STOKES, SIBLEY drive England
England all-rounder Ben Stokes celebrates his century with Dom Sibley as the hosts piled on the runs on the second day of the next Test against the West Indies at Old Trafford yesterday. The left-hander brought up his century shortly after lunch following opener's hundred as England went into a position of strength following some early hiccups on the prior day.
The hosts looked set for a mammoth score after reaching 338 for three at the drinks break towards the end of the 125th over. Ben Stokes, no more the skipper after Joe Root's return to the medial side, had amassed 152 runs and remained unbeaten while Sibley was unbeaten on 120. The duo shared an unbeaten 259-run stand which became a huge way to obtain frustration for the visitors, whose bowlers, after doing this well in the first Test, didn't have any kind of impact.
