Cricket: Cook Makes 243 As England Declare On 514-8

Cricket: Cook makes 243 as England declare on 514-8

England declared their first innings on 514 for eight on the second day of the first Test against the West Indies at Edgbaston

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom, , (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Aug, 2017 ) - England declared their first innings on 514 for eight on the second day of the first Test against the West Indies at Edgbaston on Friday.

Joe Root, the England captain, called a halt after former skipper Alastair Cook was out for 243 in the first day/night Test staged in Britain.

Off-spinner Roston Chase led West Indies' attack with four for 113. This fixture, the 50th Test staged at Edgbaston, is the first of a three-match series.