{"id":21520,"date":"2024-07-27T02:04:42","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T02:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21520"},"modified":"2024-07-27T02:04:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T02:04:44","slug":"england-clinches-second-test-victory-as-west-indies-batting-collapses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/england-clinches-second-test-victory-as-west-indies-batting-collapses\/","title":{"rendered":"England Clinches Second Test Victory as West Indies Batting Collapses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Eric Collymore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>England secured a decisive 241-run victory over the West Indies on day four of the second Test match at Trent Bridge, taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Resuming their innings at 248 for 3, England was eventually bowled out for 425 in their second innings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key contributions came from Ben Duckett (76), Ollie Pope (51), Joe Root (122), and Harry Brook (109).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The West Indies&#8217; response was marked by a dramatic collapse, falling to 143 all out in their second innings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kraigg Brathwaite and Jason Holder (37), along with Mikyle Louis and Joshua Da Silva (14 each), were the only West Indian batsmen to reach double figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>England\u2019s bowlers dominated, with Chris Woakes and Shoaib Bashir making crucial breakthroughs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Woakes removed Mikyle Louis for 17, while Bashir dismissed Kirk McKenzie for 1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Windies\u2019 innings deteriorated as they lost four wickets for just 25 runs, eventually being bowled out in the 37th over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the Windies, Jayden Seales led the bowling effort with four wickets for 97 runs, supported by Alzarri Joseph with two wickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>England\u2019s comprehensive performance and disciplined bowling were led by Shoaib Bashir, who claimed five wickets, while Woakes and Gus Atkinson each took two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The third and final Test will be held at Edgbaston, Birmingham, starting on July 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Eric Collymore England secured a decisive 241-run victory over the West Indies on day four of the second Test match at Trent Bridge, taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in&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-21520","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\/21520","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=21520"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21521,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21520\/revisions\/21521"}],"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=21520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}