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.Ollie Pope used his chance to a hundred as England finished the 1st day of the second Exam versus the West Indies at Trent Bridge on Thursday in a commanding position at 416 all out.Both edges had reason to really feel distressed, along with the West Indies dropping four catches-- Pope was reprieved twice-- and wicketkeeper Joshua Da Silva overlooking a trudging, while a number of England batsmen offered their arches away.England opener Ben Duckett introduced the innings with a fast 71, after fellow opener Zak Crawley succumbed to a duck, along with England racing to fifty in a plain 4.2 overs-- the quickest a side have actually reached that total in an Examination suit." Regrettably we lost a wicket in the 1st over yet the tension Ben Duckett put back on the West Indies bowlers was actually course," Pope said to Skies Sports after stumps "It took the pressure off me." It is actually such an easy scoring ground. The outfield is super. It's a beautiful area to bat," he added.Watch every ball of the England v West Indies Test series LIVE &amp unique to Fox Cricket, on call on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your cost-free test today &gt Duckett's innings was very much in the feeling of 'Bazball', the label for England's hostile design of Test cricket under leader Ben Stokes and instructor Brendon McCullum.Yet for all his idea in such a daring method, handful of England cricketers are actually better at playing a match condition than Stokes, that on Thursday helped make a gauged 69 off 108 balls.But with West Indies missing paceman Shamar Joseph, who malfunctioned in the final over prior to herbal tea, and also the attack seemingly at his grace, Stokes holed out off Kavem Hodge to offer the part time content spinner a first Test wicket.Jamie Johnson, clean from a dashing 70 on debut in the course of England's squashing innings as well as 114-run win in the first Examination at Lord's recently, also contributed his gate to Hodge.Kevin Sinclair of the West Indies. Picture through David Rogers/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesOff-spinner Kevin Sinclair was actually only referred to as right into the group on Thursday morning after Gudakesh Motie dropped out with illness but the 24-year-old returned audio amounts of 2-73 in 22 overs, creating an impressive congratulatory backflip when Harry Creek toe-ended to quick leg." I think our experts did fantastic," Sinclair said to the BBC." Having said that, our experts took down a couple of-- our experts placed Pope down a couple of times as well as he obtained a hundred to make sure that harm us a little." The West Indies inevitably bowled England out when Alzarri Joseph (3-98 in 15.3 overs) possessed No. 11 Shoaib Bashir found in the slips to end play for the day.Earlier, Pope was dropped on 46 by Alick Athanaze at in reverse factor and once again on 54 due to the usually trusted Jason Holder at second slip.But the England vice-captain's luck ended when he was actually brilliantly seen through Hodge, high above his head at first lapse, off Alzarri Joseph to finish a 167-ball innings, including 15 fours and a six, as well as a stand of 80 along with Stokes.Fastest staff fifties in Tests26 rounds-- England vs West Indies at Nottingham, 202427 rounds-- England vs South Africa at The Oval, 199430 spheres-- England vs Sri Lanka at Manchester, 200232 rounds-- Sri Lanka vs Pakistan at Karachi, 200433 rounds-- India vs England at Chennai, 200833 spheres-- India vs West Indies at Port of Spain, 2023 * Where information is availableEngland's Ollie Pope commemorates his century. Photo through Darren Staples/ AFPSource: AFPWest Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite succeeded the shake and also decided to bowl even with warm problems apparently excellent for batting.Yet his selection was actually logical given the West Indies were dismissed for just 121 and also 136 at God's. It took West Indies merely three balls to hit, with Crawley edging an exceptional shipping coming from Alzarri Joseph low to 3rd lapse, where a scuba diving Athanaze held an alright catch.But England very soon regained the effort as Duckett struck 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 rejected quickly before lunch when edging Shamar Joseph to second slip, where looming all-rounder Holder held a fine low catch.Duckett's leave finished a second-wicket alliance of 105 in 19 overs with Pope. England are actually looking for a gain that would certainly secure the three-match set along with one Exam to spare.This was their 1st match given that James Anderson relinquished global task along with 704 Test gates-- the best by any type of prompt bowler-- following the God's Test.It was actually also England's first home Exam since 2012 without either Anderson or even long time new-ball companion Stuart Broad, that bowed out after in 2014's Ashes.