Eng vs WI series round up.

First things first- England have won the series 2-0 in a convincing manner and West Indies looked hapless.. The fire and the want to win attitude that they showed in the home series against the same side not so long ago was missing.. Result they lost the series. There was no fight from WI and in a long time this is one series where England have dominated the series outrightly..

For England,
Anderson was brilliant with the ball.. He had a poor 1st test largely due to Onions taking all the wickets, 2nd test was different though.. He finished the match with 9 wickets.. It was his contribution that led England to an innings win in the 2nd test..
Stuart Broad has been consistent with both bat and ball.. Figures may not be in his side but from what I have seen in the 2nd test match he looked like taking wickets everytime he came in to bowl.
Ravi Bopara had to be another architect in ENG win.. A scintillating form in the IPL in SA was followed up with 2 back to back centuries-instrumental in ENG dominance and not just win.. This lad who has his ancestral roots from Punjab area of the sub-continent has come of age and has rather cemented no.3 spot. (Will Vaughan then ever come back?)..
Swann has become a good bowler after the Indian tour, and a useful bat too..
The captain did not do anything splendid and even made a call for the IPL by bringing on Swann,off-spinner, for the 2nd over itself.. Can somebody tell him that bowling a spinner up front doesn't earn anyone a IPL call !!!

Coming to West Indies,

Fiedel Edwards has a tally of 7 wickets in the series and 6 of it coming in one innings.. The next highest wicket taker is Benn,a tall left arm self proclaimed spinner, with 4 wickets.. Clearly, WI had nobody to take wickets and given the seaming conditions in ENG one would expect more wickets from the quickies..
Dinesh Ramdin was good, Sarwan's performance was a contrast to the one he showed in the recently concluded home series against ENG..

Gayle continued his poor form from the IPL, may be he still thinks he is a part of KKR and they have to lose to maintain consistency.. Shiv Chanderpaul for the first time has fallen below our expectations and fallen in the ICC rankings also as a result.. The others are not worth mentioning too, way below par..

Looking forward to the ODI series with a hope of seeing better and evenly contested games..