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Strauss finds pride amid failure

It would have been one of their most extraordinary Test victories and for much of the final afternoon in Trinidad England looked as though they could pull it off

11-Mar-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Trinidad

West Indies' resolve ends the drought

What compelling drama, what brilliant theatre. This was a Test of West Indian nerve like no other and it so nearly became too much for them. The prospect of regaining the Wisden Trophy and winning their first series since 2004 enveloped them in a fog of u

11-Mar-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Trinidad

The old go-slow

Andrew McGlashan presents the plays from the fifth day in Trinidad

10-Mar-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Trinidad

West Indies survive in thrilling finale

West Indies regained the Wisden Trophy for the first time since 2000 in a thrilling finale to the series in Trinidad. Left with 66 overs in which to bat in their second innings after England's lunchtime declaration, West Indies shipped wickets at regular

10-Mar-2009•The Bulletin by Andrew Miller

Panesar and Amjad fined for excessive appealing

England spinner Monty Panesar has been fined 25% of his match fee for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the fifth Test against West Indies in Port of Spain

10-Mar-2009•Cricinfo staff

England prepare to throw caution to the wind

For a short passage of play leading up the close of the fourth day at the Queen's Park Oval the series came to life in a way that hasn't happened since Jerome Taylor's spell at Sabina Park a month ago

10-Mar-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Trinidad

West Indies find their Chanderpaul Mark 2

West Indies have nearly made it and the series is almost in the bag. Before this Test Chris Gayle said his team had one hand on the Wisden Trophy, but now they have one hand and four fingers. Barring a single-session collapse the home side are secure and

09-Mar-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Trinidad

Broad tempered

Andrew McGlashan presents the plays from the fourth day in Trinidad

09-Mar-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Trinidad

England wobble after Windies' 544

Shivnarine Chanderpaul produced an unflinchingly obdurate innings of 147 not out, and Brendan Nash chipped in with his maiden Test century, as West Indies stood firm against a frustrated England bowling attack to manoeuvre themselves ever closer to their

09-Mar-2009•The Bulletin by Andrew Miller

Gayle prepares to play through pain

As Chris Gayle limped off the Queen's Park Oval after pulling his hamstring reaching his 10th Test century, there was a sense that West Indies' grip on the series was leaving with him

08-Mar-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Trinidad

England sense their end-game

England huffed and puffed and still couldn't blow the West Indies house down. They haven't quite run out of time, but things now have to happen at increasing speed over the next six sessions if the visitors are going to level the series. And speed hasn't

08-Mar-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Trinidad

Amjad spares Collingwood's blushes

Andrew McGlashan presents the plays from the third day in Trinidad

08-Mar-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Trinidad

Chanderpaul and Nash restore Windies faith

Brendan Nash and Shivnarine Chanderpaul overcame the potentially devastating loss of their captain, Chris Gayle, to a hamstring tear, as they batted clean through the final 51.5 overs of the third day

08-Mar-2009•The Bulletin by Andrew Miller

Prior finds comeback is child's play

Matt Prior won't score many easier Test centuries than his career-best 131 not out, during which he added 218 for the fifth wicket with Paul Collingwood

07-Mar-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Trinidad

Tiffin tonked

Andrew McGlashan presents the plays from the second day in Trinidad

07-Mar-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Trinidad

Collingwood and Prior guide England's fortunes

Paul Collingwood converted his ninth Test century into an imposing 161 and Matt Prior celebrated the birth of his first child with a hundred of his own, as England took advantage of West Indies' outrageously negative tactics

07-Mar-2009•The Bulletin by Andrew Miller

Chanderpaul injury causes Windies concern

West Indies, who only need to draw the final Test in Trinidad to take the series against England, face an anxious wait to see how Shivnarine Chanderpaul pulls up after straining a groin muscle in the field on the opening day

06-Mar-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Trinidad

Strauss savours the purplest of patches

It's a wonder there are any questions left to ask Andrew Strauss. His three first-day hundreds have meant he has never been far away from a camera or a notebook during the Tests in the Caribbean

06-Mar-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Trinidad

A slow march

The dancing girls in the Trini Posse Stand tried their best, but even they struggled to inject much life into the opening day at the Queen's Park Oval

06-Mar-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Trinidad

Seizing up when it matters

Andrew McGlashan presents the plays from the first day in Trinidad

06-Mar-2009•Andrew McGlashan in Trinidad

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