Broad guided England to memorable series win against WI
Image : Collected
|| CF Correspondent ||
England pace bowler Stuart Broad displayed superb brand of fast bowling as he grabbed his 500th test wicket for England to help them earn a resounding 269-run win over West Indies in the third and final Test at Old Trafford.
Coming from behind England won the first Test series since the COVID-19 pandemic 2-1.
Broad joined an elite club, finishing with match figures of 10/67, as the West Indies were bowled out for 129 runs in between several rain delays in Manchester
Brathwaite was the first man to fall, West Indies having resumed on 10-2 chasing 399 or, more likely, needing to bat out the day.
Anderson opened the bowling with Broad yesterday but it was Chris Woakes who took did the most damage, finishing with figure of 5/50.
He had Shai Hope caught for 31 by Broad after a wild swing which saw the ball go straight up into the air and Shamarh Brooks followed soon after as he got an inside edge and was caught behind.
After lunch, Roston Chase was run out for seven by Dom Bess as the tourist risked an unnecessary single and when captain Jason Holder was lbw to Woakes for 12, any suggestion of a resolute stand looked over.
Woakes' next two victims were also caught shuffling across the crease, with Shane Dowrich out for eight and Rahkeem Cornwall for two.
After being beaten in the first Test in Southampton, England have come from behind to win a three-match series for the first time since 2008
They also regain the Wisden Trophy and end the series third in the World Test Championship, behind India and Australia.
In a congested schedule, an entirely separate England squad play three one-day internationals against Ireland in the next week before the first of three Tests against Pakistan begins on 5 August.
West Indies, so competitive for much of the tour, remain without a series victory in the UK since 1988 and have now been beaten on seven consecutive trips to this country.
