England v West Indies 2007

West Indies in England, 2007

Taking the positives from defeat

Jun 13, 2007: The early hint of a new team spirit, evidenced in the drawn first Test, had not entirely vanished after all. For all the adversity, this weakened, derided team roused itself to fight back

England v West Indies, 3rd Test, Old Trafford

Moores backs Monty's appealing

Jun 13, 2007: Peter Moores said Monty Panesar's persistent appealing during England's third Test win against West Indies was simply a sign of his enthusiasm and not an example of unsporting behaviour

ICC Test Ratings

Panesar leaps to 12th place in ICC ratings

Jun 12, 2007: Monty Panesar, Alastair Cook and Shivnarine Chanderpaul were the major gainers in the ICC rankings after the Old Trafford Test

England v West Indies, 3rd Test, Old Trafford, 5th day

Ganga praises team effort

Jun 11, 2007: Daren Ganga, West Indies' defeated captain, said that his team would take a huge amount of confidence out of their performance in the third Test at Old Trafford

England v West Indies, 3rd Test, Old Trafford, 5th day

Chanderpaul challenge brings out England's best

Jun 11, 2007: Relief was intermingled with jubiliation, because England realised they had come good in the stiffest test of their resolve for months

England v West Indies, 3rd Test, Old Trafford, 5th day

England retain the Wisden Trophy

Jun 11, 2007: England retained the Wisden Trophy, first played for in 1963

England v West Indies, 3rd Test, Old Trafford, 5th day

Panesar and Harmison seal series victory

Jun 11, 2007: England finally broke West Indies' resistance on the final day at Old Trafford as Steve Harmison and Monty Panesar bowled them to a 60-run series-clinching victory

England v West Indies, 3rd Test, Old Trafford, 5th day

Donald flies home for father's funeral

Jun 11, 2007: Allan Donald, England's new bowling coach, is due to fly home to South Africa between Tests this week following the death of his father in Bloemfontein

A welcome change in West Indies' prolonged resistance

A lot of fight

Jun 11, 2007: With 154 runs needed on the fifth day to record a historic win West Indies pinned their hopes on the under-rated Shivnarine Chanderpaul

England v West Indies, 3rd Test, Old Trafford, 4th day

Savouring Chanderpaul

Jun 11, 2007: the fact that the West Indies are still in with a chance at the start of the last day, gives us reason to believe that somewhere among this much-maligned group are a few of the building blocks required for the reconstruction of West Indies cricket

England v West Indies, 3rd Test, Old Trafford, 4th day

Focussed Chanderpaul increases English anxiety

Jun 10, 2007: England remain the favourites at Old Trafford, but after everything that has transpired over the past four days, no-one dares to take anything for granted right now

England v West Indies, 3rd Test, Old Trafford, 4th day

Chanderpaul keeps Windies afloat

Jun 10, 2007: West Indies defied expectation to stretch the fourth Test at Old Trafford into the final day with Shivnarine Chanderpaul, offered a life on 18, making his second half-century of the match in nearly five hours at the crease

England v West Indies, 3rd Test, Old Trafford, 3rd day

Sammy injects some West Indian joy

Jun 9, 2007: It will not be enough to save West Indies in this match or the series, but Darren Sammy's stunning debut performance was the fillip that the team has been crying out for all tour

England v West Indies, 3rd Test, Old Trafford, 3rd day

Cook puts England in sight of series

Jun 9, 2007: Alastair Cook struck his sixth Test century as England set West Indies 455 on the third day at Old Trafford

England v West Indies, 3rd Test, Old Trafford, 2nd day

England let off after practice gaffe

Jun 8, 2007: No action will be taken against the England players who were seen bowling on the square between innings on the second day of the third Test at Old Trafford

England v West Indies, 3rd Test, Old Trafford, 2nd day

Sidebottom and Panesar put England on top

Jun 8, 2007: A dramatic late-afternoon West Indies collapse, inspired by Ryan Sidebottom and Monty Panesar, left England firmly in control of the third Test at Old Trafford

England v West Indies, 3rd Test, Old Trafford, 1st day

We showed competitiveness - Ganga

Jun 8, 2007: Daren Ganga is pleased with his side's performance after taking seven wickets on the first day

England v West Indies, 3rd Test, Old Trafford, 1st day

Edwards issues West Indian rebuttal

Jun 7, 2007: Michael Vaughan and Andrew Flintoff may have kissed and made up, but the denials and rebuttals continued to pour forth on the first day at Old Trafford

England v West Indies, 3rd Test, Old Trafford, 1st day

Improved West Indies make England fight

Jun 7, 2007: West Indies produced their best cricket of the series as the opening day of the third Test at Old Trafford offered the most compelling contest of the early summer

England v West Indies, 3rd Test, Old Trafford

Looking for straws to grasp

Jun 7, 2007: Tony Cozier looks ahead to the third Test at Old Trafford