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Sports Desk: Stuart Broad took two quick wickets to leave the West Indies reeling as England pressed for a series-levelling win in the second Test on Monday after a dashing innings by Ben Stokes.<\/p>\nSports Desk: Stuart Broad took two quick wickets to leave the West Indies reeling as England pressed for a series-levelling win in the second Test on Monday after a dashing innings by Ben Stokes.<\/p>\n
West Indies were 25-3 at lunch on the final day at Old Trafford, chasing a nominal target of 312 after the hosts declared, but with their main goal to bat out the day and preserve their 1-0 lead in the three-match series.<\/p>\n
Recalled paceman Broad, controversially rested from England's four-wicket defeat in the first Test at Southampton, had lunch figures of 2-17 from six overs.<\/p>\n
Broad had already rocked the West Indies with a spell of three wickets for one run in 14 balls during their first-innings 287.<\/p>\n
And he was on target again Monday, with Broad, England's second-most successful Test bowler of all time, striking just five balls into the tourists' second innings.<\/p>\n
Broad had John Campbell caught behind by Jos Buttler, although it needed the bowler's plea for a review, which England captain Joe Root answered at the last moment, to reveal a thin edge.<\/p>\n
Chris Woakes then had West Indies dangerman Kraigg Brathwaite, who top-scored with 75 in the tourists' first innings, lbw for 12.<\/p>\n
And West Indies were 23-3 when Broad bowled Shai Hope with an excellent delivery that clipped the top of off stump.<\/p>\n
– Stokes show –<\/p>\n
Earlier, Stokes, promoted to open in a quest for quick runs, made 78 not out off 57 balls, including four fours and three sixes, to take England to 129-3 declared in their second innings.<\/p>\n
Having batted cautiously before upping the tempo during a brilliant 176 in England's first innings 469-9 declared, star all-rounder Stokes produced another brilliantly judged batting display.<\/p>\n
England resumed on their overnight 37-2, with Stokes 16 not out and Root eight not out.<\/p>\n
West Indies captain Jason Holder, knowing what England wanted to do, spread the field and far wide.<\/p>\n
But Stokes still took 14 runs off the first over of the day, bowled by Kemar Roach.<\/p>\n
The left-handed batsman smashed the fast bowler's fourth ball past a static long-off for four and next ball took the fielder out of the equation with a huge drive over his head for six.<\/p>\n
Next over, Stokes should have been out for 29 when the star all-rounder slogged Shannon Gabriel to deep extra cover only for Campbell to drop a routine catch.<\/p>\n
Stokes punished the West Indies for that error, going to fifty with a six off Gabriel that cleared the towering Holder at long-off.<\/p>\n
Root was then run out but England vice-captain Stokes continued his assault by powerfully driving Holder for six before elegantly gliding him to four down to third man off successive balls.<\/p>\n
With England having scored 92 runs off 11 overs on Monday, Root declared to give then 85 overs in which to force victory.<\/p>\n
The third Test, also being staged at Old Trafford, starts on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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