Wood brought the heat in Birmingham, terrorising the tourists as he ended their second-innings resistance with the kind of destructive performance once associated with the kings of Caribbean cricket.
Ben Stokes then showed the same panache with the bat, taking a rare turn at opener and blazing the fastest ever halfcentury by an Englishman taking just 24 frantic deliveries.
Wood, 35, who left Trent Bridge with just two wickets last week despite clearing 97mph in one of the fastest displays ever seen on English soil, finally saw his luck change as he picked up five for 40.
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