England dismantle Windies to win Test and series

Second Rothesay Test (day 4 of five), Trent Bridge

England 416 (Pope 121; A Joseph 3-98) & 425 (Root 122, Brook 109; Seales 4-97)

West Indies 457 (Hodge 120; Woakes 4-84) & 143 (Bashir 5-41)

England won by 241 runs

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England surged towards a bid triumph by blowing distant West Indies successful a azygous convention connected nan 4th time of nan 2nd Test astatine Trent Bridge.

Set 385 to triumph aliases 4 sessions to prevention nan game, West Indies disintegrated from 61-0 to 82-5 successful a manic blur of 5 wickets successful six overs.

Chris Woakes doubly recovered nan separator to region openers Mikyle Louis and Kraigg Brathwaite, and off-spinner Shoaib Bashir bowled a magical spell to declare 3-8 successful 15 deliveries.

From there, nan only mobility was whether nan crippled would past until Monday. Mark Wood bounced retired Kevin Sinclair, Gus Atkinson struck doubly successful 3 balls and Bashir took nan last 2 wickets to extremity pinch 5-41. West Indies were 143 each retired and beaten by 241 runs.

All this came aft Joe Root and Harry Brook each made hundreds of years to laic nan level for England’s triumph push.

Root’s 122 was his 32nd Test hundred, 1 short of Sir Alastair Cook’s England record, while Brook added 109 for his first Test ton successful this country.

West Indies’ target mightiness person been larger had England not mislaid 7-96, but nan regular autumn of location wickets besides gave Ben Stokes’ broadside capable clip to wrap up nan crippled pinch a time to spare.

It gives England their first bid triumph since nan circuit of Pakistan successful 2022. They will look for a 3-0 cleanable expanse erstwhile nan last Test originates astatine Edgbaston connected Friday.