England beat West Indies by 241 runs to win second Test on day four – as it happened

Shoaib Bashir’s five-for, the first by a spinner at Trent Bridge since 2006, helped England to a series-clinching victory

56th over: England 272-3 (Root 45, Brook 87) Cowabunga! Brook plays a contender for shot of the day before 11:30! A drive down the ground on the up off Jayden Seales. The ball whistling back past the bowler and thudding into the advertising hoardings. Brook is thirteen runs away from a maiden century on home soil.

55th over: England 265-3 (Root 42, Brook 83) Root opens the face to glide a boundary down past point and both batters pinch a single to add a couple more onto the lead.

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