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Taking the positives from defeat

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

13-Jun-2007•Tony Cozier

Moores backs Monty's appealing

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

13-Jun-2007

Panesar leaps to 12th place in ICC ratings

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

12-Jun-2007•Cricinfo staff

Ganga praises team effort

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

11-Jun-2007•Andrew Miller at Old Trafford

England retain the Wisden Trophy

England retained the Wisden Trophy, first played for in 1963

11-Jun-2007•Cricinfo staff

Panesar and Harmison seal series victory

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

11-Jun-2007•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

Donald flies home for father's funeral

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

11-Jun-2007•Cricinfo staff

A lot of fight

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

11-Jun-2007•Fazeer Mohammed

Savouring Chanderpaul

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

11-Jun-2007•Fazeer Mohammed

Chanderpaul keeps Windies afloat

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

10-Jun-2007•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

Sammy injects some West Indian joy

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

09-Jun-2007•Andrew Miller at Old Trafford

Cook puts England in sight of series

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

09-Jun-2007•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

England let off after practice gaffe

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

08-Jun-2007•Cricinfo staff

Sidebottom and Panesar put England on top

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

08-Jun-2007•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

We showed competitiveness - Ganga

Daren Ganga is pleased with his side's performance after taking seven wickets on the first day

08-Jun-2007•Cricinfo staff

Improved West Indies make England fight

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

07-Jun-2007•The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

Looking for straws to grasp

Tony Cozier looks ahead to the third Test at Old Trafford

07-Jun-2007•Tony Cozier at Manchester

Flintoff undergoes ankle operation

The England & Wales Cricket Board remains hopeful that Andrew Flintoff will return to international cricket before the end of the summer, after he today underwent surgery on the troublesome left ankle

01-Jun-2007•Cricinfo staff

Samuels named as Sarwan's replacement

The Jamaican batsman, Marlon Samuels, has been drafted into the West Indian squad as a replacement for their injured captain, Ramnaresh Sarwan, who was forced out of the tour after damaging his shoulder in a fielding accident at Headingley last week

31-May-2007•Cricinfo staff

Hoggard in doubt for Old Trafford Test

Matthew Hoggard looks set to miss the third Test against West Indies at Old Trafford, starting on June 7, after aggravating his groin injury in the nets ahead of Yorkshire's one-day fixture against Derbyshire at Headingley

31-May-2007•Cricinfo staff

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