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.Ollie Pope used his luck to a hundred as England ended the 1st day of the 2nd Exam against the West Indies at Trent Bridge on Thursday in a commanding posture at 416 all out.Both edges possessed cause to really feel upset, along with the West Indies dropping 4 catches-- Pope was reprieved twice-- and also wicketkeeper Joshua Da Silva overlooking a stumping, while many England batsmen gave their openings away.England opener Ben Duckett introduced the innings along with a fast 71, after fellow opener Zak Crawley fell for a duck, along with England dashing to fifty in a simple 4.2 overs-- the quickest an edge have hit that overall in an Exam match." Regrettably our team lost an opening in the initial over yet the pressure Ben Duckett put back on the West Indies bowlers was lesson," Pope said to Heavens Sports after stubs "It took the stress off me." It's such a quick racking up ground. The outfield is actually super. It's a lovely area to bat," he added.Watch every round of the England v West Indies Examination set LIVE &amp exclusive to Fox Cricket, offered on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your complimentary trial today &gt Duckett's innings was actually significantly in the spirit of 'Bazball', the nickname for England's aggressive style of Test cricket under captain Ben Stokes as well as train Brendon McCullum.Yet for all his belief in such a strong method, handful of England cricketers are much better at participating in a match condition than Stokes, that on Thursday created an assessed 69 off 108 balls.But with West Indies missing paceman Shamar Joseph, that broke in the final over just before tea, and also the strike apparently at his forgiveness, Stokes holed out off Kavem Hodge to provide the part-time rewriter a 1st Exam wicket.Jamie Johnson, clean from a dashing 70 on debut in the course of England's pulverizing innings and also 114-run succeed in the 1st Test at God's recently, also donated his gate to Hodge.Kevin Sinclair of the West Indies. Photograph by David Rogers/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesOff-spinner Kevin Sinclair was actually just referred to as into the crew on Thursday morning after Gudakesh Motie left along with illness but the 24-year-old sent back audio amounts of 2-73 in 22 overs, making a remarkable celebratory backflip when Harry Brook toe-ended to short lower leg." I think our experts did fantastic," Sinclair informed the BBC." Having pointed out that, our company took down a handful of-- our team put Pope down a couple of opportunities as well as he got a hundred so that injure us a little bit." The West Indies at some point bowled England out when Alzarri Joseph (3-98 in 15.3 overs) possessed No. 11 Shoaib Bashir caught in the slips to end bet the day.Earlier, Pope was actually fallen on 46 through Alick Athanaze at in reverse point and also once more on 54 by the typically reputable Jason Holder at 2nd slip.But the England vice-captain's fortune went out when he was actually brilliantly seen through Hodge, higher above his head in the beginning lapse, off Alzarri Joseph to end a 167-ball innings, including 15 fours and also a 6, as well as a platform of 80 with Stokes.Fastest group fifties in Tests26 spheres-- England vs West Indies at Nottingham, 202427 rounds-- England vs South Africa at The Oval, 199430 spheres-- England vs Sri Lanka at Manchester, 200232 spheres-- Sri Lanka vs Pakistan at Karachi, 200433 rounds-- India vs England at Chennai, 200833 rounds-- India vs West Indies at Port of Spain, 2023 * Where data is availableEngland's Ollie Pope celebrates his century. Image by Darren Staples/ AFPSource: AFPWest Indies leader Kraigg Brathwaite gained the toss and also chose to bowl in spite of sunny health conditions apparently optimal for batting.Yet his choice was reasonable provided the West Indies were dismissed for only 121 and also 136 at God's. It took West Indies simply 3 rounds to hit, along with Crawley edging an excellent distribution coming from Alzarri Joseph low to 3rd slip, where a scuba diving Athanaze stored a fine catch.But England quickly recovered the campaign as Duckett attacked 4 successive fours in the 2nd over of the match from Jayden Seales.The left-hander scored 56 operates in perimeters alone, thanks to 14 fours, on his Nottinghamshire home ground just before he was actually dismissed not long before lunch when edging Shamar Joseph to second slip, where towering all-rounder Owner stored a fine low catch.Duckett's departure finished a second-wicket alliance of 105 in 19 overs along with Pope. England are looking for a gain that will secure the three-match collection with one Test to spare.This was their 1st match due to the fact that James Anderson relinquished international responsibility with 704 Examination openings-- the absolute most by any kind of rapid bowler-- observing the Lord's Test.It was additionally England's very first home Exam considering that 2012 without either Anderson or even longtime new-ball partner Stuart Broad, who bowed out after in 2013's Ashes.