Shoaib Bashir spins England to convincing West Indies win after Joe Root century

Shoaib Bashir capped a ton-derful day for England as they crushed the sorry Windies.

The young off-spinner capitalised on centuries by Yorkshire duo Joe Root and fellow rising star Harry Brook by grabbing a five-fer as the hosts emphatically wrapped up the three-Test series.

The 20-year-old ripped the heart out of the tourists’ chase as they surrendered with little more than a whimper after being ground down by both bat and ball.

Bashir, who went into this game without a Test wicket, will leave Trent Bridge a happy man after two victims in the first innings was followed up by a sparkling display in the second that saw him depart the arena with the match ball.

But he was only afforded the platform after the two county colleagues with the bat had pushed England into a commanding position.

At the start of the day, the hosts were in the driving seat but still needed to be watchful as they looked to set up a meaningful total to chase.

And this they did as first Brook (109) and then Root (122) wrote themselves into the history books with a record fourth-wicket partnership at this famous old venue.

Brook, resuming on 71, had played fluently as he chased down his first three figures on home soil.

He reached it from just 118 balls - giving a glimpse as to the future he will surely enjoy in international cricket - and seemed set for a big score.

But he became Jayden Seales first victim, caught behind.

That left Root to shoulder the burden which he did as he became the eighth-highest run scorer in Test history.

It was a classic innings of its kind, too.

When the ex-skipper finally brought up three figures - for the 32nd time - he had done so making only seven boundaries from the 158 balls faced.

However, although England’s lead had topped 300 at lunch, Root was running short of help.

Ben Stokes mistimed a pull from Seales and was caught in the deep while James Smith edged Sinclair behind.

Chris Woakes and Gus Atkinson provided sufficient support for the country’s premier batter to nudge and nurdle the lead over the 350-mark.

By the time Root rather tamely slapped a drive into Kyle McKenzie’s hands at short extra cover, the tourists already required a total way in excess of the highest ever chased down at Trent Bridge.

Brathwaite and Louis started brightly and brought up the half-century before Chris Woakes found the edge of Mykyle Louis’s bat.

That breakthrough sparked a staggering collapse as the Windies lost all ten wickets in just 23 overs.

Bashir then profited from a rash shot by Kyle McKenzie who feathered another chance for Jamie Smith behind the stumps to gobble up.

It was a far better delivery that accounted for Alick Athanaze, the batter nicking off to Root at slip and then he caught Kavem Hodge plumb in front of the stumps.

When Woakes returned to snare Brathwaite, the clock was ticking down.

Mark Wood bounced out Kevin Sinclair and Gus Atkinson weighed in with two wickets in an over as England tried to finish the job inside four days.

Bashir returned after Jason Holder whacked him for a four and a six to bowl the powerful all-rounder and then wrapped up the match by castling Shemar Joseph.