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England vs West Indies 2nd Test Match: The second test match is being played between England and West Indies. In this match, West Indies captain Craig Braithwaite won the toss and decided to bowl first. England has given West Indies a target of 385 runs in this test match to win. England’s batsmen have performed well in this match. On the strength of the batsmen, England has created a big record in the second test match.
England scored 450 plus runs in both innings
England scored 416 runs in their first innings. Then Ollie Pope played an innings of 121 runs for the team. Ben Duckett scored 71 runs and Ben Stokes scored 69 runs. These players batted well in the first innings. After this, 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, Ollie Pope scored 51 runs, Ben Duckett scored 76 runs. It is because of these players that the England team was able to reach 425 runs in the second innings.
England did this feat for the first time
England cricket has scored 400 plus runs in both innings for the first time in its 147 years of history of Test cricket. The England team has been playing Test cricket since 1877. They played their first match in 1877 against Australia in Melbourne. During this time, the England team has played 1073 Test matches but never crossed the 400 mark in both innings of a Test match. This is the 12th time when a Test playing team has scored 400 plus runs in both innings.
Joe Root overtakes Shivnarine Chanderpaul
England has given a target of 385 runs to West Indies to win the second test match. Joe Root scored a century in this match, which is the 32nd century of his test career. He has surpassed Shivnarine Chanderpaul in terms of scoring the most runs in test cricket. Root now has 11940 runs in test cricket. Chanderpaul has scored 11867 runs. Root has now become the 8th highest run scorer in test cricket.
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