NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND: West Indies collapsed in the evening session on Sunday as England won the second Test by 241 runs with Shoaib Bashir taking 5-41 after hundreds from Joe Root and Harry Brook set up the series-clinching win at Trent Bridge.
Root (122) and Brook (109), the long-reigning king of England’s batting unit and his heir apparent, reeled off classy centuries to pave the way for a sprint to victory on the fourth evening of the Test. Root hit his 32nd Test ton to move only one behind England great Alastair Cook.
England took an insurmountable 2-0 lead in the three-Test series.
Chasing an unlikely target of 385 after England's second-innings 425 all out, the tourists were demolished for 143 in just 36.1 overs as rookie spinner Bashir did the damage.
The 20-year-old, who did not get a single over in the first test at Lord’s, justified the selection gamble that saw him fast-tracked ahead of the established Jack Leach this summer as he took the role of fourth-innings finisher.
England won the first Test at Lord's by an innings and 114 runs. Edgbaston will host the third and final Test, starting Friday.
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