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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Simon Burnton at Edgbaston

England’s Ben Stokes sensed time was right to ‘blow West Indies away’

England's captain, Ben Stokes, holds aloft the series trophy after they won the third Test against West Indies at Edgbaston.
England's captain, Ben Stokes, holds aloft the series trophy after they won the third Test against West Indies at Edgbaston. Photograph: Darren Staples/AFP/Getty Images

After England had completed a series whitewash in winning the third Test by 10 wickets, Ben Stokes said that after lunch, with West Indies 151 for five and leading by 57, he “sensed that this was time to blow them away”. He gave the ball to Mark Wood who did the rest with a lightning spell of five wickets in six overs for nine runs.

“I was in a bit of a bad fettle ­actually at lunch, and I was won­dering if it was something I was doing wrong,” said Wood, who was at that stage wicketless.

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