Captain Joe Root and all-rounder Ben Stokes made contrasting centuries earlier than England declared at 507 for 9 wickets shortly after tea on day two of the second take a look at towards West Indies on Thursday.
Root was his ordinary fashionable self in compiling 153 from 316 balls earlier than falling lbw to Kemar Roach, and Stokes bludgeoned a fast 120 earlier than holing out at long-off at Kensington Oval in Barbados.
Stokes confronted 128 balls, fastidiously seeing off the brand new all earlier than chopping unfastened and switching into his greatest Twenty20-style to smash spinner Veerasammy Permaul and tempo bowler Alzarri Joseph out of the assault.
The wonderful England batting efficiency gave the vacationers an iron grip on the match, leaving West Indies with little hope of victory.
Root fortunately ceded the highlight to Stokes, who introduced up his half century along with his second towering six off Permaul, earlier than giving Joseph equally harsh therapy.
Stokes hit him for 3 consecutive boundaries, earlier than hoisting a six again over the bowler’s head, making it 20 runs within the over.
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The all-rounder superior from 23 to 89 in 37 balls and West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite waited too lengthy to stem the tide.
He finally threw the ball simply earlier than lunch to wily Jason Holder, who despatched down a collection of sluggish deliveries that put the brakes on the scoring.
Brathwaite introduced himself on for a tidy ultimate over earlier than the interval, though the harm had been carried out.
Stokes introduced up his century shortly after lunch, off 114 balls, his third quickest ton after taking 85 deliveries towards New Zealand in 2015 and 105 towards South Africa in 2016.
England later misplaced fast wickets going for runs earlier than the declaration.
