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
07/06Result
3rd Test, West Indies tour of England and Ireland at Manchester, Jun 7-11 2007
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![England]( "England")
370 & 313 -
![West Indies]( "West Indies")
229 & 394 (132.5 ov)
Player of the Match
07/06Result
3rd Test, West Indies tour of England and Ireland at Manchester, Jun 7-11 2007
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![England]( "England")
370 & 313 -
![West Indies]( "West Indies")
229 & 394 (132.5 ov)
Player of the Match
Day 5
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
England retain the Wisden Trophy
England retained the Wisden Trophy, first played for in 1963
Chanderpaul challenge brings out England's best
Relief was intermingled with jubiliation, because England realised they had come good in the stiffest test of their resolve for months
Day 2
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
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
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
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
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
Focussed Chanderpaul increases English anxiety
England remain the favourites at Old Trafford, but after everything that has transpired over the past four days, no-one dares to take anything for granted right now
Day 1
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
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
We showed competitiveness - Ganga
Daren Ganga is pleased with his side's performance after taking seven wickets on the first day
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
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
Edwards issues West Indian rebuttal
Michael Vaughan and Andrew Flintoff may have kissed and made up, but the denials and rebuttals continued to pour forth on the first day at Old Trafford
Flintoff to face third ankle operation
Andrew Flintoff will be ruled out of the remainder of England's Test series against West Indies, and possibly for the rest of the summer, after the ECB confirmed that he would be undergoing a third bout of surgery on the troublesome left ankle that has do
Others
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
Darren Sammy retires from Test cricket
Darren Sammy formally notified the West Indies Cricket Board on Friday that he is retiring from Tests effective immediately.
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
Looking for straws to grasp
Tony Cozier looks ahead to the third Test at Old Trafford
Most extras, most runs, and a tormented genius
The regular Monday column in which Steven Lynch answers your questions about (almost) any aspect of cricket
Monty magic
Monty Panesar's ten-wicket haul at Old Trafford brought his Test average down to less than 30 for the first time
England v West Indies, 3rd Test, Old Trafford
Match home for England v West Indies, 3rd Test, Old Trafford
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
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
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
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