Ben Stokes up scores record-breaking Fifty in England's win over West Indies in 3rd Test
Edgbaston [UK], July 29 England captain Ben Stokes up hammered a record-breaking 50 years, the quickest for his nation in Tests, as an overall Britain prevailed over West Indies to get the three-match series 3-0 at Edgbaston.
On Sunday, Stirs up hammered a 24-ball 50 years as England chased down an objective of 82 in 7.2 overs. Britain fixed a series whitewash with an exhaustive success in Birmingham on Sunday against the West Indies.
The match was still available for anyone heading into day four yet a clinical bowling execution drove by Imprint Wood assisted Britain with limiting the West Indies to 175 runs. Wood took five for 40, with each of the five wickets arriving in a spell where he surrendered only nine runs.
With 82 to pursue down, Stokes up (57* in 28 balls, with nine fours and two sixes) opened the batting close by Ben Duckett (25* in 16 balls, with four limits) and went sledge and utensils every step of the way.
Stokes up began the innings with two fours in the opening over off Alzarri Joseph and added two more in the following over by Jayden Seales.
The captain continued onward for his shots, hustling to his 50 years off only 24 balls, the quickest Test fifty by a Brit. It was additionally the joint-third-quickest fifty in Test cricket.
Misbah-ul-Haq holds the record for the quickest fifty in Tests, making 50 years off only 21 balls against Australia in 2014.
In the match, the West Indies had won the throw and chose for bat first. 50 years from captain Kraigg Braithwaite (61 of every 86 balls, with eight fours) and fine commitments from Jason Holder (59 out of 112 balls, with six fours and a six) and wicketkeeper Joshua Da Silva (49 out of 99 balls, with three fours) assisted WI with coming to 282/10 in their most memorable inning. Gus Atkinson (4/67) and Chris Woakes (3/69) were the pick of the bowlers for Britain.
In their most memorable innings, Britain answered unequivocally notwithstanding an extreme beginning. At the point when the hosts were battling at 54/5, a 115-run organization between Joe Root (87 out of 124 balls, with seven fours) and Stirs up (54 out of 69 balls, with five fours and a six) assisted Britain with balancing out. Then, wicketkeeper Jamie Smith (95 out of 109 balls, with 12 fours and a six), alongside all-rounder Woakes (62 out of 78 balls, with seven fours), assisted Britain with surpassing WI's most memorable innings score and end up at 376 hard and fast, driving by 94 runs. Alzarri Joseph (4/122) was the pick of the bowlers for WI.
In their subsequent inning, WI showed almost no opposition, with Mikyle Louis (57 of every 95 balls, with four limits and two sixes) and Kavem Hodge (55 out of 76 balls, with seven fours) getting half-hundreds of years as they were packaged out for only 175 runs, giving Britain a 82 run focus to pursue.