.Ollie Pope rode his luck to a hundred as England ended the very first day of the 2nd Test against the West Indies at Trent Link on Thursday in a strong position at 416 all out.Both sides had reason to experience frustrated, with the West Indies going down 4 catches-- Pope was reprieved twice-- and wicketkeeper Joshua Da Silva skipping a stumbling, while several England batsmen offered their openings away.England opener Ben Duckett introduced the innings with a fast 71, after fellow opener Zak Crawley fell for a duck, along with England dashing to fifty in a plain 4.2 overs-- the quickest a side have arrived at that overall in a Test suit." Unfortunately our experts lost a gate in the 1st over but the pressure Ben Duckett returned on the West Indies bowlers was actually class," Pope informed Sky Athletics after stubs "It took the tension off me." It's such an easy racking up ground. The outfield is super. It's a lovely location to bat," he added.Watch every round of the England v West Indies Examination series LIVE & exclusive to Fox Cricket, readily available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free test today > Duckett's innings was quite in the sense of 'Bazball', the nickname for England's hostile design of Test cricket under captain Ben Stokes and trainer Brendon McCullum.Yet for all his belief in such a daring method, couple of England cricketers are actually much better at participating in a match situation than Stokes, who on Thursday made a measured 69 off 108 balls.But along with West Indies overlooking paceman Shamar Joseph, who broke in the last over before herbal tea, and also the attack apparently at his forgiveness, Feeds holed out off Kavem Hodge to offer the part-time article spinner a very first Exam wicket.Jamie Johnson, clean from a dashing 70 on launching in the course of England's crushing innings and also 114-run win in the very first Test at God's recently, also contributed his wicket to Hodge.Kevin Sinclair of the West Indies. Image by David Rogers/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesOff-spinner Kevin Sinclair was actually merely named into the staff on Thursday morning after Gudakesh Motie dropped out along with illness yet the 24-year-old gave back sound figures of 2-73 in 22 overs, creating an outstanding celebratory backflip when Harry Brook toe-ended to brief leg." I assume our company carried out fantastic," Sinclair told the BBC." Possessing claimed that, we set down a few-- we put Pope down a couple of opportunities and also he received a hundred so that injure our team a little." The West Indies inevitably bowled England out when Alzarri Joseph (3-98 in 15.3 overs) possessed No. 11 Shoaib Bashir got in the slips to end play for the day.Earlier, Pope was actually dropped on 46 through Alick Athanaze at backwards point and also once again on 54 by the often trusted Jason Owner at second slip.But the England vice-captain's luck ran out when he was actually superbly caught by Hodge, higher above his mind at first slip, off Alzarri Joseph to end a 167-ball innings, featuring 15 fours and a 6, as well as a stand of 80 with Stokes.Fastest team fifties in Tests26 spheres-- England vs West Indies at Nottingham, 202427 rounds-- England vs South Africa at The Oval, 199430 rounds-- England vs Sri Lanka at Manchester, 200232 rounds-- Sri Lanka vs Pakistan at Karachi, 200433 balls-- India vs England at Chennai, 200833 spheres-- India vs West Indies at Port of Spain, 2023 * Where records is availableEngland's Ollie Pope celebrates his century. Image through Darren Staples/ AFPSource: AFPWest Indies leader Kraigg Brathwaite succeeded the throw and opted to bowl regardless of bright ailments seemingly ideal for batting.Yet his choice was reasonable offered the West Indies were dismissed for merely 121 and also 136 at God's. It took West Indies only three spheres to strike, along with Crawley edging an excellent delivery coming from Alzarri Joseph low to 3rd slip, where a diving Athanaze stored an alright catch.But England very soon regained the initiative as Duckett struck 4 successive fours in the 2nd over of the match coming from Jayden Seales.The left-hander racked up 56 operates in boundaries alone, thanks to 14 fours, on his Nottinghamshire home ground before he was dismissed quickly just before lunch time when edging Shamar Joseph to second slip, where dominating all-rounder Owner kept a great low catch.Duckett's leave finished a second-wicket collaboration of 105 in 19 overs along with Pope. England are looking for a gain that will clinch the three-match collection along with one Exam to spare.This was their initial match given that James Anderson retired from international task along with 704 Examination wickets-- the absolute most by any sort of prompt bowler-- following the Lord's Test.It was also England's 1st home Exam since 2012 without either Anderson or longtime new-ball partner Stuart Broad, that bowed out after in 2014's Ashes.