England took 19 wickets on the third day, which also saw a milestone moment for Stuart Broad, as they beat West Indies by an innings and 209 runs in the historic day/night Test at Edgbaston.
England v West Indies: Match scores
England beat West Indies by an innings and 209 runs inside three days
England 1st inns: 514-8 dec (Cook 243, Root 136; Chase 4-113)
West Indies 1st inns: 168 (Blackwood 79 not out; Anderson 3-34, Roland-Jones 2-31, Broad 2-41)
West Indies 2nd inns (following on): 137 (Brathwaite 40; Broad 3-34, Anderson 2-12, Roland-Jones 2-18
Day three report
Stuart Broad lent a famous hand as England took a remarkable 19 wickets on day three of this country's inaugural floodlit Test to inflict a crushing innings-and-209-run defeat on hapless West Indies at Edgbaston.
Only Jermaine Blackwood (79no) provided any resistance in a first-innings 168 all out, and not even he could hold up the England juggernaut on its second run as Broad moved into overdrive to surpass the great Sir Ian Botham and take second place behind his team-mate James Anderson in the national all-time list of Test wicket-takers.
Soon afterwards, the tourists had folded for 137 to go 1-0 down in double-quick time with two more to play in this Investec series.
England's top 10 wicket-takers in Tests
1. James Anderson - 492 wickets in 127 Tests (avg. 27.71)
2. Stuart Broad - 384 wkts in 107 Tests (avg 28.47)
3. Sir Ian Botham - 383 wkts in 102 Tests (avg: 28.40)
4. Bob Willis - 325 wkts in 90 Tests (avg: 25.20)
5. Fred Trueman - 307 wkts in 67 Tests (avg: 21.57)
6. Derek Underwood - 297 wkts in 87 Tests (avg: 25.83)
7. Graeme Swann - 255 wkts in 60 Tests (avg: 29.96)
8.Brian Statham - 252 wkts in 70 Tests (avg: 24.84)
9. Matthew Hoggard - 248 wkts in 67 Tests (avg: 30.50)
10. Alex Bedser - 236 wkts in 51 Tests (avg. 24.89)
Blackwood apart, the first innings was an unedifying procession after West Indies resumed on 44 for one.
Just 31 overs later, they had to start trying again a massive 346 runs adrift - and after struggling to 102 for four then went into a rapid decline at the hands of Broad (three for 34), who took two in two to move level with Botham on 383 and then clean-bowled Shane Dowrich to put himself a clear second.
It was Anderson who blew away the Windies' top order at the first attempt.
They lost both overnight batsmen for the addition of three runs in 11 deliveries, with Anderson (three for 34) to the fore in a spell of 4-3-6-2.
First, he got one to bounce alarmingly on Kyle Hope for a simple catch at gully; then after Broad failed to overturn an lbw decision in his favour against Kieran Powell, the left-hander tried to scamper a single to mid-on only to be run out when Anderson swooped to deliver a swift direct hit.
Roston Chase and Shai Hope were brought together without a run between them, and the former was unable to get off the mark before inside-edging a good one from Anderson on to his leg-bail on the back-foot defence.
It took seven overs before West Indies had the day's first boundary, Blackwood's convincing force past cover off Anderson bringing up the team 50, and almost instantly at the other end Hope got off the mark with a four too off the 16th ball he faced with a controlled edge wide of the slips.
Toby Roland-Jones replaced Anderson from the City End, and Blackwood promptly drove his first ball for four past mid-on as 21 runs came in the space of three overs.
The counter-attack briefly continued in a spirited fifth-wicket stand of 42 until Hope inside-edged an attempted drive on to his stumps - the first of two quick successes for Roland-Jones, who then had Dowrich lbw playing across another full-length ball.
Ben Stokes decided to go short at Blackwood, and hit him on the helmet, but could not stop the diminutive middle-order batsman completing an entertaining 49-ball 50 which contained seven boundaries.
Captain Jason Holder tried to join in, but his attempts to get after Mooen Ali resulted ultimately in just a thin edge behind - detected only when Jonny Bairstow called for DRS after Marais Erasmus had initially ruled not out.
