Marcus Trescothick

Michael Vaughan has been ruled out of the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's, after failing to recover from the knee injury he suffered while batting in the nets on Monday

England are narrow favourites to beat New Zealand in the Test series which begins at Lord's on Thursday

England ended their long tour of the Caribbean on a high note with a five-wicket victory in the seventh and final one-dayer at Bridgetown

For arguably the first time this winter, West Indies have the upper hand going in to the final match of England's tour

Ramnaresh Sarwan and Dwayne Smith marched West Indies to a dramatic and at one stage unlikely five-wicket victory against England in the fifth one-dayer in St Lucia

St Lucia is an island of 90,000 people, of which 10,000 bought tickets for a weekend of one-day cricket that no right-minded person believed was remotely possible

After a week of heavy downpours, the fourth one-dayer in Grenada went the way of the previous two, and was abandoned

England are now a mean 1/3 in the series betting following their victory in the first game

England are favourites with bet365 to win the one-day series which begins in Guyana this Sunday

Andrew Miller gives his marks out of ten for England's tour of the Caribbean

Michael Vaughan produced a captain's innings of 140, to put his personal seal on an historic 3-0 series victory in the Caribbean

Marcus Trescothick and Michael Vaughan chugged along to their first half-centuries of the series, as England made the perfect start to their second innings, after following on a massive 466 runs in arrears

After the amazing scenes yesterday - Brian Lara reclaiming the world record, and the first prime minister on the field of play for, well, ten years - today it was back to a more recognisable form of Test cricket

Marcus Trescothick and Michael Vaughan chugged along to their first half-centuries of the series, as England made the perfect start to their second innings, after following on a massive 466 runs in arrears

After the amazing scenes yesterday - Brian Lara reclaiming the world record, and the first prime minister on the field of play for, well, ten years - today it was back to a more recognisable form of Test cricket

Perhaps numbers never do reveal the full story, but they tell a large part of it

As the teams line up for the final Test, England are 6/5 favourites with bet365 to complete the win that will give them an unprecedented 4-0 whitewash

Two down after two, and with most of the islanders finding 101 reasons to be depressed about the state of their national game, West Indies desperately need a change in fortune ... somehow

England should be given a fairly tough time in their three-day warm-up match against a Carib Beer XI which starts at the 3Ws Oval in Bridgetown later today