England seal series win
Tuesday, 12 June 2007
Steve Harmison's 200th Test wicket and Monty Panesar's 10-187 in the match helped England take an unassailable 2-0 series lead against the West Indies, reports BBC.
The tourists, chasing a record 455, were given hope by Shiv Chanderpaul (116no) who helped them lunch on 379-7.
But Jerome Taylor and Fidel Edwards fell in the same over after the break to rising balls from Harmison (4-95).
And Panesar (6-137), who removed Denesh Ramdin and Darren Sammy in the morning, had Corey Collymore caught to seal it.
The victory made Michael Vaughan England's most successful Test skipper, with 21 wins, and clinched a third straight series triumph over the Windies.
The visitors have only pride to play for in the fourth and final instalment of the series, which begins in Durham Friday, but they will go there having regained plenty of it in this game.
Resuming on 301-5, they were still in with a shout while Chanderpaul was at the crease.
The experienced left-hander was the epitome of caution, particularly against Panesar, who extracted sharp turn and bounce.
One delivery to Chanderpaul which shot up and over wicket-keeper Matt Prior's head was signalled as the short ball for the over from umpire Aleem Dar.
And it was no surprise when the slow left-armer found Ramdin's edge in his second over, with Paul Collingwood doing the rest at slip.
Sammy was determined to be positive and twice carved Steve Harmison away for boundaries on the off-side before lifting Panesar down the ground.
He was fortunate on several occasions, particularly when Andrew Strauss could not grasp the chance when he gloved to gully, before Panesar held on to catch a firm return drive.
That exposed, statistically, the worst tail in Test cricket and it could have got worse for the Windies had Collingwood not dropped a chance off Jerome Taylor he would normally have been expected to take at slip.
Chanderpaul, who had resumed on 81 off 176 balls, took 57 deliveries to get to his 15th Test century, choosing caution over any attempt to add to his 12 boundaries.
And with Taylor proved a surprisingly defiant ally for him, keeping out 45 balls, England were by no means assured of victory after lunch.
Harmison hastened the visitors' demise, however by producing two brutal deliveries which Taylor and Edwards guided to short-leg and gully.
Appropriately enough, Panesar had the last say, when Collymore clipped the slow left-armer to short-leg, where Ian Bell brilliantly plucked the ball.
The tourists, chasing a record 455, were given hope by Shiv Chanderpaul (116no) who helped them lunch on 379-7.
But Jerome Taylor and Fidel Edwards fell in the same over after the break to rising balls from Harmison (4-95).
And Panesar (6-137), who removed Denesh Ramdin and Darren Sammy in the morning, had Corey Collymore caught to seal it.
The victory made Michael Vaughan England's most successful Test skipper, with 21 wins, and clinched a third straight series triumph over the Windies.
The visitors have only pride to play for in the fourth and final instalment of the series, which begins in Durham Friday, but they will go there having regained plenty of it in this game.
Resuming on 301-5, they were still in with a shout while Chanderpaul was at the crease.
The experienced left-hander was the epitome of caution, particularly against Panesar, who extracted sharp turn and bounce.
One delivery to Chanderpaul which shot up and over wicket-keeper Matt Prior's head was signalled as the short ball for the over from umpire Aleem Dar.
And it was no surprise when the slow left-armer found Ramdin's edge in his second over, with Paul Collingwood doing the rest at slip.
Sammy was determined to be positive and twice carved Steve Harmison away for boundaries on the off-side before lifting Panesar down the ground.
He was fortunate on several occasions, particularly when Andrew Strauss could not grasp the chance when he gloved to gully, before Panesar held on to catch a firm return drive.
That exposed, statistically, the worst tail in Test cricket and it could have got worse for the Windies had Collingwood not dropped a chance off Jerome Taylor he would normally have been expected to take at slip.
Chanderpaul, who had resumed on 81 off 176 balls, took 57 deliveries to get to his 15th Test century, choosing caution over any attempt to add to his 12 boundaries.
And with Taylor proved a surprisingly defiant ally for him, keeping out 45 balls, England were by no means assured of victory after lunch.
Harmison hastened the visitors' demise, however by producing two brutal deliveries which Taylor and Edwards guided to short-leg and gully.
Appropriately enough, Panesar had the last say, when Collymore clipped the slow left-armer to short-leg, where Ian Bell brilliantly plucked the ball.