{"id":21486,"date":"2024-07-27T01:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T01:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21486"},"modified":"2024-07-27T01:27:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T01:27:03","slug":"england-asserts-control-with-strong-performance-on-day-3-of-second-test-at-trent-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/england-asserts-control-with-strong-performance-on-day-3-of-second-test-at-trent-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"England Asserts Control with Strong Performance on Day 3 of Second Test at Trent Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Eric Collymore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an engaging third day of the second Test at Trent Bridge, England has taken a commanding position, leading by 207 runs as they look to shift the momentum back against the West Indies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At stumps, England is well-placed at 248 for 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The West Indies, resuming from an overnight score of 351 for 5, were eventually bowled out for 457. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wicket-keeper Joshua Da Silva played a crucial role, following strong performances from team-mates Alick Athanaze (82) and Kavem Hodge (121), with a half-century that guided the Caribbean side to a first-innings total and a lead of 41 runs over England. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Da Silva&#8217;s innings was bolstered by contributions from the lower order, including Shamar Joseph, who added 33 runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>England\u2019s Chris Woakes emerged as the standout bowler, claiming four wickets for 84 runs from 28 overs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, the West Indies sought to build on their momentum but faced early setbacks as Zak Crawley was run out in England\u2019s second over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this early loss, Ben Duckett (76) and Ollie Pope (51) stabilized the innings with a 127-run partnership before Pope was dismissed in the 26th over, courtesy of a delivery from Alzarri Joseph. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Duckett followed shortly after, leaving England at 140 for 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe Root (37) and Harry Brook (71) then added a significant 108-run partnership, helping England regain the advantage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the day concluded, England was firmly in control, leading by 207 runs with seven wickets remaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alzarri Joseph led the bowling effort for the West Indies with figures of 2 for 58 from 12 overs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Eric Collymore In an engaging third day of the second Test at Trent Bridge, England has taken a commanding position, leading by 207 runs as they look to shift&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21351,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21486","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\/21486","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=21486"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21487,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21486\/revisions\/21487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}