
England beat West Indies by an enormous margin within the second Take a look at.© AFP
England thrashed the West Indies by 241 runs within the second Take a look at at Trent Bridge on Sunday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in a three-match collection. The West Indies, set 385 to win, collapsed to 143 all out as they misplaced all 10 wickets in 23 overs on the fourth day, with 20-year-old off-spinner Shoaib Bashir taking Take a look at-best figures of 5-41. Earlier, the Yorkshire duo of Joe Root (122) and Harry Brook (109) each made a whole bunch in England’s second innings 425. West Indies had truly led by 41 runs on first innings after making 457 in reply to England’s 416. It was an encouraging show by the vacationers, who had been twice bowled out cheaply throughout an innings and 114-run defeat within the first Take a look at at Lord’s.
However after England paceman Chris Woakes made the preliminary breakthrough Sunday, they proved powerless to withstand Bashir.
England batsman Ollie Pope was named participant of the match after scoring 172 runs in whole, together with 121 within the first innings.
The third and last Take a look at begins at Edgbaston on Friday.
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