Kavem Hodge's century strengthened WI, scored 351/5 on the second day, 65 runs behind England's score

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Tezzbuzz|20-07-2024

By stumps on the second day of the second Test match being played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, West Indies, with the help of Kavem Hodge's century, have scored 351 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 84 overs in the first innings against England. They are just 65 runs behind England's score. By the end of the second day's play, Holder was playing after scoring 23 (67) and Joshua Da Silva was playing after scoring 32 (35). These two West Indies players have added 46 (57) runs for the sixth wicket.

For West Indies, Kavem Hodge scored the most runs in the first innings. He scored a century of 120 runs in 171 balls with the help of 19 fours. He scored the first century of his test career in 143 balls. Alick Athanase scored a half-century of 82 runs in 99 balls with the help of 10 fours and a six. Hodge and Athanase made an excellent partnership of 175 (225) runs for the fourth wicket.

Captain Craig Brathwaite scored 48 runs in 72 balls with the help of 8 fours. Michael Lewis scored 21 runs in 41 balls with the help of 2 fours. Brathwaite and Lewis gave the team a great start by adding 53 (90) runs for the first wicket. Shoaib Bashir took the maximum 2 wickets for England. Gus Atkinson, captain Stokes and Woakes got one wicket each.

England was all out for 416 runs in 88.3 overs in the first innings. Ollie Pope scored the highest century of 121 (167) runs for England. In his innings, he hit 15 fours and a six. Apart from him, Ben Duckett scored 71 (59) and captain Ben Stokes scored a half-century of 69 (104).

Duckett and Pope made a century partnership of 105 (112) runs for the second wicket. Chris Woakes scored 37 (48), Harry Brook and Jamie Smith scored 36 (34), 36 (54) runs respectively. Fast bowler Alzari Joseph took the maximum 3 wickets for West Indies. Jaden Seals, Kevin Sinclair and Kavem Hodge took 2-2 wickets each. Samar Joseph was successful in taking one wicket.

England's playing XI: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brooke, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Mark Wood, Shoaib Bashir.

West Indies Playing XI: Craig Brathwaite (c), Michael Lewis, Kirk McKenzie, Alick Athanaze, Kavem Hodge, Jason Holder, Joshua Da Silva (wk), Alzari Joseph, Kevin Sinclair, Shamar Joseph, Jayden Seales.

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