Spinner Ashley Giles took another five wicket haul to lead England to a 256-run victory in the second Test against West Indies at Edgbaston on Sunday.

England won with a day to spare and retain the Wisden trophy after bowling out the West Indies for 222 and taking a 2-0 lead in the four-match series.

A resurgent Giles, who took four for 65 in the first innings after scooping nine wickets in England's first Test win at Lord's, continued his remarkable form with five for 57 to give England their eighth win in nine Tests.

"It has been an impressive year so far," said captain Michael Vaughan. "The way in which some of my players are playing makes my job very easy."

Giles's scalps included three bat pad catches to snare Brian Lara, Ramnaresh Sarwan and opener Chris Gayle, who offered some resistance with 82.

The slow left armer also trapped Shivnarine Chanderpaul lbw for 43 and bowled Dwayne Bravo with a carbon copy of his dismissal in the first innings with a ball that pitched on leg and hit off stump.

James Anderson also took a memorable one-handed jumping catch at mid off to dismiss Ridley Jacobs for a pair off the bowling of Matthew Hoggard.

DUSTY PITCH

Lara, criticised on Sunday by former West Indies great Viv Richards for lacking leadership, said he would stay in charge for the remainder of the series and had no intention of stepping down.

"The pitch got dusty and cut up," he added. "We are still batting well but we have just got to restrict England...we've got to get them under three runs an over."

Earlier Marcus Trescothick emulated Vaughan's feat at Lord's in the first Test by completing his second century of the match -- the first batsman to do so in a Test at Edgbaston.

England lost seven wickets for 100 runs in the morning session as off spinner Gayle claimed five for 34 but West Indies were still set a mammoth 479 to win.

Opener Trescothick perished soon after reaching his century, run out for 107 by a direct hit from Sarwan.

Graham Thorpe was stumped for 54 after coming down the pitch to Gayle.

England beat West Indies 3-0 in a four-match series in the Caribbean earlier this year in which strike bowler Steve Harmison took 23 wickets.

However, Giles has taken centre stage in this series with Harmison only netting three wickets so far.

Scoreboard

England (1st innings): 566-9 declared (A.Flintoff 167, M.Trescothick 105, G.Jones 74, G.Thorpe 61; D.Bravo 4-76)

West Indies (1st innings): 336 (R.Sarwan 139, B.Lara 95; A.Giles 4-65)

England (2nd innings): (overnight 148-3)
M.Trescothick run out 107
A.Strauss c Jacobs b Lawson 5
R.Key c Gayle b Lawson 4
M.Vaughan c Gayle b Lawson 3
G.Thorpe st Jacobs b Gayle 54
A.Flintoff c Bravo b Gayle 20
G.Jones b Lawson 4
A.Giles b Gayle 15
M.Hoggard c Smith b Gayle 6
S.Harmison lbw Gayle 1
J.Anderson not out 8.

Extras: (b-8, lb-2, nb-6, w-5) 21.

Total: (all out, 65.1 overs) 248

Fall of wickets: 1-24, 2-37, 3-52, 4-184, 5-195, 6-214, 7-226, 8-234, 9-239

Bowling: Collins 9-1-29-0, Collymore 9-2-33-0, Lawson 21-2-94-4, Bravo 6-1-28-0, Banks 5-1-20-0, Gayle 15.1-4-34-5.

West Indies (2nd innings):
C.Gayle c Strauss b Giles 82
D.Smith c Trescothick b Hoggard 11
R.Sarwan c Strauss b Giles 14
B.Lara c Flintoff b Giles 13
S.Chanderpaul lbw Giles 43
D.Bravo b Giles 0
R.Jacobs c Anderson b Hoggard 0
O.Banks not out 25
P.Collins lbw Hoggard 0
C.Collymore b Anderson 10
J.Lawson b Anderson 2.

Extras: (b-17, lb-4, nb-1) 22.

Total: (all out, 55.3 overs) 222

Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-54, 3-101, 4-172, 5-172, 6-177, 7-177, 8-182, 9-210

Bowling: Hoggard 16-5-64-3, Harmison 5-1-29-0, Flintoff 5-1-19-0 (nb-1), Giles 21-9-57-5, Anderson 5.3-1-23-2, Vaughan 3-0-9-0.

Result: England won by 256 runs

First Test: England won by 210 runs

Third Test: August 12-16 - Old Trafford, Manchester

Fourth Test: August 19-23 - The Oval, London