James Anderson leads England to victory over West Indies with best ever figures
Channel: News daily star
Date: 10/09/2017

ENGLAND’S man of the moment James Anderson followed his 500th Test wicket with career-best bowling figures to send the West Indies packing inside three days.England strolled to victory in the third and final Investec Test by nine wickets at Lord’s to claim a 2-1 win in an eventful mini-series. King of Swing Anderson, who on Friday became only the sixth man to take 500 Test victims, demolished the Windies with 7-42 to bowl them out in their second innings for just 177. England cruised to 107-1 in the London sunshine to give Joe Root series wins over South Africa and now the Windies in his first summer as skipper. Once kingpin Shay Hope (62) was caught behind off another scintillating Anderson delivery that pitched on off-stump and left him, England were home and dry. Root’s men can now look ahead to their winter Ashes tour with more optimism having avoided an embarrassing slip-up, which anything other than a series win would have been.They still have questions to answer, notably with three of their top six spots, but at least Mark Stoneman (40 not out) and Tom Westley (44 not out) strengthened their cases. England were 12-0 after the first over, bowled by Shannon Gabriel, as opener Stoneman batted confidently despite his trial under the selectors’ microscope. He straight drove Gabriel for four and then square drove Kemar Roach for another well executed boundary in the second over, to get England off to a rapid start. Alastair Cook was lbw for 17 to leg-spinner Davendra Bishoo’s first ball of the match, missing a well-landed leg-break that would have hit middle stump. But in all honesty, England’s selectors would have welcomed a final look at Stoneman and Westley before they meet to debate the Ashes tour squad.West Indies fought back bravely in