- England dominated Day One in every of their second Take a look at in opposition to the West Indies
- Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope had been the hosts’ stars of the day at Trent Bridge
- Historical past was made as Joe Root climbed additional up the all-time run scoring record
England kick-started their second Take a look at in opposition to the West Indies with a powerful batting show that noticed the hosts ultimately bowled out for 416 runs.
Put into bat after the Windies received the toss at Trent Bridge put the stress on Brendon McCullum’s facet to start out sturdy solely to right away wrestle as Zak Crawley was dismissed after simply three balls.
Crawley’s struggles had been rapidly forgotten although as Ben Duckett raced to 71 runs, Ollie Pope high scored on 121 and Ben Stokes added one other half-century to his sensational England Take a look at document.
West Indies denied England an opportunity to proceed batting on Day Two with Shoaib Bashir managing simply 5 runs earlier than being caught behind and wrapping up his facet’s first innings.
Mail Sport’s LAWRENCE BOOTH gives Prime Spin on the Take a look at from Trent Bridge…
England kick-started their second Take a look at in opposition to the West Indies with a powerful batting show that noticed the hosts ultimately bowled out for 416 runs
West Indies received the toss and determined to place England into bowl – a call they may now remorse
England’s historic day on the crease
Because the Second World Conflict, England have scored greater than 416 on the primary day of a Take a look at solely as soon as: they made 506 for 4 from simply 75 overs in opposition to Pakistan at Rawalpindi in December 2022.
Hosts’ record-breaking 50
England’s 50 got here from 4.2 overs – a document for a Take a look at innings. It beat the earlier greatest by one supply, set by Graham Gooch and Mike Atherton in opposition to South Africa at The Oval in 1994.
England’s 50 at Trent Bridge got here from 4.2 overs – a document for a Take a look at innings
Root climbs forward within the document books
Joe Root made solely 14, but it surely was sufficient to take him into ninth place on the all-time Take a look at run-scoring record, 4 forward of Sri Lankan Mahela Jaywardene’s tally of 11,814.
Joe Root made solely 14, but it surely was sufficient to take him into ninth place on the all-time Take a look at run-scoring record
Root is now 49 behind West Indies’ Shivnarine Chanderpaul.
