Mark Wooden took the ultimate 5 West Indies wickets in a devastating spell of quick bowling earlier than Ben Stokes struck an England Check-record 24-ball fifty as his aspect raced to a 10-wicket win at Edgbaston to clinch a 3-0 collection sweep.
Wooden (5-40) bowled with out luck to begin day three, however returned after lunch to take 5 wickets for simply 9 runs within the area of six overs – Alzarri Joseph and Jayden Seales seeing their stumps despatched cartwheeling out of the bottom.
Mikyle Louis (57) and Kavem Hodge (55) had earlier proven a good bit of battle with battling half-centuries – a primary in Check cricket for the previous – because the West Indies earned a slender lead.
However England captain Ben Stokes made mild work of knocking off the 82 required as he crammed in on the high of the order for Zak Crawley, absent whereas getting his proper index finger scanned after injuring it within the morning session.
Please use Chrome browser for a extra accessible video participant
Ben Stokes hits a six to finish his half-century for England at Edgbaston – making it the quickest 50 in England Check historical past.
Stokes (55no off 28 balls) smashed 9 boundaries and two sixes in scoring the fastest-ever Check fifty for England – breaking Sir Ian Botham’s earlier 28-ball greatest – because the hosts reached their goal in simply 7.2 overs to clinch a collection whitewash in essentially the most spectacular trend.
West Indies resumed the day 33-2 of their second innings, nonetheless some 61 runs in arrears, and England swiftly strengthened their place with the wicket of Alick Athanaze (12) within the seventh over, out lbw to Shoaib Bashir (1-41) shortly after he was dropped by Harry Brook off Wooden the over earlier than.
Hodge was then additionally put down, first ball, as one other massively powerful probability burst previous the outstretched left hand of Joe Root at slip.
Hodge made essentially the most of his reprieve, throwing a couple of counter punches to see the West Indies right into a lead. Louis too started to free his arms, citing his maiden Check fifty with the primary of two wonderful straight sixes off Bashir.
Please use Chrome browser for a extra accessible video participant
Mikyle Louis reaches his half-century after smashing a six into the Birmingham finish at Edgbaston for the West Indies.
However, simply as he was starting to take pleasure in himself, Stokes (1-42) supplied the breakthrough by tempting Louis right into a routine nick behind to Jamie Smith.
Crawley sustained his harm when dropping Jason Holder on 12 at second slip, however the error wouldn’t price England as Gus Atkinson (2-28) bought his man within the very subsequent over with out including to his rating – the previous West Indies captain a contact unlucky to see ‘umpire’s name’ go in opposition to him on a marginal lbw resolution that was simply clipping leg stump.
Hodge had introduced up an enterprising 56-ball half-century the ball earlier than, however he was stored to solely three runs from 18 deliveries after lunch as he was each starved of the strike and located scoring infinitely more durable within the midst of Wooden’s match-winning spell.
With the ball reverse-swinging, Wooden first trapped the dogged Joshua Da Silva (5) lbw, earlier than bowling Alzarri (2) with a brutal, toe-crusher of a yorker that took out his center stump.
Fast as a flash, the West Indies innings was then ended with three wickets in an over as Hodge nicked off after which Seales (0) noticed his off stump flattened and Shamar Joseph (4) thick-edged a drive to Brook.
A mere 7.2 overs later, the match was over courtesy of Stokes’ 24-ball fifty that briefly threatened to interrupt former Pakistan batter Misbah-ul-Haq’s 21-ball Check report.
Ben Duckett (25no off 16) definitely performed second fiddle to his skipper, however contributed a flurry of 4 boundaries in a single Holder over earlier than Stokes fittingly hit the profitable runs with a second six struck over deep square-leg.
Please use Chrome browser for a extra accessible video participant
Ben Stokes smashes a six to win the third Check for England in opposition to the West Indies on the third day, finishing a 3-0 collection victory.
Stokes hails ‘phenomenal’ Wooden
England captain Ben Stokes:
Please use Chrome browser for a extra accessible video participant
Ben Stokes displays on a profitable third Check in opposition to the West Indies at Edgbaston and heaps reward on Mark Wooden.
“The rewards that he got I think was later than he actually deserved to get them. The effort that he always puts in when he wears his England shirt is just phenomenal.
“He is bought the center of a lion and that little kind of 45 minutes or an hour interval when he had the ball is strictly what you need as a captain.
“Fast, extremely skilful, and he really blew the game open there for us… he was just phenomenal.
“It felt like he was going to take a wicket each ball. Clearly, when the balls reverse swinging at 93mph, it is positively going to be so much more durable.
“He’s very, very important. The skill that he possesses, the X factor he has, every team wants one of those and he showed why it’s so important today.”
Wooden: First wicket gave me confidence
Participant of the Match, England quick bowler Mark Wooden:
Please use Chrome browser for a extra accessible video participant
Mark wooden mirrored on a fantastic efficiency at Edgbaston after getting 5 wickets on the third day of the Check.
“Speaking to the management at lunchtime, I was pretty down on my myself and frustrated, but Jimmy [Anderson] gave me a great chat, telling me to focus on the skill side of things and moving the ball, rather than the outcome, and I really feel like that is what I tried to do.
“That first wicket gave me loads of confidence and from there it simply began to fly.
“My role is to bowl fast and that’s what Stokesy wants me to do and I’m proud of that role.
“Over time my pace has been a bit up and down with harm however I’ve managed to keep up it these video games and hopefully I can proceed that into the summer season.”
England’s Test series vs West Indies
Sky Sports will show all 68 games in The Hundred live, while you can also watch selected matches via free streams on Sky Sports’ digital platforms and the Sky Sports Cricket YouTube channel.
Advert content material | Stream Sky Sports activities on NOW
Stream Sky Sports activities reside with no contract on a Month or Day membership on NOW. Instantaneous entry to reside motion from soccer, darts, cricket, F1, tennis, golf, rugby league, rugby union and extra.
