England cruising towards victory
England were cruising to victory at 65 for one at tea in pursuit of a modest target of 143 on the final day of the second Test against the West Indies on Saturday.
James Anderson starred with the ball and in the field, triggering a collapse which saw the home side losing eight wickets for 83 runs, and being dismissed for 307 just after lunch.
His country's leading wicket-taker in Tests, Anderson made full use of the second new ball in the morning session, removing obdurate opening batsman Kraigg Brathwaite for 116 and then adding the other key wickets of Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Marlon Samuels to finish with four for 43 off 22 overs.
He also held two catches at mid-off and ran out Jason Holder, the man whose maiden first-class century denied England victory in the first Test in Antigua a week earlier, with a direct hit of the stumps at the non-striker's end.
That dismissal effectively ended any realistic chance the West Indies had of saving the match and it was left to off-spinning all-rounder Moeen Ali to finish off the innings by taking the last three wickets.
There was one ray of hope for the Caribbean side when England started their run-chase as Jonathan Trott played on to Shannon Gabriel before he had scored.
However skipper Alastair Cook (37 not out) and Gary Ballance (26 not out) were well-placed at the interval against a West Indies team fast running out of enthusiasm.
SCORES IN BRIEF
WEST INDIES: First innings 299
ENGLAND: First innings 464
WEST INDIES: Second innings 307 for 10 (Brathwaite 116, Bravo 69, Samuels 37; Anderson 4-43, Ali 3-51)
ENGLAND: Second innings 65 for 1 (Cook 37 not out, Ballance 26 not out; Gabriel 1-10)
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