Vaughan drove Pedro Collins through wide mid-off for four to reach the landmark and led England, trailing West Indies on first innings by 466, to 422 for five in their second innings before West Indies captain Brian Lara recognised it was pointless to continue.

There were also half-centuries from Marcus Trescothick, Mark Butcher and Nasser Hussain as England wrapped up a memorable 3-0 Test series victory, their first on Caribbean soil for 36 years.

The had already retained the Wisden Trophy, symbol of supremacy between the two teams, after crushing wins at Kingston, Port of Spain and Bridgetown.

With West Indies hunting a consolation win to end a forgettable series in which they were completely outplayed, Vaughan batted circumspectly for nearly six hours to smash 20 boundaries from 247 balls and gained essential support from the rest of the top order.

"It was a tough game for us to draw after the start they got to the match by scoring 751 for five declared," said Vaughan.

"I was a little surprised they called it off so early, but their bowlers were clearly tired. They had 2-1/2 days in the field and we played in a good game of cricket.

"It was great the way the West Indies team came back in this match. They were under enormous pressure and everyone was talking about a whitewash and they returned in this match and played a very good game of cricket."

Vaughan noted that though he expected a tough series, it ended in great satisfaction for his side.

"It was going to be decided by the team that came through the tough situations," he said.

"There is not much between the two sides and, in the first three matches, we just seem to get through all the tough periods and when we were on top we were able to nail the advantage home.

"Every individual in the team has played their part and it has been one big team effort both on and off the field. There are a lot of players who will be around for a long time in this team. We are a long way off from being the finished article, but we are moving forward quite nicely."

England continued from their overnight position of 145 without loss and saw Marcus Trescothick depart in the first hour, caught at cover off Fidel Edwards driving loosely at a slower delivery, for 88 from 188 balls in four hours with 10 fours.

England were 182 for one and Vaughan and Mark Butcher took them to lunch on 241 for one.

After the interval, the two batsmen continued to plunder the flagging West Indies attack emasculated by the slow Antigua Recreation Ground pitch.

With Lara off the field throughout the afternoon period, Ramnaresh Sarwan was called upon to deputise and he employed the slow bowlers for most of session. This included himself and he made the breakthrough when Vaughan was caught behind playing defensively forward to a leg break.

Vaughan and Butcher added 92 for the second wicket.

Butcher and Hussain have proven to be thorns in the West Indies side before in this series and again pricked them.

They continued to bat England into a position of safety and took the visitors to 345 for two at tea with another half-century stand.

After the break, West Indies made their last push for victory. Three wickets fell for 42 runs to leave England 408 for five.

Butcher was caught at slip for 61 off Ryan Hinds playing a slog sweep, Hussain was bowled behind his legs by Hinds for 56, and Andrew Flintoff, the first innings century-maker, was caught at mid wicket off Sarwan for 14.

But there was never going to be any doubts about the result that denied Lara the end to a memorable match in which he reclaimed the world record for an individual Test score with his sensational 400.

The West Indies captain scored an unprecedented, undefeated quadruple that earned him the man-of-the-match award and England fast bowler Steve Harmison, who ended the series with 23 wickets at 14.86 apiece, was named man-of-the-series.

The two teams now change personnel and prepare for a seven-match, one-day International series that commences at Georgetown on Sunday.

The series continues with matches at Port of Spain (April 24 and 25), St. George's (April 28), Castries (May 1 and 2), and Bridgetown (May 5).