England dominates West Indies with 10-wicket victory in third test
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Mark Wood took the final five West Indies wickets in a devastating spell of fast bowling before Ben Stokes struck a blistering 24-ball fifty as England raced to a 10-wicket win at Edgbaston to clinch a 3-0 series sweep on Sunday.
Set 82 to win, England finished on 87-0 in just 7.2 overs. Stokes -- opening in place of the injured Zak Crawley -- was 55 not out off a mere 28 balls as England completed a 3-0 series whitewash with more than two days to spare.
Wood (5-40) bowled without luck to start day three, but returned after lunch to take five wickets for just nine runs in the space of six overs - Alzarri Joseph and Jayden Seales seeing their stumps sent cartwheeling out of the ground.
Completed scoreboard on the third day of the third Test bwtween England and the West Indies at Edgbaston on Sunday:
West Indies 1st Innings 282 (K Brathwaite 61, J Holder 59; G Atkinson 4-47, C Woakes 3-69)
England 1st Innings 376 (J Smith 95, J Root 87, C Woakes 62, B Stokes 54; A Joseph 4-122, J Seales 3-79)
West Indies 2nd Innings (overnight: 33-2)
K. Brathwaite b Woakes 0
M. Louis c Crawley b Stokes 57
K. McKenzie c Smith b Atkinson 8
A. Athanaze lbw b Bashir 12
K. Hodge c Smith b Wood 55
J. Holder lbw b Atkinson 12
J. Da Silva lbw b Wood 5
A. Joseph b Wood 2
G. Motie not out 8
J. Seales b Wood 0
S. Joseph c Brook b Wood 4
Extras (lb10, nb2) 12
Total (all out, 52 overs, 236 mins) 175
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Brathwaite), 2-22 (McKenzie), 3-53 (Athanaze), 4-125 (Louis), 5-146 (Holder), 6-156 (Da Silva), 7-162 (A Joseph), 8-171 (Hodge), 9-171 (Seales), 10-175 (S Joseph)
Bowling: Woakes 6-2-14-1; Atkinson 9-0-28-2 (2nb); Bashir 15-1-41-1; Wood 14-1-40-5; Stokes 8-0-42-1
England 2nd Innings (target 82)
B. Stokes not out 57
B. Duckett not out 25
Extras (b4, lb1) 5
Total (0 wickets, 7.2 overs, 36 mins) 87
Did not bat: Z Crawley, O Pope, J Root, H Brook, J Smith, C Woakes, G Atkinson, M Wood, S Bashir
Bowling: A Joseph 3-0-25-0; Seales 1-0-11-0; Holder 2-0-31-0; S Joseph 1-0-9-0; Brathwaite 0.2-0-6-0
Result: England won by 10 wickets
Player of the match: Mark Wood (ENG)
Series: England win three-match series 3-0
England player of the series: Gus Atkinson
West Indies player of the series: Jayden Seales
Toss: West Indies
Umpires: Nitin Menon (IND), Adrian Holdstock (RSA)
TV umpire: Rod Tucker (AUS)
Match referee: Javagal Srinath (IND)
Previous Results
Jul 10-12, 1st Test, Lord's: England won by an innings and 114 runs
Jul 18-22, 2nd Test, Trent Bridge: England won by 241 runs