Listless West Indies are blown away by Hurricane Anderson

With a minimum of fuss and less resistance, England completed the formalities yesterday. They needed seven wickets at the start of the final day to confirm their utter ascendancy against the West Indies and duly claimed the last of them 15 minutes after lunch to win the second Test by an innings and 83 runs.

It was as straightforward as could be. What wickets England did not earn they were offered gift-wrapped on a silver platter. Jimmy Anderson bowled beautifully for his haul of four to add to the five he claimed in the first innings and was a shoo-in for the man-of-the-match award.

The ball swung for Anderson and it swung late. From over the wicket or round he was altogether too much of a handful for hapless opponents who showed little inclination for the fray. They were far removed from the opponents who had been so stubborn in holding on to a 1-0 lead in the Caribbean a few short weeks ago.

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By the time their surrender was complete yesterday – the white flag had been fluttering virtually since they arrived, but these things always take time for the procedures to be followed – they had held the Wisden Trophy for 70 days. These tourists could hardly have made it clearer that they were not of a mind to be in this country or on this tour.

This was partly down to the wet and, quite as importantly, cold weather which has followed them wherever they have gone. But they were only too ready to have their shortcomings exposed. The tour should not have taken place and while the England and Wales Cricket Board were not to know quite how lacking in will and zeal the West Indies might be, it knew full well that any Test series in this country in early May was a hostage to fortune.

The board can produce any reason it likes: the need to continue to fill its coffers; the need to fulfil its obligations under broadcasting contracts; and the need to give the players more preparation for the Ashes summer ahead. None of them wash. The ECB could and should have decided it was not worth the candle in such a busy summer of cricket, and while it can point to Ravi Bopara seemingly settling in at No 3 and Graham Onions and Tim Bresnan being blooded in Test cricket, they will all find it a different game come July and August.

England, none the less, did everything that could reasonably have been asked of them. After winning at Lord's by 10 wickets, they raised the stakes again in the North-east and ensured there was no chance of the tourists making them bat again. Amid the destruction of the West Indies' innings – the breeze was strong at the Riverside but it might as well have been a hurricane, considering the fashion in which the West Indies were blown away – Anderson was exemplary.

As he tore in, bowling balls to batsmen who had no hope of keeping him out, it was tempting to think he ought to keep some powder dry. He removed Lendl Simmons, who played a powder-puff prod to gully (difficult to think that this was the man who made 282 in St Kitts against England three months ago) but it was his bowling in an over to Jerome Taylor which flaunted his form.

He had him groping at air to an outswinger, nearly undid him with an inswinger and then ended his wretched stay with another outswinger which was of fuller length, moved unfeasibly late and removed the off stump. After lunch, he came round the wicket to Shiv Chanderpaul and took his outside edge. Chanderpaul was again his side's top scorer but even he is showing signs of having had enough.

His wicket was Anderson's last and was significant also for being held by Paul Collingwood, who was again acting as substitute behind the wicket for Matt Prior, whose bruised finger prevented his participation. The ball deviated barely a centimetre but Collingwood was entitled to his jubilation, which was of the sort that could be matched only by hitting the winning runs in an unbeaten hundred to win the Ashes.

The day also brought the first Test wickets for Tim Bresnan, whom England were obviously determined to get into the game. He opened the bowling at the start of the day and continued. Just when it seemed the fates were to deny him a wicket, he broke through in his 25th over in Test cricket when Brendan Nash clipped him to midwicket.

The glee hereabouts was manifold because that was the second catch of the day for Scott Borthwick, one of the two substitute fielders from Durham. Bresnan deserved that and the two others which followed.

Indeed, he finished off the match when the other substitute fielder, Karl Turner, caught a steepling top edge from Fidel Edwards. Victory by 2-0 to England, the Wisden Trophy reclaimed, the real work ahead.

Ball of the day

*The late, late outswinger from Jimmy Anderson that knocked over Jerome Taylor's off stump. The three previous balls, two outers and an inner, had left Taylor clueless as to what would come next.

Moment of the day

*Tim Bresnan's first wicket, with the last ball of his 25th over as a Test cricketer. Brendan Nash obligingly clipped it to midwicket, but who cares? A grinning Bresnan was mobbed by his team-mates.

Catches of the day

*For novelty value, the four taken by three substitutes – all of them Durham players. Scott Borthwick and Karl Turner, 12th and 13th men, grabbed three between them, while the stand-in wicketkeeper, Paul Collingwood, pouched another.

Riverside Scoreboard

Second Test

England won toss

England First Innings: 569-6 dec (A N Cook 160, R S Bopara 106)

West Indies First Innings: 310 (R R Sarwan 100; J M Anderson 5-87)

West Indies Second Innings

D S Smith lbw b Swann ......... 11

53 min, 41 balls, 1 four

*C H Gayle c Strauss b Onions......... 54

82 min, 43 balls, 6 fours, 2 sixes

R R Sarwan lbw b Onions......... 22

25 min, 21 balls, 4 fours

L M P Simmons c sub (S G Borthwick)

......... b Anderson......... 10

58 min, 34 balls

S Chanderpaul c Collingwood b Anderson..........................................47

112 min, 82 balls, 6 fours

B P Nash c sub (S G Borthwick) b Bresnan..........................................1

8 min, 9 balls

+D Ramdin c Anderson b Bresnan......... 0

5 min, 2 balls

J E Taylor b Anderson......... 5

14 min, 12 balls, 1 four

S J Benn b Anderson......... 0

18 min, 12 balls

F H Edwards c sub (K Turner) b Bresnan......... 4

14 min, 7 balls, 1 four

L S Baker not out......... 4

5 min, 1 ball, 1 four

Extras (b 8, lb 5, w 5, nb 0, pens 0)......... 18

Total (201 min, 44 overs)......... 176

Fall: 1-53 (Smith), 2-88 (Sarwan), 3-89 (Gayle), 4-141 (Simmons), 5-142 (Nash), 6-146 (Ramdin), 7-163 (Taylor), 8-167 (Benn), 9-168 (Chanderpaul), 10-176 (Edwards).

Bowling: Anderson 16-5-38-4 (5-2-20-0 11-3-18-4), Broad 5-1-21-0, Swann 3-0-13-1, Onions 6-0-46-2 (w1) (one spell each), Bresnan 14-2-45-3 (w4) (3-0-10-0 11-2-35-3).

Progress: Fourth day: Collingwood kept wicket for all of the second innings. 50: 52 min, 12 overs. 100: 94 min, 19.5 overs. Bad light stopped play 6.11pm – close 115-3 (Simmons 3, Chanderpaul 18) 22 overs. Fifth day (min 98 overs): Rain stopped play 11.14-11.43am 129-3 (Simmons 7, Chanderpaul 27) 25.4 overs. RSP: 11.57-12.09pm 139-3 (Simmons 8, Chanderpaul 30) 29.1 overs. 150: 155 min, 33.3 overs. Lunch: 167-8 (Chanderpaul 46) 41 overs. Innings closed: 1.55pm. Gayle 50: 69 min, 39 balls, 6 fours, 2 sixes.

England won by an innings and 83 runs

Umpires: S J Davis (Aus) and E A R de Silva (S Lanka).

TV replay umpire: P J Hartley (Eng).

Match referee: A J Pycroft (Zim).

Man of the match: J M Anderson.

First Test (Lord's): England beat West Indies by 10 wickets.

England win two-Test series 2-0.

Men of the series: R S Bopara and F H Edwards.