Panesar and Harmison combine to beat Windies

MANCHESTER: Monty Panesar took 10 wickets in a Test for the first time as England beat West Indies by 60 runs to win the third Test at Old Trafford here Monday and so take an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the four-match series. West Indies, chasing what would have been a record fourth innings winning total of 455, were bowled out for 394.

Panesar, who finished the match by dismissing last man Corey Collymore, had an innings return of six for 137. Coupled with his first innings four for 50, that gave him a match haul of 10 for 187.    Harmison, who took two wickets in four balls after lunch, to end West Indies' hopes of victory, took four for 95 in a much improved display. Shivnarine Chanderpaul was 116 not out as England captain Michael Vaughan became his country's most successful Test skipper of all-time with 21 wins.   

"It's special because we won the series," said Vaughan after the match.  "This has been one battle. It was tough but the team came through it well. Shiv (Chanderpaul) probably played the best I've seen in Test cricket."   

West Indies skipper Daren Ganga added: "Compared to the last Test match we played it's been a wonderful improvement. It was very competitive but our batting wasn't up to standard. We haven't had consistency in all aspects of our game.  "We're looking foward to the last match even if we have a lot of work to do."   

Panesar, who'd dropped Chanderpaul on 18, finished the match when he had last man Corey Collymore taken at short leg by Ian Bell, although it needed the third umpire to give the decision.    The fourth Test at Durham's Riverside ground starts on Friday.