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England creates unique record in 147-year history of Test cricket

News Desk

Jul 19

The England cricket team has set a unique world record in the second Test match of the series against the West Indies.

On Thursday, West Indies won the toss and invited England to bat first.

Zach Crawley was then dismissed for zero as the inning started, but Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope batted aggressively and took the team’s score to 50 runs in just 4.2 overs (26 balls).

This is the fastest fifty scored by any team in the 147-years-old history of Test cricket. England completed 50 runs in 4.3 overs against South Africa in 1994.

The England team scored 416 runs at the end of the first day in the second Test against the West Indies.

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