England blow Windies away

Led by Lancashire seamer James Anderson, who finished with match figures of nine for 125, England secured an innings-and-83-run victory in the second npower Test to regain the Wisden Trophy just three overs after lunch at Chester-le-Street.

Man-of-the-match Anderson, partnered by Yorkshire all-rounder Tim Bresnan, exploited swing-friendly conditions helped by two interruptions for rain in the morning session to induce a rapid West Indies collapse either side of lunch of seven wickets for 35 runs in just 88 balls.

Resuming 144 runs adrift on 115 for three, the tourists slumped to 176 all out with Shivnarine Chanderpaul the only batsman to offer any resistance on the final day with a determined 47 spread over two hours at the crease.

England had begun without wicketkeeper Matt Prior, who was resting his bruised right ring finger, forcing Paul Collingwood to don the gloves again, while Ravi Bopara was also nursing a sore right knee and were grateful for the two substitute fielders from Durham's Academy.

Lendl Simmons began the collapse just two overs after the final weather interruption with a tame prod to substitute Scott Borthwick at point to earn Anderson the first of four wickets in the day.

His demise was the first of three wickets to fall for five runs in 15 balls, with 24-year-old Bresnan, wicketless on his Test debut at Lord's and in the first innings of this match, finally breaking his duck by removing new batsman Brendan Nash in the next over when he clipped to Borthwick at square leg. He followed that success by striking again in his next over, with Denesh Ramdin edging to Anderson at third slip.

Impressive as Bresnan was in what could be his final Test of the summer if fellow all-rounder Andrew Flintoff returns successfully from knee surgery for the Ashes, it was Anderson who showed his complete mastery in the art of swing bowling.

Jerome Taylor and Sulieman Benn were both beaten by full-length swinging deliveries, and Chanderpaul fell to the fifth ball of the second over after lunch, earning Collingwood his first ever catch as stand-in wicketkeeper when he edged behind.

Bresnan claimed the final wicket to fall, that of Fidel Edwards, with substitute Karl Turner taking the catch.