Harry Brook’s unbeaten fifty guided England into a strong position at stumps on the third day of the second Test against the West Indies at Trent Bridge.
England were 248-3 in their second innings at Saturday’s close, already a lead of 207 runs. Brook was 71 not out and star batsman Joe Root unbeaten on 37, with the Yorkshire duo having shared an unbroken stand of 108 in 23.4 overs.
England had been in control against a wayward West Indies attack as Ben Duckett made 76, his second dashing fifty of the match, and Ollie Pope added 51 to his first-innings 121.
At the same time, the Caribbean team would like to wrap up England as soon as possible to make a comeback in the game.
West Indies made a huge score of 457 runs
In response to England’s 416 runs in the first innings at the Nottingham ground, West Indies had scored 351 runs for five wickets with a century by Kavem Hodge (120) before the start of the third day.
After this, West Indies wickets fell quickly on the third day, but in the end, there was a partnership of 71 runs between Shamar Joseph and wicketkeeper-batter Joshua da Silva for the tenth wicket. Due to this West Indies scored 457 runs in the first innings and took a lead of 41 runs against England.
Shamar Joseph, who came at number-11 for West Indies, scored 33 runs from 27 balls with 5 fours and two sixes, while Silva remained unbeaten after scoring 82 runs from 122 balls with 10 fours and three sixes. Chris Woakes took the maximum (4) wickets for England in the first innings.