{"id":21477,"date":"2024-07-27T01:17:08","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T01:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21477"},"modified":"2024-07-27T01:17:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T01:17:56","slug":"kaveem-hodges-maiden-century-keeps-west-indies-in-contention-against-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/kaveem-hodges-maiden-century-keeps-west-indies-in-contention-against-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaveem Hodge\u2019s Maiden Century Keeps West Indies in Contention Against England"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Tyriq Walters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A maiden Test century by Kaveem Hodge has kept the West Indies firmly in contention for a series-levelling victory against England in the second Test at Trent Bridge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of day two, the West Indies are positioned at 351 for 5, trailing by just 65 runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After England was dismissed for 416 in 88.3 overs, the West Indies showed resilience with the bat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaveem Hodge\u2019s elegant stroke play was the highlight of the day, earning him his first Test century. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hodge\u2019s innings of 121 runs, including 19 boundaries, was crucial as he partnered with Alick Athanaze in a formidable 175-run stand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Athanaze also contributed significantly with a composed 82 runs before falling to England\u2019s captain Ben Stokes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in the innings, West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite and opener Mikyle Louis put up some resistance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Louis was dismissed for 21 in the 15th over, while Brathwaite scored a solid 48.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As play resumes on day three, Jason Holder is at the crease on 23, joined by wicket-keeper Joshua DaSilva, who is on 32. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>England\u2019s bowlers faced a challenging day in the field, with spinner Shoaib Bashir taking 2 wickets for 100 runs, and fast bowlers Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, and Ben Stokes each claiming one wicket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tyriq Walters A maiden Test century by Kaveem Hodge has kept the West Indies firmly in contention for a series-levelling victory against England in the second Test at Trent&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21477"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21479,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21477\/revisions\/21479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}