When the West Indies arrived in England for a three-Test series, many observers wondered if their batsmen could give a talented attack enou...
When the West Indies arrived in England for a three-Test series, many observers wondered if their batsmen could give a talented attack enough runs to play with.
In the end, it was a task that proved beyond the tourists’ top-order during a 2-1 reverse that saw England regain the Wisden Trophy.
The Caribbean side struck first, winning the first Test at Southampton by four wickets, with Jermaine Blackwood’s 95 anchoring their impressive run-chase in the fourth innings of the match.
But it was a different story in the next two matches at Old Trafford, where a fired-up Stuart Broad, controversially omitted from the series opener, took 16 wickets – including his 500th in Tests.
Facing Broad in English conditions, where he repeatedly makes the ball move off a good length, is one of world cricket’s more challenging assignments.
But whereas the West Indies survived for 70.1 overs in the second innings of the second Test, they were all out in a mere 37.1 overs as England completed a 269-run win in Manchester on Tuesday.
Broad was reunited with new-ball partner James Anderson, England’s all-time leading wicket-taker, in the third Test and West Indies coach Phil Simmons said that gave his side a hard task.
“Wherever you go it’s going to be tough, in England’s...
