Cricket Second Test: Ashley Giles continued his astonishing transformation from a man considering his future as an international cricketer to register his second successive match-winning contribution and seal England's emphatic second Test triumph over West Indies at Edgbaston.
At the start of the summer, Giles went through plenty of soul-searching with England's management team about whether his enjoyment at being part of a successful Test side was worth the abuse he was receiving from the crowd.
Coach Duncan Fletcher and senior members of the dressing room gave Giles their support and that faith was more than rewarded with Warwickshire's left-arm spinner claiming career-best figures of five for 57 on his home ground and sealing England's emphatic 256-run victory with a day to spare.
Giles efforts took his tally to 24 wickets in the last six Test innings - having grabbed only 25 wickets in his previous 15 Test innings.
Giles was always likely to play a central role as soon as England, who had resumed 378 runs ahead on 148 for three, were dismissed for 248 to leave the tourists chasing a world record fourth-innings total of 479 to draw level in the four-Test series.
But to claim five wickets in an innings for the second successive Test perhaps exceeded even his own high expectations.
Beginning their second innings after the lunch interval, West Indies lost opener Devon Smith in the seventh over of their reply after he edged a lifting delivery from Matthew Hoggard to Marcus Trescothick at slip.
The next five wickets to fall, though, were claimed by Giles, who removed the whole of West Indies' top order.
First-innings centurion Ramnaresh Sarwan was a crucial breakthrough seven overs later, caught at silly point off his pad and bat, but it was the removal of captain Brian Lara which began West Indies' slide.
Attempting to clip the ball off his legs, Lara was caught by Flintoff at slip and umpire Simon Taufel upheld England's appeals although television replays suggested that the ball may have spun off his pad.
West Indies resisted for a further 17 overs before England captain Michael Vaughan switched Giles to the Pavilion End and earned instant reward with Shivnarine Chanderpaul falling to his third delivery, given leg before padding up and playing no shot, having resisted for an hour.
Two balls later all-rounder Dwayne Bravo was beaten by the extravagant turn and had his off-stump clipped.
Giles had to wait until his next over to finally end West Indies' resistance with opener Chris Gayle, who had battled for nearly three hours for his 82 and hit a six and 15 fours, also caught at silly point.
Hoggard also pitched in with his second wicket to claim the fifth wicket in 34 balls with James Anderson claiming a brilliant catch at long-on to condemn Jacobs to a pair.
Andersonalso claimed two late wickets to complete West Indies' collapse of seven wickets for 50 runs in 103 balls to 222 all out.
England had begun the day searching for quick runs after resuming 378 runs ahead on 148 for three and Trescothick gave his side an early lift by becoming the first player in history to score centuries in both innings of an Edgbaston Test.
