After struggling in vain for an hour to remove the West Indian overnight pair, England finally broke through with a vengeance to take five wickets for 17 runs and go in to lunch once again well on top in the vital Third Test

Alec Stewart found the best possible way to celebrate his hundredth Test match: with a dominating century that took England from the brink of disaster to a position of clear superiority by the end of the second day's play

England did well to dismiss West Indies for 157 just after lunch on the second day, but once again the pace bowling of veterans Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh set them back as they sought to capitalise on their advantage

England enjoyed an excellent, if abbreviated, morning as they removed the West Indian openers for two runs apiece and had them struggling at 21 for two at the lunch interval, after 55 minutes' play

England enjoyed an excellent, if abbreviated, morning as they removed the West Indian openers for two runs apiece and had them struggling at 21 for two after 55 minutes' play

Perhaps the most crucial match of the 2000 cricket season was set to begin under overcast skies at the historic Old Trafford ground in Manchester, with showers expected for later in the day

England had very much the better of an abbreviated first day's play in the crucial Third Test match against West Indies at Old Trafford in Manchester

After 15 overs of the NatWest Series final at Lord's the match appeared to be decided

Lord's, lunchtime: Zimbabwe 169 for seven; England to bat

The unexpectedly cloudy weather at the start of the Lord's Test made it a good toss to win and, in line with the tendency of history to favour the big battalions, Nasser Hussain won it for England

After 30 over of their innings, England appeared to be cruising to victory over Zimbabwe in the NatWest Series final

England turned in a sound bowling and fielding performance in restricting the West Indies to 195 for nine wickets in their innings in the final group match of the NatWest Series at Trent Bridge in Nottingham

For once, sunny skies greeted the cricketers as England took on West Indies in the final group match of the NatWest Series

After 30 overs of the West Indian innings at Trent Bridge in the last of the group matches in the NatWest Series, England could be well pleased with their progress

West Indies, eliminated from the final, nevertheless finished with honour by recording a thrilling three-run victory over England at Trent Bridge

A superb West Indian fightback has brought to life this final group match of the NatWest Series at Trent Bridge in Nottingham

The eighth NatWest Series match, between England and Zimbabwe at Edgbaston, has been unexpectedly invaded by a quite unexpected element: the sun

England moved confidently towards victory over Zimbabwe in their NatWest Series match at Edgbaston this evening

England got off to a cracking start as they batted on winning the toss in the NatWest Series match against Zimbabwe at Edgbaston, Birmingham

A magnificent century by Alec Stewart led England into a potentially winning position in their NatWest Series match against Zimbabwe at Edgbaston