Captain Joe Root and all-rounder Ben Stokes made contrasting centuries before England declared at 507 for nine wickets shortly after tea on day two of the second test against West Indies on Thursday.
Stokes faced 128 balls, carefully seeing off the new all before cutting loose and switching into his best Twenty20-style to smash spinner Veerasammy Permaul and pace bowler Alzarri Joseph out of the attack. Root happily ceded the spotlight to Stokes, who brought up his half century with his second towering six off Permaul, before giving Joseph equally harsh treatment.
The all-rounder advanced from 23 to 89 in 37 balls and West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite waited too long to stem the tide.
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