Broad returned for one over before lunch and needed only five deliveries before bowling Kemar Roach through the gate, but the final act of note in a hectic session was Blackwood's - up the pitch to Moeen to smash the first six of the match back over the off-spinner's head.
There was time too, in only six overs after lunch, for him to launch Broad for an outrageous maximum over long-on - but West Indies' first innings was up when Miguel Cummins was last out thanks to Tom Westley's direct hit from midwicket as his senior partner tried to farm the strike.
Predictably, it did not take long for the wickets to start falling again.
Powell did not remotely convince before compliantly edging Anderson to slip, and then a switch back to the City End worked instantly for Roland-Jones when he had the first Hope lbw - confirmed on DRS by 'umpire's call'.
Hope number two was extinguished by Stokes and a routine edge to Root at second slip - and just when it seemed Kraigg Brathwaite and Chase might close out the middle session, Moeen overturned an initial lbw ruling to have the opener on DRS deep in his crease for a hard-working 40.
Blackwood then went walkabout and easily stumped as he tried to disrupt Moeen - and after that, it was over to Broad, who claimed a fair slice of the glory by having Chase lbw and Holder caught at slip to join Botham.
Roach kept out the hat-trick ball. But there was no way back here for the Windies, and Broad made sure he did not let the opportunity slip with a delivery which homed in mercilessly on the top of Dowrich's off-stump - graciously leaving the remaining two wickets to Anderson and finally Roland-Jones.
Day three reaction
Stuart Broad on surpassing his "hero" Sir Ian Botham: "He's obviously been a hero of mine, someone who gave me my Test cap back in 2007 and someone who inspired me to play cricket for England with his performances.
"It's very special to be up there in the ranks with him.
"They add up pretty quickly. There's been some great memories along the way, certainly. You don't really remember the wickets you take, you remember the Test matches you win and those special moments winning series.
"It's a very special day, having the family here and being able to take a special wicket but it's the Test series wins that you remember."
Sir Ian Botham: "It was great, I'm very pleased for him, I think it's terrific."
Only his long-term opening bowling partner Anderson - with 492 Test victims - now looks down on Broad, who revealed he prefers to focus on England victories rather than personal milestones.
Joe Root on Broad: "He's had a fantastic career to date, I'm sure there's plenty more in the tank. It's one of those days that he'll remember for a long time."
On the victory: "It's been a great week for us, very interesting, quite exciting and a bit different. We'll see where it goes in the future."
Day two report
Alastair Cook's chanceless Edgbaston vigil ended at last on 243 but still maintained England's dominant position on a rain-shortened second day of the first Investec Test against West Indies.
Cook posted a 339-ball double-hundred, after resuming on 153, during a fourth-wicket stand of 162 with Dawid Malan (65) out of the hosts' 514 for eight declared in this country's inaugural day-night Test.
James Anderson then threatened to make short work of West Indies' reportedly fragile top order, seeing off Kraigg Brathwaite for a duck before the tourists recovered to 44 for one by the time forecast heavy rain brought an early close and wiped out the majority of the third session under lights.
England's dominant position was reflected by the odds - they finished the day as 1/7 shots with Sky Bet. The draw was offered at 5/1 with the Windies 66/1.
It could almost be any price about the visitors, who are not expected to save the follow-on. Their total innings runs line sat at 232.5 at close - a mark which would leave them almost 300 runs in arrears.
At the venue where Cook made his career-best 294 against India six years ago, he fell short of that target and also a shot at becoming England's sixth Test triple-centurion.
But before falling lbw on DRS to Roston Chase (four for 113) - pushing to leg and missing - he had spent almost nine-and-a-half hours at the crease this time and hit 33 fours from 407 balls.
He reached his fourth Test 200, in perhaps suitably prosaic circumstances, a controlled edge down to third-man off Kemar Roach bringing not just the 199th run it was worth but a bonus three when Kyle Hope contrived to mis-field and allow the unstinting opener's 30th boundary.
As so often, Cook's sterling contribution was a triumph of concentration and playing effectively within studied limitations.
Home supporters were learning nothing new about the all-time national record runscorer but a little more at the other end as Malan put together his maiden Test 50, in his fifth innings at this level, before edging the final ball of the morning from off-spinner Chase to slip.
