ENG vs WI | Ben Stokes becomes first England player to achieve unique double in same Test
Cricket | Jul 20, 2020, 09:26 PM ISTStokes achieved the feat during the second game against West Indies at the Old Trafford Cricket ground in Manchester.
Stokes achieved the feat during the second game against West Indies at the Old Trafford Cricket ground in Manchester.
Holding slammed poor umpiring and the use of technology as part of the Decision Review System (DRS) after Windies lost three quick wickets in the fourth innings
After being ignored for the first Test in Southampton, the 34-year-old pacer returned to the side for the ongoing second game against the West Indies
Stokes's fiery knock single-handedly helped England extend the lead to 311, as he scored 60.47 per cent of the runs in that innings. The next best score was off 22, scored by skipper Joe Root.
Sibley had inadvertently applied saliva on the ball and the home side brought the matter immediately to the umpires, who went ahead and sanitised the ball.
The second Test match between England and West Indies is poised for an exciting finish on the final day and Stuart Broad believes the hosts have a great chance to draw level in the series.
England bundled out West Indies for 198 in second innings on Day 5 to win the match by 113 runs in Manchester. The third match of the series will start on July 24.
England was 37-2 in its second innings at stumps with a lead of 219 runs. Ben Stokes, who opened in a test match for the first time as England sought quick runs, is on 16 and Joe Root on 8.
Best was critical of Archer's bowling in the first innings of the Test and expressed his feelings on his Twitter handle. Archer took note of Best's comments and hit back straightaway.
Dominic Sibley confessed to inadvertently applying saliva on the ball and umpires had to disinfect the ball during day four of the Manchester Test.
England vs West Indies, 2nd Test Day 4: Hosts extended their lead to 2019 in a frenetic final session that saw West Indies being folded for 287
Since 2019, Stokes has been England's highest run-getter in Tests with 1355 runs in 16 Tests, averaging 52.11.
With no chances of a reprieve insight and a complete washout of the third day on the cards, Curran feels that England have no choice but to bowl out West Indies cheaply and get them to follow on
West Indies will resume Sunday morning on 32-1 in reply to England's first innings 469-9 declared, with Kraigg Brathwaite six not out and nightwatchman Alzarri Joseph unbeaten on 14.
The 24-year-old scored a 312-ball century in the second Test against West Indies. It was the slowest hundred in Test cricket since November 2014
Archer had made an unauthorised trip to his home in Brighton after the first Test at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton.
Aakash's opinion came after Stokes's 10th Test century on Friday in the second game of the series against West Indies at the Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester.
With his century on Friday, Stokes joined Shastri in a list of all-rounders with at least 10 Test centuries and 150-plus wickets.
Broad was surprisingly dropped in England's first Test against West Indies, which they eventually lost.
Stokes' innings, coupled with his 260-run stand with Dom Sibley who himself scored 120 off 372 deliveries, helped put England firmly in the driver's seat
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