England win third Test against West Indies, take series 2-1

Victory saw England take the three-match series 2-1 and regain the Wisden Trophy they lost in the Caribbean last year.
England's Stuart Broad, center, holds the ball to celebrate taking 500 wickets during the fifth day of the third cricket Test match between England and West Indies. (Photo | AP)
England's Stuart Broad, center, holds the ball to celebrate taking 500 wickets during the fifth day of the third cricket Test match between England and West Indies. (Photo | AP)

MANCHESTER: England beat the West Indies by 269 runs to claim a series-clinching win in the third Test at Old Trafford on Tuesday.

Victory saw England take the three-match series 2-1 and regain the Wisden Trophy they lost in the Caribbean last year.

England paceman Stuart Broad became just the seventh bowler to take 500 Test wickets as the West Indies, set 399 for victory, collapsed to 129 all out in under 38 overs. 

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