England's Stuart Broad (L) gestures after overtaking Ian Botham as England's second highest Test wicket-taker during the day 3 of the first Test at Edgbaston in Birmingham, on August 19. -AFP
England hammered the West Indies by an innings and 209 runs as the inaugural day/night Test in Britain ended inside three days at Edgbaston on Saturday. A historic Test match was dealt a humiliating conclusion under the Edgbaston floodlights, as West Indies crumbled to one of the most spineless defeats in their long and once-proud history.
By losing 19 wickets for 261 runs in the space of 76.4 overs, they were shot out twice in the day for scores of 168 and 137, the margin of their innings defeat - 209 - still greater than either of their efforts with the bat.
For the record, James Anderson, with 3 for 34, was the pick of England's bowlers in the first innings, while Stuart Broad claimed identical figures to be the star performer in the second. In crushing West Indies' middle order with a spell of 3 for 4 in 11 balls after tea, Broad surged past Ian Botham's tally of 383 Test wickets to claim second place behind Anderson on England's all-time list.
Not since Trueman and Statham were last in harness in 1963 had both chart-toppers been present in the same England team, and Anderson, who now has 491 to his name, must fancy his chances of ticking off another remarkable milestone in next week's second Test at Headingley.
-AFP, Birmingham
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