Kraigg Brathwaite 6, Kirk McKenzie 1, Alick Athanaze 5.5, Kavem Hodge 7, Jason Holder 5, Joshua Da Silva 6.5, Alzarri Joseph 4.5, Gudakesh Motie 6, Kevin Sinclair 3, Jayden Seales 7, Shamar Joseph 5.