If Cook's methods were once again a case of substance counting more than style, there was much to admire from his more aesthetic fellow left-hander who unfurled a succession of cover-driven boundaries between bouts of hard-working defence as he sought a foothold for his Test career.
The result was a 112-ball 50, much-needed after Malan's false starts against South Africa at The Oval and Old Trafford and increasingly an indication that he may after all be a feasible contender to retain the number five slot in the Ashes ahead.
There will be much sterner tests to come, of course, than this novelty pink-ball occasion during which the touring attack has struggled for any assistance from a flat pitch.
Nonetheless, for England's long-term well-being, the sight of Malan's first significant score on the board was at least as encouraging as the huge number once again clocking up next to Cook's name.
The more immediate consequence of the fourth-wicket stand was the prospect of further gains from England's powerhouse middle order.
The likely lads did not deliver, though.
Ben Stokes flickered only briefly in the cause, reverse-sweeping Chase straight into the hands of slip; Jonny Bairstow fared little better before playing on to Jason Holder, and Moeen Ali fell for a duck when he went up the wicket to the off-spinner only to miscue a simple catch to point.
Cook's tempo remained utterly constant, apart from a short-lived spike after a rare false shot on 230 when he mis-pulled Holder into the leg-side ring but out of reach of bowler and his fielders.
In the event, he got little further - and once Cook went, Joe Root called time.
England had therefore faltered relatively with the loss of five wickets for 65 from 449 for three and found themselves bowling slightly ahead of schedule - albeit under increasingly cloudy skies, with rain already threatening.
Anderson wasted no time over a first incision in the third of nine overs before tea.
Brathwaite fell caught-behind pushing forward, and Stuart Broad would have added the wicket of West Indies' other opener Kieran Powell for just two, had Stokes clung on to a sharp chance away to his right at gully.
Test debutant Kyle Hope also had fortune on his side, put down by unaccustomed third slip Moeen Ali when he had 14 out of 22, as West Indies avoided further setback until the bad weather moved in.
Day two reaction
Dawid Malan on playing with Alastair Cook: "He gave me a batting masterclass.
"It was the best seat in the house watching him bat and compose his innings. To score 243, whether it's a good wicket or not, is a fantastic achievement.
"He didn't look like he strayed once from the first over of the game to the over he got out. For a young player at international standard to come and watch how a master goes at his work, to watch him compile his runs and be as disciplined as he was shows what you need to do to be successful at this level."
Malan on finding some form after scoring just 35 in his first four Test innings: "I needed that to be fair, I didn't look like scoring a run against the South Africans.
"It was nice to hit a few in the middle and feel more composed at the crease. In the back of my mind I knew it would turn around so it was nice to have a meaningful contribution."
West Indies' Roston Chase on Kieran Powell and Kyle Hope's batting effort: "The last session was a big boost for us. The guys were batting quite well and we were confident they would have batted to the end of play (before the rain came).
"We're looking forward to tomorrow. We weren't at our best on day one, I thought a little indisciplined, but we were better today."
Day one report
Alastair Cook and Joe Root both hit centuries for 1/10 favourites England on day one of the day-night Test against West Indies at Edgbaston.
The first day of England's inaugural home floodlit Test confirmed a raft of popular predictions about a pink ball which proved hard to spot for some broadcast viewers but did so little off a flat surface that Cook (153 not out) and Root (136) had barely any discernible trouble throughout their third-wicket stand of 248.
Despite the early loss of debutant opener Mark Stoneman and novice Test number three Tom Westley, in this first match of three against West Indies, England took control on the way to 348 for three at stumps after Root chose to bat on a sunny afternoon.
The captain's 139-ball century, his 13th in Tests, and all-time national record runscorer Cook's 31st from 182 deliveries ruled through 66 wicketless overs.
England are 1/10 favourites with Sky Bet to win the first Test and West Indies are out at 40/1. The draw is on offer at 15/2.
The West Indies confounded expectations by initially spurning the second new ball and instead deploying spin under lights in a bemusing passage of play which also saw their captain Jason Holder retreat mid-over with a temporarily stiff neck.
