TOP SPIN AT THE TEST: England make history for only the second time since WW2 and Joe Root storms up the all-time runs list as hosts dominate West Indies on Day One at Trent Bridge

England kick-started their second Test against the West Indies with an impressive batting display that saw the hosts eventually bowled out for 416 runs.

Put into bat after the Windies won the toss at Trent Bridge put the pressure on Brendon McCullum’s side to start strong only to immediately struggle as Zak Crawley was dismissed after just three balls.

Crawley’s struggles were quickly forgotten though as Ben Duckett raced to 71 runs, Ollie Pope top scored on 121 and Ben Stokes added another half-century to his sensational England Test record.

West Indies denied England a chance to continue batting on Day Two with Shoaib Bashir managing just five runs before being caught behind and wrapping up his side’s first innings.

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England’s historic day at the crease 

Since the Second World War, England have scored more than 416 on the first day of a Test only once: they made 506 for four from just 75 overs against Pakistan at Rawalpindi in December 2022.

Hosts’ record-breaking 50

England’s 50 came from 4.2 overs – a record for a Test innings. It beat the previous best by one delivery, set by Graham Gooch and Mike Atherton against South Africa at The Oval in 1994.

England’s 50 at Trent Bridge came from 4.2 overs – a record for a Test innings

Root climbs ahead in the record books 

Joe Root made only 14, but it was enough to take him into ninth place on the all-time Test run-scoring list, four ahead of Sri Lankan Mahela Jaywardene’s tally of 11,814. 

Joe Root made only 14, but it was enough to take him into ninth place on the all-time Test run-scoring list

Root is now 49 behind West Indies’ Shivnarine Chanderpaul.