Mikyle Louis and Kavem Hodge led West Indies’ fightback through an ebullient 72-run partnership which helped the visitors score 118 runs in 27 overs, at the cost of three wickets, in the first session on Day 3 of the Edgbaston Test. However, the ferocity of Wood’s reverse swing was too much for West Indies to handle after Lunch as they lost their last five wickets for just 19 runs.
Ben Stokes, who promoted himself to the top of the order as England needed just 82 runs to win, struck the fastest fifty in Test cricket by an England player – the joint third quickest overall- as England raced to the target in 7.2 overs to pocket a 10-wicket triumph inside eight sessions. Stokes finished unbeaten on 57 off 28 as England whitewashed West Indies in a Test series for the fourth time, all at home.
Brief scores: West Indies 282 (Kraigg Brathwaite 61, Jason Holder 59; Gus Atkinson 4-67) & 175 (Mikyle Louis 57, Kavem Hodge 55; Mark Wood 5-40) lost to England 376 (Jamie Smith 95, Joe Root 87; Alzarri Joseph 4-122) & 87/0 (Ben Stokes 57*, Ben Duckett 25*) by 10 wickets.