A sell-out crowd, half of whom were new to Test cricket according to Warwickshire's consumer data and presumed attracted by the novelty of the occasion, lapped up a spectacle which became ever more one-sided as England's broad bats dominated.
Cook led the way at this venue where he hit a career-best 294 six years ago, while Root bagged a new national landmark of his own by posting at least 50 in a record 11th successive match as the pink ball moved in unerring straight lines for a visiting attack able to pose precious few problems.
England's increasing prosperity was far removed, however, from an uncertain start which saw two more Ashes contenders out of this particular equation within eight overs.
Stoneman's maiden international innings was eventful, as well as brief.
He was on strike for the second delivery of the match, after Cook pushed the first with the pink ball to cover for a single off Kemar Roach.
The first Stoneman then received from Roach was the widest of wides, intercepted only by second slip.
From only the second legitimate ball he faced, Stoneman timed a cover-drive for four – and then counted another boundary in the opening over with a confident clip off his legs.
His fun was interrupted, however, when Roach produced an outstanding delivery in his second over – one that offered to swing back into the left-hander at pace but then held its line to scrape the pad and take the off-bail.
Welcome to Test cricket then for the 12th opener England have selected alongside Cook over the past five years.
The reception at the top table is beginning to wear off for Westley, following his inconclusive succession of middling scores so far – the latest his least productive to date after he played across and missed a straight ball to be lbw to first-change Miguel Cummins on DRS.
The new ball swung a little, but with little or no further lateral movement England's third-wicket pair then ruled the remaining daylight hours.
Cook completed his 50 on the stroke of lunch with a single to cover off Roston Chase to add to his 10 of the 53 fours England would strike in all.
The boundary count remained high throughout an afternoon which culminated in Root's century just before tea, with his 19th four struck behind square on the leg-side off Chase.
Cook followed him to three figures in early evening, and it was not until the floodlights were beginning to take full effect that the occasional play-and-miss cropped up – and then finally Root missed a drive at Roach and was bowled by a full-length ball which swung in marginally.
Dawid Malan's tricky start in Test cricket therefore extended to another decidedly tricky introduction, in which he needed good fortune to survive on just two against the part-time spin of Kraigg Brathwaite when he edged a cut through the hands of slip.
But reassuringly for England, after Stoneman and Westley's early departures, Malan negotiated his latest examination in an unbroken half-century stand with Cook to give himself a shot at his first significant Test score at the fifth attempt.
Cook, meanwhile, was still entrenched six-and-a-half hours in with untold further gains doubtless on his agenda.
Day one reaction
England captain Joe Root described his first experience of day-night Test cricket in this country as "strange".
"It has been a very good day, we spoke about making sure if we got in a position of strength we really drove it forward and were ruthless," Root said on Sky Sports.
"It is something we did in the previous two games but to do it today is brilliant.
"It will mean nothing if we don't back it up tomorrow.
"It was very strange and after the start it felt like a one-dayer, I had to calm myself down and tell myself that I might need to be out there all day.
"The crowd and atmosphere around the ground was brilliant throughout the day and to have Alastair Cook 150 not out at the end of the day is great."
On the pink ball, which some viewers said they found difficult to see on television, he added: "(The vision) stayed consistent throughout, obviously I wasn't in first up, but I generally found the older it got the easier it was to see.
"I thought the guys at the back end there... in other Tests around the world that seemed to be the danger period and I thought we coped with that very well. It wasn't the fact it did huge amounts, it wasn't very consistent, you'd get balls that didn't move very much at all and then you'd get one that had more shape.
"There was a bit there and if you bowled in good areas it kept you honest."
Like many of the spectators who remained until the belated close of play, Alastair Cook declared himself tired but content after a historic day.
"I was yawning at 9pm because it was past my bedtime," said the 32-year-old after registering his 31st Test hundred.
"It was slightly unusual because you're programmed to play in white kit starting at 11am with a red ball, it's what we've done for all our careers. Suddenly changing it takes a little bit of time.
"It's just a mental thing. I think if you get 150 and you're not out at the end of day you enjoy it. The crowd enjoyed it and it was a good day for England."
