England's James Anderson skittles West Indies to lead homeside to series win at Lord's

  • 10/09/2017

James Anderson celebrated his 500-wicket landmark with new career-best figures of 7-42 to lead England to victory in the third-Test against the West Indies at Lord's.

Anderson was rampant as the tourists were bowled out for 177 by early afternoon despite a determined and skilful innings of 62 from Shai Hope.

England made light work of the 107 needed – winning by nine-wickets.

After his momentous milestone the previous evening, Anderson came up with two more early strikes on the resumption - and then two wickets in three balls straight after lunch, starting with Hope, broke the Windies' resistance as they lost their last four wickets for only 22 runs.

He needed only four deliveries, after the tourists resumed on 3-93, to take his third wicket of the innings and fifth of the match.

Operating by necessity from his less favoured Nursery End, after finding himself on a final warning for following through into the slope and so on to the pitch from the opposite direction, Anderson located Roston Chase's outside edge for a low catch behind by a diving Jonny Bairstow.

Three maidens followed, and only a Hope single came from the first four overs of a sunny morning.

Stuart Broad gave Jermaine Blackwood a let-off on two when he dropped a diving chance off Anderson at mid-off.

Broad then thought he had his man, after Marais Erasmus raised the finger for lbw, but Blackwood survived once more when this time DRS detected a faint inside edge on to pad.

Instead, it was over to Anderson again to account for the dangerous strokemaker for just five with an action replay of Chase's earlier dismissal.

Hope remained patient, waiting until lunch was in the offing before he cover- drove Ben Stokes for his first four of the day - from the 54th ball he had faced.

Soon afterwards, he reached a richly-deserved near three-and-a-half-hour 50 with a high-class back-foot punch wide of mid-on off Roland-Jones for his eighth four from 127 deliveries.

Hope lasted just four balls after lunch, though, before Anderson found late movement down the slope to have him caught behind and then doubled up by snaking through Devendra Bishoo's defences for a second-ball duck.

Anderson appropriately concluded the innings by bowling Kemar Roach, without addition.

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