eng vs wi 2nd test
England Cricket Team vs West Indies Team: England defeated West Indies by 241 runs in the second test match. In this match, England’s bowlers and batsmen performed brilliantly. England gave West Indies a target of 385 runs to win, in response to which the Windies team could score only 143 runs. In this match, Shoaib Bashir took five wickets for England.
Shoaib Bashir took five wickets
No batsman could perform well for the West Indies team chasing a big target. Craig Brathwaite did score 47 runs for the team. Jason Holder contributed 37 runs. The rest of the batsmen were desperate to stay on the crease, let alone scoring runs. This is why the team had to face defeat. Shoaib Bashir proved to be the biggest hero for England. He took five wickets in the second innings. Apart from this, Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson took two wickets each. One wicket went to Mark Wood’s account. Four batsmen have scored centuries in the second Test match between England vs West Indies. Of these, three batsmen are from England and one is from West Indies. Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ollie Pope and Kavem Hodge have scored centuries in the match.
Ollie Pope played a strong innings
England scored 416 runs in the first innings. Then Ollie Pope played the highest innings of 121 runs for the team. Apart from this, Ben Stokes scored 69 runs and Ben Duckett scored 71 runs. After this, West Indies scored 457 runs in the first innings with the help of Kavem Hodge. Kavem scored 120 runs. Because of him, the Windies team gained a lead of 41 runs in the first innings and gave a tough fight to England. But in the second innings, the West Indies batsmen performed very poorly.
Joe Root and Harry Brooke scored centuries
Joe Root and Harry Brook scored centuries for England in the second innings. Root scored 122 runs and Brook scored 109 runs. Apart from this, Ben Duckett batted strongly in the second innings just like in the first innings. He scored 76 runs. Because of these players, England scored 425 runs in the second innings and gave West Indies a target of 385 runs to win, in response to which the Windies team could score only 143 runs.
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