John Ward

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

Rain spoils excellent start by England

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

Rain delays start at Old Trafford

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

England dominate rainy day in Manchester

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

Zimbabwe resistance flowers at Lord's

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

Zimbabwe struggle to set England a challenging target

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

First hour likely to be crucial in NatWest Series Final

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

Stewart presses towards century as England cruise towards target

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

England accuracy and discipline restricts West Indies on good batting pitch

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

Sunny sky, good pitch and West Indies batting

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England pleased with progress

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

West Indies go out with honour, Stewart stranded

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

West Indies fight-back

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

Nasser Hussain comes back - and so does the sun

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

England move towards victory

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

Cracking start by England - Stewart continues where he left off

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

Stewart strikes England into a commanding position