Hope and fellow Barbadian Kraigg Brathwaite reprised their first-innings heroics to inspire a side written off and dismissed as "pathetic" after a crushing innings defeat in the first test at Edgbaston. Jermaine Blackwood then muscled the visitors towards the finishing line with Hope, smashing a typically thunderous 41 off 45 balls including two sixes. It was the Windies' first victory in a test in England for 17 years and one of the most unexpected triumphs in the game's history such have been the recent woes of Caribbean cricket. Hope, 23, proved the visitors' hero with his unprecedented achievement of twin centuries in a match after 118 years of first-class cricket at the famous Yorkshire venue. CLOUD COVERThe pitch was turning and the cloud cover gave England's pacemen real hope but young Bajans Brathwaite and Hope negotiated the testing conditions superbly.

Source: The Star August 29, 2017 12:45 UTC