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It has been an all-round performance from England with most players chipping in with notable contributions when required. Ben Stokes and Dominic Sibley hit centuries and Jos Buttler scored a fine 40 to help hosts post a giant score on board. Stuart Broad and Chris Woakes then bundled West Indies for 287. England further increased their lead and set West Indies a target of 311 runs or 85 overs to save the Test. The visitors managed to accomplish none.
It has been an all-round performance from England with most players chipping in with notable contributions when required. Ben Stokes and Dominic Sibley hit centuries and Jos Buttler scored a fine 40 to help hosts post a giant score on board. Stuart Broad and Chris Woakes then bundled West Indies for 287. England further increased their lead and set West Indies a target of 311 runs or 85 overs to save the Test. The visitors managed to accomplish none.
Out! Dominic Bess takes the final wicket. Kemar Roach is dismissed with ollie pope taking a brilliant catch to end west indies' fightback. England win the test by 113 runs and level the three-match series 1-1.
Ben Stokes has limped off and will not complete his over. Joe Root will bowl the last two deliveries of the over. the star all-rounder seems to have hurt his groin. England will pray the injury is nothing serious and he is available for the third Test, which starts on Friday.
Out! Alzarri Joseph goes. The West Indies pacer has ben playing shots regularly and quite successfully but not this time. He departs after scoring nine and England are just one wicket away from a victory. It was a length ball outside the off-stump and was there to be hit. But Joseph failed to connect properly.
Alzarri Joseph survives two close reviews. He was given not-out on the first given out on the second. But both the balls missed the leg stump.
Ben Stokes continues for England from the other end. West Indies edging towards a disappointing defeat while England need two wickets to level the three-match series. Alzarri Joseph is the new man in for West Indies.
OUT! Jason Holder goes and Dominic Bess has his first wicket of the innings. Bess went through Holder's defence leaving England only two wickets from victory. The West Indies captain had started attacking and hit Bess for two consecutive boundaries, the latter a six straight over the bowler's head. But Bess certainly had the final laugh.
England smell a win here with Jason Holder the only recognised batsman in the crease. Ben Stokes is reintroduced into the attack. The all-rounder put England back into the contest with the key wicket Jermaine Blackwood in the final over before tea and captain Joe Root will demand something similar now. West Indies have only one option play out the remaining 23 overs and save the Test match.
OUT! Shamarh Brooks goes after a valiant 62. Sam Curran provides the breakthrough for England and takes them just three wickets away from a win.
The day 5 of the second Test match England and West Indies are currently underway at the Old Trafford in Manchester. The day four almost brought in good news for the hosts as they are inching closer to a win from here on. Joe Root’s men had declared the innings on 469 runs and in response to the first innings, the Windies got bundled out on the score of 287 runs. Stuart Broad and Chris Woakes both snapped three wickets in the first innings of the West Indies. Only three batsmen from the West Indies side could show a little resistance.
West Indies opener Kraigg Braithwaite was the one who scored 75 runs and showed nerves of steel. John Campbell had gotten out on the scored of 12 on day two itself. Sharmarh Brooks also scored 68 runs and gave a little hope to the side of revival. Roston Chase got LBW by Chris Woakes and made way to the pavilion on the score of 51 runs. The two showed nerves of steel and provided much-needed respite to the side as wickets kept crumbling from the other end.
England walked in to bat on the fourth day of the match and lost a couple of wickets. Jos Buttler was bowled by a terrific delivery from Keymar Roach and he got out on the score of a duck. Zak Crawley was the next one to make way to the pavilion on the score of 11 runs. As of now, Ben Stokes and captain Joe Root are the ones who are batting for the Three Lions.
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