England’s Joe

England’s Joe Root and Jamie Smith turn tables on West Indies

By Charles Reynolds

July 26-30, Edgbaston, Birmingham, 3rd Test Match

West Indies 282 (Brathwaite 61, Holder 59, Atkinson 4-67) & 33-2 (Louis 18*, Woakes 1-8, Atkinson 1-16)

England 376 (Smith 95, Root 87, Joseph 4-122, Seales 3-79)
West Indies trail by 61 runs
Toss: West Indies, who elected to bat
Officials: Nitin Menon, Adrian Holdstock, Rod Tucker, Javagal Srinath, Russell Warren
ENGLAND OVERCAME a difficult first hour against the West Indies at Edgbaston to finish day two firmly on top and strong favourites to secure a 3-0 clean sweep.
The tourists finished the day 33-2, stil...

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