Beautiful brutality as Wood and Stokes take Edgbaston by storm

SKIPPER'S RECORD ASSAULT SEALS A WHITEWASH

- Neil Moxley

MARK WOOD and Ben Stokes electrified Edgbaston with a brutal demonstration of Bazball.

The duo's to deadly Birmingham efforts combined effect, wowing as England wrapped up a 3-0 series whitewash against West Indies with a merciless assault.

Fast bowler Wood stepped up after lunch, grabbing 5-40 with a ferocious spell of bowling that sucked the life out of the tourists.

Then skipper Stokes smashed Ian Botham's record for the fastest Test 50 struck by an Englishman as the hosts romped to a 10-wicket win.

It was the kind of cricket that Stokes, below, and coach Brendon McCullum demanded when they joined forces.

And, while the sell-out crowd did not see a full day's play, few will be asking for their money back following 100 minutes of savagery after lunch.

It was unfiltered, joyous chaos of the kind that will put bums on seats.