And so ends one of the more pointless Test series of recent times

Alec Stewart became England's second-highest run-scorer in Tests, and Anthony McGrath took his average after two matches to 137, as England completed the first day of Test cricket at Durham in a predictably dominant position

It is little wonder that the 50th anniversary of the Queen's Coronation was such a low-key affair

Wavell Hinds scored a magnificent 103 not out, his second century in three days, and Chris Gayle emulated Viv Richards's feat at Dunedin in 1986-87, with five wickets and a half-century in the same match, as West Indies cruised to a nine-wicket

They might have expected to wrap up the match even more quickly, after reducing Nottinghamshire to 19 for 9 in their first innings, but Essex duly claimed their first Championship win of 2003 as Graham Napier completed a 268-run victory at Trent

A new era: Jim Troughton celebrates his call to colours England's selectors ushered in a new era of one-day cricket today, with one notable exception, as a new-look 15-man squad was announced for the NatWest Challenge against Pakistan, and

James Anderson celebrates on his way to 3 for 14 as Lancashire eased into the quarter-finals Durham v Lancashire at Chester-le-Street Scorecard James Anderson continued his astonishing season with three wickets in five overs, as Durham

Australia's 21-match unbeaten run has come to an end, the very day after they took an unassailable 4-0 lead in the seven-match series

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England enjoyed an old-fashioned day of swing-induced dominance, as Zimbabwe fumbled to an innings and 92-run defeat in the first npower Test at Lord's

It would be wrong to suggest that Mark Butcher has never known a day like today - at Edgbaston in 2001, his criminally under-used outswingers picked up four Australian wickets in six overs

A blustery mid-May morning, England making unspectacular progress against a moving ball - and not a murmur of protest in sight

It took some time, but like a feature-length episode of Scooby Doo , Zimbabwe's bowlers finally stopped ghosting past the bat and were exposed as an all-too-human outfit

Mark Butcher and Marcus Trescothick contributed a brace of half-centuries to give England the upper hand on a challenging first day against Zimbabwe at Lord's

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A magnificent and typically unorthodox allround performance from Ian Harvey proved too good for a spirited West Indian side, as Australia extended their unbeaten run in one-day internationals to 18 matches in a rain-affected encounter in Kingston

Another Ashes drubbing has been and gone, and several old hands in the England Test team will be nervously contemplating their futures ahead of Saturday's announcement of the Test squad to face Zimbabwe at Lord's next week

Andy Caddick has been ruled out of the Test series against Zimbabwe after sustaining ligament damage in his right foot

Omari Banks and Vasbert Drakes propelled West Indies to a nerve-wracking three-wicket victory on the final morning in Antigua, as Australia's quest for an unprecedented clean sweep in the Caribbean came unstuck in the most thrilling fashion possible

Kent have kept faith with the squad that travelled to Chelmsford for the National League clash with Essex on Sunday