Match Report: England defeated West Indies by a huge margin of 241 runs in the second Test. In this way, England has taken a 2-0 lead in the 3-Test series. Now the third Test between the two teams will be played from July 26. However, the West Indies team was reduced to 143 runs in the second innings of the second Test. In this way, host England got a big win by 241 runs. Earlier, England scored 425 runs in their second innings. Joe Root and Harry Brook crossed the century mark for England in the second innings. Joe Root scored 122 runs in 178 balls. While Harry Brook contributed 109 runs in 132 balls.
However, the West Indies openers started well in the second innings. Craig Braithwaite and Mickle Lewis added 61 runs for the first wicket, but after this, wickets started falling continuously. Jason Holder did score 37 runs, but other West Indies batsmen could not stand against the English bowlers. 7 West Indies batsmen could not cross the double-digit mark. On the other hand, Shoaib Bashir took the maximum of 5 wickets for England. While Chris Woakes and Gus Atkison took 2-2 wickets each. Mark Wood got 1 success.
Let us tell you that England had scored 416 runs in the first innings. Ollie Pope scored a century of 121 runs for England in the first innings. In response, West Indies’ first innings was limited to 457 runs. In this way the Caribbean team got a crucial lead of 41 runs. But England made a brilliant counterattack in the second innings. Harry Brook and Joe Root crossed the century mark in the second innings for England. Due to which the host team scored 425 runs. However, the West Indies batsmen disappointed in the second innings. West Indies’ second innings was reduced to just 143 runs in front of England’s bowlers.
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