CRICKET: England lost the Test series against West Indies after a brave fifth-day victory bid in the final match was foiled at the end.
West Indies, asked to bat for a minimum of 66 overs to save the game at the Queen's Park Oval, closed on 114 for eight, following a tense finale, which left England without a Test victory all winter.
Kevin Pietersen's 16th Test hundred set up the final-innings scenario which left West Indies requiring 240 for victory.
But they continued the defensive theme they had adopted since the start of the fifth and final Test to survive by another nailbiting margin and win the series 1-0.
Having staved off defeat in Antigua by one wicket, this time they had two in hand as number 10 Fidel Edwards survived five balls of the final over sent down by left-arm spinner Monty Panesar.
Edwards came to the crease with 20 balls remaining and survived his personal battle but it was his ninth-wicket partner Denesh Ramdin's two hours of discipline which were most significant in securing the draw.