- England closed on 248-3 at stumps to take management of the Take a look at and the sequence
- Half-centuries from Duckett, Ollie Pope and Harry Brook gave them a lead of 207
- Chris Woakes urged his team-mates to show the screw forward of Sunday morning
Chris Woakes urged England to show the screw on West Indies after half-centuries from Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope and Harry Brook gave them a lead of 207 with two days of the second Take a look at in Nottingham nonetheless to go.
Woakes, who picked up 4 wickets because the vacationers prolonged their first innings to 457 in reply to England’s 416, admitted the primary hour on Sunday morning can be essential as Brook and Joe Root search to construct on a high-class fourth-wicket stand of 108.
‘You need as many runs as attainable,’ he mentioned. ‘There are nonetheless two days to play, and we wish to be bowling at them as a lot as attainable on day 5, when the wicket may get extra variable bounce.
‘The morning will probably be large. That first hour, we wish to attempt to construct that lead as much as 250, 300, then hopefully kick on and get an enormous lead. The extra the merrier.’
Woakes, who regarded in higher rhythm than he had within the first Take a look at at Lord’s, defended England’s ways to West Indies’ final pair of Josh Da Silva and Shamar Joseph, who added an important 71.
Chris Woakes urged England to show the screw on West Indies forward of a ‘large’ Sunday
Woakes picked up 4 wickets because the vacationers prolonged their first innings to 457
‘It’s not at all times going to be good,’ he mentioned. ‘Truthful play to them. You don’t anticipate the No 11 to hit a pair into the stands.’
Da Silva, who completed with 82 not out, mentioned: ‘I’m not likely certain what their plan was. It labored in my favour. No matter occurs within the morning will arrange the remainder of the Take a look at.’
