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England’s Triumph: Ben Stokes Showed a Great 3-0 Series Sweep Over West Indies!
England’s Triumph: Ben Stokes Showed a Great 3-0 Series Sweep Over West Indies!
England get the 10-wicket victory against West Indies in the third test match, held on Sunday at Edgbaston, Birmingham and finished with a perfect 3-0 series win.
England was able to get the 10-wicket victory against West Indies in the third test match that was held on Sunday at Edgbaston and Finished with a perfect 3-0 series win. England won with plenty of time left, finishing the match over two days early. There were 82 runs required to win and can be easily achieved 87-0 in just 7.2 overs.
The performer of the match was the captain of England that was Ben Stokes who took the place of the injured Zak Crawley and was able to achieve a remarkable milestone. “Stokes hit the fastest fifty by an England batsman in Test cricket, taking just 24 balls. His aggressive batting included nine boundaries and a six.”
In between the matches, strokes was able to break its previous record for having the fattest Test Fifth by an England player before that the record was made by Ian Botham in 1981 when a mark was set in Delhi against India with a filthy from 28 balls. Stokes' innings not only helped England's quick chase but also set a record. He finished unbeaten at 57 runs, ending the game with a six off West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite.
At the start of the match, the West Indies whole team was bowled out after scoring 175 runs in the second innings, mainly because of the best bowling performance given by Mark Wood. mark who is a teammate of Strokes at Durham caused great damage to the West Indies as he took five wickets for nine runs in six overs, and ended his figure at 5-40 in 14 overs. This Wood’s performance broke down the West Indies batting lineup, giving England an easy target to chase.”
The West Indies showed some fight, with opener Mikyle Louis scoring his first Test fifty (57 runs) and Kavem Hodge adding 55 runs. However, their efforts weren't enough to set a hard target for England, as the next-highest score was just 12 runs, which was scored by Alick Athanaze, Jason Holder, and others.
Player of the Series: Jayden Seales, Gus Atkinson
Player of the Match: Mark Wood
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