The England Test captain Ben Stokes hits the fastest fifty by an England batsman during the 3rd test match against West Indies helping the side to secure 10 wicket victory at Edgbaston on Sunday.
England sealed a 3-0 series win after Ben Stokes recorded a quick test fifty and surpassed Ian Botham’s record of 28-ball fifty he recorded during the match against India in 1981. Stokes who opened for England in place of injured Zak Crawley took 24 balls to smash fifty including nine fours and six.
The match was quite intense until Mark Wood put up a clinical performance picking a five-wicket haul in helping the hosts to restrict West Indies to 175 runs. Mark Wood took Five-Fer for 40 runs, but his wickets came in a spell where he conceded just nine runs.
Watch every ball from Stokes’ outrageous & record breaking knock 🏏
England’s fastest ever fifty in Test history from just 24 balls 🤯
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 28, 2024
With 82 runs target, England chased it down in 7.2 overs. Ben Stokes scored 57* in 28 balls and Ben Duckett Scored 25* runs in 16 balls and secured a 10-wicket victory.
| Player | Balls Taken | Opponent | Year |
| Misbah-ul-Haq | 21 | Australia | 2014 |
| David Warner | 23 | Pakistan | 2017 |
| Jacques Kallis | 24 | Zimbabwe | 2005 |
| Ben Stokes | 24 | West Indies | 2024 |
| Shane Shillingford | 25 | New Zealand | 2014 |
Stokes started his innings with two fours in the opening over Alzarri Joseph and two fours in Jayden Seales’s over. Stokes’ fifty is also the joint third-fastest half-century in Test cricket.
Misbah-ul-Haq holds the record for the fastest fifty in Tests, making a half-century in 21 deliveries against Australia in 2014.
ENG vs WI 3rd Test Highlights
During the match, West Indies had won the toss and chose to bowl first. The Caribbean smashed 282 runs during the first innings of the match where Kraigg Brathwaite, Jason Holder, and Joshua da Silva are the leading run scorers for West Indies. Gus Atkinson who picked seven-wicket haul in the first test match, picked four-wicket haul in the first innings.
Responding to that, England scored 376 runs in their first innings where Jamie Smith, Joe Root, Chris Woakes, and Harry Brook were the leading scorers for the hosts. With a trail of 94 runs, West Indies started their 2nd innings where Mikyle Louis and Kavem Hodge smashed half-centuries but soon, their defenses crumbled as Mark Wood picked five wickets to restrict the visitors to 175 runs.
England chased the target of 82 runs in the 2nd session of day 03 securing a 10 wicket win at Edgbaston.
