The second Test between England and West Indies at Old Trafford in Manchester has reached an exciting stage. The hosts declared the second innings on 129/3, setti🐲ng a target of 312 for the visitors to win the Test on the final day.
For England, Ben Stokes yet again shimmered and played a magnificent unbeaten 78-run knock which guided England to go past the lead of 300 runs. The star all-rounder just took 57 deliveries to sco꧋re these runs.
Stokes, who opened in a Test match for the first time, struck four fours and three sixes during his phenomenal knock. The🦩 southpaw di🧔splayed his intentions right from the word go on Day 5.
During the 9th over of England’s second innings, Stokes smashed a humongous six which went way deep into the empty stands. It was the last ball of Kemar Roach’s over when the Christchurch-born saw the opportunity to score the maximum.
Roach came round theꦇ wicket and bowled a shor▨t of a good length delivery outside off stump. Stokes took a couple of steps down the pitch and smoked the red ball over the long-off region for a gigantic hit.
Here is the video:
No messing around from this morning! 💥
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Earlier, in the first innings, Stokes missed out from scoring another double hundred of his glorious Test career. The 29-year-old played a marathon inning of 176 runs and guided his team to go past the 450-run mark. The English all-rounder is carrying on h🦩is golden form of 2019 in the current year as well. He is the leading run-scorer of 2020 at present. In 5 matches, the left-🔴handed batsman has scored 612 runs at a breathtaking average of 76.50 with two centuries and as many fifties.
