England vs West Indies 2nd Test: West Indies opening batsmen Kraigg Brathwaite and Michael Lewis made a special record in the first innings of the second Test match being played against England at Trent Bridge Stadium in Nottingham. Both of them together made a partnership of 53 runs for the first wicket in 15 overs.

This has happened after 15 years when the West Indies opening pair has made a partnership of 50 or more runs for the first wicket in a Test match played against England on its soil. In the Test played against England at Chester Lee Street in 2009 chris gayle The pair of India and Devon Smith had added 53 runs for the first wicket during the follow-on.

Spinner Shoaib Bashir broke the partnership by dismissing Lewis, his first Test wicket on English soil. Brathwaite scored 48 runs (eight fours) in 72 balls and Lewis scored 21 runs (two fours) in 41 balls.

It is worth noting that after being invited to bat first, England scored 416 runs in the first innings on the first day. In which Ollie Pope scored his sixth century and scored 121 runs in 167 balls with the help of 15 fours and 1 six. Apart from this, Ben Duckett scored 71 runs and captain Ben Stokes scored 59 runs.

Teams:

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

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