Broad dismissed Kraigg Brathwaite – also James Anderson’s 500th victim – to reach the milestone as the home side took the eight wickets they needed on the final day in double-quick time
Stuart Broad took his 500th Test wicket – and ten in the match – as England regained the Wisden Trophy in emphatic style at Emirates Old Trafford.
The seamer dismissed Kraigg Brathwaite – also James Anderson’s 500th victim – to reach the landmark as the home side took the eight wickets they needed on the final day in double-quick time.
Beginning the day two wickets down, having lost both John Campbell and Kemar Roach on the third evening ahead of a Monday lost entirely to rain, Broad trapped Brathwaite on the crease to reach a remarkable milestone, before Chris Woakes took over.
The Warwickshire man, who had enjoyed a quiet match up until this point, had Shai Hope caught hooking for 31 and then Shamarh Brooks caught behind two overs later.
The sides briefly left the field on a couple of occasions as showers blew over Manchester, but when play resumed after lunch, Dom Bess ran out Roston Chase as he and Jermaine Blackwood hesitated after attempting a sharp single.
Following Chase’s demise, West Indies folded: Jason Holder, Shane Dowrich and Rahkeem Cornwall were all trapped lbw by Woakes, giving the seamer a five-wicket haul of his own on Broad’s day.
From the fall of Hope’s wicket – a poor stroke in the circumstances – to Blackwood's, West Indies lost seven wickets for just 58 runs, with the optimism after victory at the Ageas Bowl giving way here as a unique series finished in limp fashion. The Wisden Trophy ends in England's hands, with the Richards-Botham Trophy to replace it for future series.
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