Anderson and Bresnan deliver Test win to England

England bowlers Jimmy Anderson and Tim Bresnan tore through the West Indies' lower order to win the rain-interrupted 2nd Test by an innings and 83 runs. 

Resuming from their overnight score of 115/3, the manner of the West Indian collapse was, like nearly all their cricket in this series, limp. Not that anything should be taken away from Anderson and Bresnan, both of whom bowled with aggression and control. Anderson, fast becoming the mainstay of the England attack in Andrew Flintoff's absence, finished with figures of 4-38, leaving him just short of a 10-wicket match haul.

The pick of Anderson's wickets was a 90mph inswinger which destroyed Jerome Taylor's offstump. Only crabby Shivnarine Chanderpaul was able to offer any resistance, but his obstinate 47 was ended when he edged a delivery from Anderson to Paul Collingwood, standing in as wicketkeeper in Matt Prior's absence.

Bresnan, too, was impressive. Batting at number eight and being used sparingly with the ball, the Yorkshire seamer had not previously played much of a role in his first two Test matches. But after light showers had disrupted the opening hour's play, captain Andrew Strauss chose to hand the ball to him, and Bresnan responded with the wickets of Brendan Nash, Denesh Ramdin and, to end the innings shortly after lunch, Fidel Edwards. In total, the final seven West Indian wickets had fallen for a paltry 61 runs.

After a winter in which England lost two overseas series, a coach and a captain, the emphatic manner of their early season triumph will give Andy Flower's side much-needed encouragement ahead of the Ashes, now only 51 days away. ·