England made the second earliest first innings declaration in Test history in the Bay Oval and a trio of late wickets put them on top on day one
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England scored at five-and-a-half runs per over after Ben Stokes lost the toss on a green-tinged pitch and admitted he was clueless as to his intentions, a rate in keeping with their revival over the last nine months. It was powered by Harry Brook muscling 89 from 81 balls to follow an equally punchy 68-ball 84 from Ben Duckett.
– and the end result was a position of strength as the hosts closed on 37 for three. Ollie Robinson winkled out Tom Latham to short leg, before Jimmy Anderson pinned Kane Williamson lbw and then had Henry Nicholls caught by Zak Crawley second slip. Stokes also skewed an aggressive front-foot pull shot to short mid-wicket on 19 to gift Scott Kuggeleijn the first of two wickets on debut, while Ben Foakes, the understated half of an 89-run sixth-wicket stand with Brook, flapped at short ball from Wagner on 38 as England lost four for 27 after the second interval.Photograph: Phil Walter/Getty Images
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