CHESTER-LE-STREET, England (AP) A clinical display by England at the Riverside Ground on Monday wrestled the Wisden Trophy back from the West Indies and sounded a warning to its rivals ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup in June and the Ashes in July.

West Indies provided minimal resistance, losing by an innings and 83 runs. Ramnaresh Sarwan made 100 in their first innings total of 310, but this was a result that will have fans across the Caribbean praying this is merely a low ebb in the fortunes of their test side and not the crisis this otherwise abject performance suggests.

"We're very disappointed with the way things went down in both games," West Indies captain Chris Gayle admitted, after leading his side to a 2-0 defeat in the two-match series.

England ruthlessly exploited the conditions at the Riverside, swinging the ball into and away from the West Indies, who had beaten England 1-0 in the Caribbean earlier this year.

Gayle refused to blame the conditions, saying his side had simply underperformed. "I'm not finding too many excuses," he said. "Back home it was a lot different, but they put us on the run a couple of times there. We were a bit disappointed in terms of the conditions, but we also played poor cricket. We had chances, but didn't take them and England capitalized."

Their chief tormentor was Ravi Bopara, who was named player of the series after scoring 108 in England's first innings of 569-6 declared and hitting another hundred in the first test at Lord's.

"I said when I came into the side I wanted to make a difference," Bopara said. "I just hope I made one in this series, leading into the Ashes."

Swing bowler James Anderson was named man of the match, after taking 4-38 to help dismiss West Indies for 176 in the second innings and finish with match figures of 9-125.

"Jimmy was outstanding" England captain Andrew Strauss said. "The way he's controlling the ball at the moment is as good as anyone in test cricket. We knew the conditions would help us, but the way we played was very clinical and it bodes really well.

"We realize we've got further to go as a test side, but we're going to enjoy tonight."

England began the day needing seven wickets for victory with the West Indies on 115.

Anderson made the breakthrough 26 runs later - after play had resumed following two rain interruptions - drawing Lendl Simmons on 10 into a poor shot that flew straight to substitute fielder Scott Borthwick at point.

Borthwick, fielding because wicketkeeper Matt Prior injured a finger on Sunday, then caught Nash at square leg for 1 to give Bresnan his first test wicket and leave West Indies on 142-5.

Bresnan took his second wicket two balls later when Denesh Ramdin edged an outswinger to Anderson at slip for a duck.

Anderson then ripped Jerome Taylor's off stump out of the ground to make it 163-7, and the final ball of the session he bowled Sulieman Benn for a duck.

West Indies lost Shivnarine Chanderpaul for 47 in the second over after lunch when he edged a delivery to stand-in wicketkeeper Paul Collingwood.

Seven balls later, Tim Bresnan completed the rout when Fidel Edwards top-edged a ball and was caught by Anderson at fine leg.

Edwards was voted West Indies player of the series for his superb display at Lord's, where he took 6-92 and was denied better figures by the ineptitude of his fielders.

Yet at the Riverside his hostility towards Anderson during the England innings proved counter-productive, with Anderson admitting he had been fired up by the verbal and physical assault.

"I'm not sure what I've done, "Anderson said. "I don't have a clue. You'll have to ask him that, he just seems to crank up every time I come in, and I get a few words, but it meant I really didn't want to get out to him. It really does spur you on."

Edwards didn't explain why he had targeted Anderson and not England's batsmen, but said he wouldn't hold a grudge. "On the field I mean business," he said. "But off it things are usually ok for me. It was pretty hard to adapt to the conditions, but we usually play better in the one day internationals than test matches, so hopefully we can push on from there."

England hosts the West Indies in the first of three ODIs at Leeds on Thursday.

D. Smith lbw b Swann 11

C. Gayle c Strauss b Onions 54

R. Sarwan lbw b Onions 22

L. Simmons c sub (Borthwick) b Anderson 10

S. Chanderpaul not out 46

B. Nash c sub (Borthwick) b Bresnan 1

D. Ramdin c Anderson b Bresnan 0

J. Taylor b Anderson 5

S. Benn b Anderson 0

Extras: (8b, 5lb, 5w) 18

Overs: 41

Fall of wickets: 1-53, 2-88, 3-89, 4-141, 5-142, 6-146, 7-163, 8-167.

Bowling: Anderson 15-5-34-3, Broad 5-1-21-0 (3nb), Swann 3-0-13-1, Onions 6-0-46-2 (1w), Bresnan 12-2-40-2 (4w).

Toss: Eng

Umpires: S. Davis (Aus) A. de Silva (SL)

Third umpire: P. Hartley (Eng)