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Full house at The Oval as England make early breakthroughs

England made a sensational start to the fifth and final day of the last Cornhill Test removing both West Indies openers in the first six overs of play

04-Sep-2000•Kate Laven

England close in on recapturing Wisden Trophy

England's recapture of the Wisden Trophy after 31 years in opponents hands edged closer this afternoon following another superb performance from England's pace bowlers

04-Sep-2000•Kate Laven

England triumphant after 31 years

An hour after England's cricketers had formed a guard of honour for Curtly Ambrose in his farewell Test Match, the Wisden Trophy had changed hands for the first time in 27 years

04-Sep-2000•Andy Jalil

West Indies face uphill task for final day

A day which would otherwise have passed as largely inconsequential, will in fact, long be remembered for two momentous events

03-Sep-2000•Andy Jalil

A War of Attrition; The Devil Takes the Hindmost

One thing was certainly obvious after the end of the 4th day's play

03-Sep-2000•Colin Croft

Atherton and Stewart take risk free option

England put on an exhibition of patience and prudence at The Foster's Oval this morning to extend their lead over the West Indies to 250 in the final Cornhill Test Match

03-Sep-2000•Kate Laven

Atherton on verge of first London Test century

Michael Atherton was poised to complete the first London century of his Test career at The Foster's Oval as England's lead over West Indies continued to gather pace

03-Sep-2000•Kate Laven

Oval gives ovation to Atherton

Just days after hinting that next summer's Ashes series could be his last International appearance, Atherton scored a century - his first at London to receive a strong ovation from the Oval crowd today

03-Sep-2000•Staff and agencies

West Indies struggle against excellent bowling led by White

If there has been a theme to this summer's Test series it has been the success of England's vitalized band of pace bowlers

02-Sep-2000•Andy Jalil

England on way to first series victory in 1969

In a superb morning's cricket for English supporters, the home side again shattered the West Indian batting, reducing the tourists to 86 for eight by the lunch interval

02-Sep-2000•John Ward

Rain halts Northants push for victory

Rain halted Northamptonshire's push for victory in the Division Two contest against Gloucestershire at Wantage Road, after the visitors were plunged into crisis by the loss of three wickets in 29 balls

02-Sep-2000•Andrew Radd

Again!! West Indies in Shambles

I think it was Nat "King" Cole, the Blues & Soul singer, who had a major hit song called "Again" some time in the past

02-Sep-2000•Colin Croft

England build lead after superb morning

In a superb morning's cricket for English supporters, the home side again shattered the West Indian batting, reducing the tourists to 86 for eight by the lunch interval

02-Sep-2000•John Ward

A strange day

Even though there was a loss of more than 200 minutes on this second day, it was sometimes hard to understand the plans or indeed the plot of both teams

01-Sep-2000•Colin Croft

Rain and bad light disrupt second day's play

Squally showers disrupted the second day's play with England's middle and strong lower order batting failing to re-build the innings which had seen a succession of wickets fall on the previous day after the diligent work of the two openers

01-Sep-2000•Andy Jalil

West Indies fight back

The first session of the second day at The Oval was almost a microcosm of the first day's play

01-Sep-2000•John Ward

Rain delays start of West Indies innings

The first session of the second day at The Oval was almost a microcosm of the first day's play

01-Sep-2000•John Ward

West Indies fight back

The first session of the second day at The Oval was almost a microcosm of the first day's play

01-Sep-2000•John Ward

England believe they can win again

At last, after 31 years, England believe they can do it again and beat the West Indies in a Test series

31-Aug-2000•John Ward

Atherton and Trescothick build strong foundation for England

Mike Atherton and Marcus Trescothick did England proud with an opening partnership of 159 against West Indies in the crucial Fifth Test at The Oval after being put in to bat

31-Aug-2000•John Ward

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