Former cricketer Michael Vaughan heaped reward on “England’s greatest participant” Ben Stokes after the all-rounder smashed his 10th Check hundred to place his crew right into a commanding place on the Outdated Trafford on Friday. The 29-year-old Stokes smashed his tenth Check century and second in opposition to the West Indies on day two of the second Check. The all-rounder scored 176 runs in 356 balls registering his longest innings by way of balls confronted.
It was additionally the second time that Stokes had scored greater than 150 runs within the longest format of the sport.
Vaughan hailed Stokes for his ferocious knock and mentioned the all-rounder has delivered once more for the England aspect.
“England’s greatest participant England’s greatest fielder England’s most impactful bowler England’s greatest batsman for the time being delivers as soon as once more @benstokes38 is a freak … nothing he can not do #TestCricket #ENGvWI,” Vaughan tweeted.
The previous England skipper Vaughan additionally lauded Dom Sibley, who scored his second Check century in 312 balls. It was England’s slowest Check hundred since 2000.
England declared their first innings on 469-9 after having performed 162 overs. West Indies are trailing by 437 runs on the finish of day two.
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Kraigg Brathwaite and Alzarri Joseph remained unbeaten on six and 14 runs respectively.
Sam Curran dismissed John Campbell after scoring simply 12 runs. Windies ended the day’s play at 32/1 in 14 overs.
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