5 key highlights from Day 4 that defined England's 241-run win

Root, Brook extend their partnership

The overnight batters, Joe Root and Harry Brook extended their partnership to 189. By the time Brook departed for 109, his first Test hundred at home, England were leading by 288 runs. Root also piled up his 32nd Test hundred, leveling with Steve Waugh, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson on the list of most Test hundreds by a batter. The former skipper was eventually out for 122 from 178 deliveries. 

Seales with a four-for

Despite two hundreds, England lost wickets at regular intervals and couldn’t extend their lead beyond 384. Jayden Seales picked four of the last seven wickets to fall, finishing with figures of 4/97. Post Brook’s dismissal, none of the last six partnerships could add more than 41 runs and England had to stay content with a target of 385 for West Indies. 

WI start strong

Beginning the chase under sunshine after Tea, Kraigg Brathwaite and Mikyle Louis got West Indies off to another solid start. In the first innings, the duo added 53 for the first wicket. In the second, they put on 61 in 13 overs. 

Brathwaite was unbeaten on 30 after his 25 balls, the most he has scored in the first 25 balls of an innings ever. 

And the collapse begins

The game flipped upside down after the drinks break in the evening session. Chris Woakes dismissed Brathwaite and Louis off similar deliveries in consecutive overs. From 61/0 in 13 overs, West Indies were bowled out for 143 in 36.1 overs, losing 83/10 in 139 balls. 

They batted 111.5 overs in the first innings of the second Test. In the other three innings put together in this series, they have batted only 124.5 overs at 25 balls per wicket. 

Bashir breaks Anderson’s record

Between Woakes and Shoaib Bashir, England picked four wickets in four overs right after the drinks break. Bashir snaffled three in his first three overs, breaking the back of West Indies’ run chase. 

Bowling primarily in the 4 to 6 metre region, the off-spinner later picked the final two wickets to complete his five-for and England’s 241-run victory. With this five-for, he also became the youngest England bowler to pocket a five-wicket haul at home. The 20-year-old broke James Anderson’s record by 17 days who was present in the dressing room as England’s new bowling coach. 

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