By David Lloyd for the Daily Mail
Published: 21:43 GMT, 12 February 2019 | Updated: 21:43 GMT, 12 February 2019
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England roared to a consolation Test victory in St Lucia with a 232-run thrashing of West Indies.
Jimmy Anderson took three wickets in the morning before Moeen Ali and Ben Stokes polished off the rest of the hosts' batting lineup.
Sportsmail columnist DAVID LLOYD looks back at the final day of England's Test winter...
Jimmy Anderson worked in the nets on day three and it paid off with three early wickets
Jimmy nets his reward
Jimmy Anderson had a rare day off after going wicketless in the first innings, so what did he do? Go and bowl in the nets as England batted for all of day three. It paid off on day four as he went back to what Ottis Gibson told him years ago — to get swing in the West Indies you have to hit the pitch.
Dropping like flies
Jos Buttler shelled another at slip and was promptly dispatched to mid-off. Stuart Broad was the unlucky bowler again! He's had about a hundred catches dropped off him, which is extraordinary. Some bowlers take it philosophically when a catch is dropped off them. Then there are Broad and Anderson…
Jos Buttler (right) shelled another at slip and was promptly dispatched to mid-off
Wilkinson's a wizard
There have been some fantastic broadcasters from the Caribbean —
