Windies clinch series
NZPA-Reuter Leeds, England The openers, Desmond Haynes and Jeff Dujon, duly completed another emphatic West Indies triumph over England in the fourth cricket test at Headingley last evening.
The pair added the 38 runs needed for victory in less than 30 minutes on the fifth and final day as the West Indies crushed England by 10 wickets to take a winning 3-0 lead in the five-test series.
England and its new captain, Qhris Cowdrey, stumbled
towards defeat on Monday when, trailing by 74 on first innings, they slumped from 80 for two in the second innings to 138 all out — a lead of just 64.
The West Indies scored 27 of the required runs before Monday’s close and Haynes and Dujon needed just 45 balls to rattle off the remainder in last evening's opening session. Haynes made 25 and Dujon 40 as West Indies finished 67 without loss to record its thirteenth win in the last 14 tests against England. L
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