However, Ben Stokes and Jermaine Blackwood seemed unmoved by this tussle and kept on exchanging words throughout the over. After the match, Blackwood said, 'I like playing against Ben Stokes, it's always for the good. I like fighting, and when I'm batting it pushes me to perform even better. Stokes had been doing it for quite some time and I liked joining in the fun.'
Let the war of words commence!
A heated argument broke out between @JBlackwood100 and @benstokes38 and the umpires had to step in!
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Jermaine Blackwood went on to say, 'I think this cricket is good. I don't have any problem and it increases my self-belief. Whenever I see someone attacking me or throwing some words at me, it inspires me to focus more on my performance. I'm actually happy that he behaved in the way he did.'
While talking about the match, at the end of Day 4's play England are at 40/0, with a lead of 136 runs. English team posted 507 runs and in reply Windies scored 411/10.
