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England Cricket Board announced their playing XI for the third Test match against West Indies. The Three Lions will field the same XI from the second Test which Be n Stokes and Co. won by 241 runs at Nottingham's Trent Bridge. The second fixture was a run-fest with England posting a 416-run total with Ollie Pope scoring 121 in the first innings.
The Windies came back into the game as they posted a massive total of 457 total and took a 41-run lead thanks to 120 by Kavem Hodge and 82s by Alick Athanaze and Joshua Da Silva. Despite this batting effort, England rocked back as they posted a 425-run score with centuries from Harry Brook and Joe Root. Then finishing off the game, the Three Lions saw Shoaib Bashir running through visitors as he picked up 5-41 in 11.1 overs and bundled out the West Indies at 143.
England Playing XI vs West Indies for 3rd Test
Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes(c), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Mark Wood, Shoaib Bashir
I want to play every Test match I can for England: Harry Brook
One of England's centurions from the second Test, Harry Brook scored 109 in 132 balls with 13 fours and turned the game for his side. After the game, Brook spoke about his immediate career goals. Brook said, "I want to play every Test match I can for England. I don't want to think too far ahead."
"The Ashes is a long way away and we have a lot of Test cricket before then. My main focus is to stay in the moment and not get ahead of myself. There will be conversations with [Rob Key] and the head coaches but Test cricket is probably at the top of my list at the minute," he added.
