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England beat West Indies by 60 runs to win the third Test on Monday and clinch the series after Steve Harmison and Monty Panesar cleaned up the tail.

West Indies, chasing a total of 455 runs, was all out for 394. England's 300th Test win means it leads the series 2-0 ahead of the final Test in Durham, England, which starts on Friday.

"Every session they pushed us," England captain Michael Vaughan said. "But to grow as a team you have to come through tough days, tough sessions."

Resuming overnight at 301-5, West Indies needed 154 more runs on the final day to beat its own Test record for a fourth-innings chase of 418, set in a three-wicket win over Australia in St. John's, Antigua, in May 2003.

But even Shivnarine Chanderpaul -- who scored an undefeated 116 -- could not push the West Indies to its first away Test victory against England since 2000, when it won at Birmingham.

"Shiv showed truly what a world-class player he is," West Indies captain Daren Ganga said. "He led from the front and he led in the first innings too. He's going from strength to strength. He will inspire a lot of us to do better in the next match."

Vaughan also praised Chanderpaul, describing his batting on a rough, turning pitch as "one of the best innings I've seen in Test match cricket."

Vaughan said he was honored to pass Peter May and become England's most successful captain with his 21st Test win.

Chanderpaul was unbeaten on 104 at lunch, having reached his 15th Test hundred with a single off Harmison. It was his first century since scoring an unbeaten 153 against Pakistan in Barbados in May 2005.
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