CHESTER-LE-STREET, England (Reuters) – Seamers James Anderson and Tim Bresnan ripped through the West Indies batting order to lead England to victory by an innings and 83 runs in the second Test yesterday.

Anderson took four wickets and Bresnan three as West Indies collapsed on the final day and England completed an emphatic 2-0 series win.

“The positive to come out of the series is how clinical we were,” England captain Andrew Strauss told a news conference.

“We took our chances, kept the pressure on and got what we deserved. Jimmy (Anderson) was outstanding and he is controlling the swinging ball as well as anyone in the world at the moment.”

West Indies resumed on 115 for three and, after two brief rain delays, Lendl Simmons, on 10, tamely steered a ball from Anderson straight to 19-year-old substitute fielder Scott Borthwick at cover.

Bresnan dismissed Brendan Nash for one when he clipped a wide delivery to Borthwick at square leg and the seamer struck again in his next over, Denesh Ramdin edging a simple catch to Anderson at third slip for a duck.

SWINGING DELIVERY
Anderson ripped out Jerome Taylor’s off stump with a rapid swinging delivery and he produced another fine ball to bowl Sulieman Benn for a duck.

The ever-reliable Shivnarine Chanderpaul was 46 not out at lunch but his brave innings ended on 47 when he nicked Anderson to stand-in wicketkeeper Paul Collingwood who was deputising for the injured Matt Prior.

Bresnan completed the rout when Fidel Edwards top-edged a hook to square leg where Karl Turner, another substitute fielder, held a tricky steepling catch on the boundary.

“We are disappointed with our performances,” West Indies captain Chris Gayle said. “We dropped too many catches at Lord’s and it is hard to play catch-up cricket in these conditions.

“We only have ourselves to blame. England played good cricket and we did not utilise the conditions but we will learn a lot from this and gain experience.”
ENGLAND 1st innings 569 for 6 decl. (A. Cook 160; S. Benn 2-146)
West Indies 1st innings 310 (R. Sarwan 100; J. Anderson 5-87)
WEST INDIES 2nd innings (following on)
D. Smith lbw Swann 11
C. Gayle c Strauss b Onions 54
R. Sarwan lbw Onions 22
L Simmons c sub. Borthwick b Anderson 10
S. Chanderpaul c Collingwood b Anderson 47
B. Nash c sub. Borthwick b Bresnan 1
D. Ramdin c Anderson b Bresnan 0
J. Taylor b Anderson 5
S. Benn b Anderson 0
F. Edwards c sub. (Turner) b Bresnan 4
L Baker not out 4
Extras: (b-8, lb-5, w-5) 18     
Total: (all out, 44 overs) 176
Fall of wickets: 1-53, 2-88, 3-89, 4-141, 5-142, 6-146, 7-163, 8-167, 9-168.
Bowling: Anderson 16-5-38-4, Broad 5-1-21-0, Swann 3-0-13-1, Onions 6-0-46-2 (w-1), Bresnan 14-2-45-3 (w-4).