England swept the three-match series against the West Indies on Sunday as they won the final Test at Edgbaston by 10 wickets inside three days.
Set 82 to win, England finished on 87-0 in just 7.2 overs. Stokes -- opening in place of the injured Zak Crawley -- was 55 not out off a mere 28 balls as England completed a 3-0 series whitewash with more than two days to spare.
Brook, whose 363 runs against Australia last year, helped draw the Ashes, said while he was glad to learn from Root, he was also determined to stay true to himself as well.
Pope was one of three century-makers for the hosts as England won the second Test against the West Indies at Trent Bridge by 241 runs, with Harry Brook and Joe Root following him to three figures in a series-clinching success.
England will have Gus Atkinson and Mark Wood, both bowlers who can bowl 90mph, in their starting XI at Trent Bridge as England prepare for the post-James Anderson era.
England called up Mark Wood on Tuesday to replace the retired James Anderson for this week's second Test against the West Indies at Trent Bridge
The West Indies had slumped to 79-6 in their second innings at stumps on the second day, still a mammoth 171 runs behind England's first-innings 371, with Anderson having taken a miserly 2-11 in 10 overs.
"I tried to keep as level as possible. My dad was saying 'It's the biggest day of your life' and I was like 'Relax! Relax - try not to think like that'," he added with a laugh.
Gus Atkinson stole the spotlight from England great James Anderson's farewell by taking a sensational seven wickets on his Test debut as the West Indies collapsed to 121 all out on Wednesday's opening day at Lord's.
England swept the three-match series against the West Indies on Sunday as they won the final Test at Edgbaston by 10 wickets inside three days.
Set 82 to win, England finished on 87-0 in just 7.2 overs. Stokes -- opening in place of the injured Zak Crawley -- was 55 not out off a mere 28 balls as England completed a 3-0 series whitewash with more than two days to spare.
Brook, whose 363 runs against Australia last year, helped draw the Ashes, said while he was glad to learn from Root, he was also determined to stay true to himself as well.
Pope was one of three century-makers for the hosts as England won the second Test against the West Indies at Trent Bridge by 241 runs, with Harry Brook and Joe Root following him to three figures in a series-clinching success.
England will have Gus Atkinson and Mark Wood, both bowlers who can bowl 90mph, in their starting XI at Trent Bridge as England prepare for the post-James Anderson era.
England called up Mark Wood on Tuesday to replace the retired James Anderson for this week's second Test against the West Indies at Trent Bridge
The West Indies had slumped to 79-6 in their second innings at stumps on the second day, still a mammoth 171 runs behind England's first-innings 371, with Anderson having taken a miserly 2-11 in 10 overs.
"I tried to keep as level as possible. My dad was saying 'It's the biggest day of your life' and I was like 'Relax! Relax - try not to think like that'," he added with a laugh.
Gus Atkinson stole the spotlight from England great James Anderson's farewell by taking a sensational seven wickets on his Test debut as the West Indies collapsed to 121 all out on Wednesday's opening day at Lord's.
There was no place in the squad either for Ben Foakes, the first-choice wicketkeeper in a Surrey team where the 23-year-old Smith is often deployed as a specialist batsman.