LONDON, England - West Indies claimed victory in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy in the most dramatic circumstances, reaching their target of 218 with two wickets and seven balls to spare. Barbadian duo Courtney Browne and Ian Bradshaw gave their hurricane-swept fans back home something to cheer about with a sensational record ninth-wicket partnership of 71 to win the trophy against all the odds. The pair kept as cool as their Bajan reputations suggest after coming together with their side facing defeat on 147-8, the unlikely duo of Paul Collingwood and Marcus Trescothick putting the skids under the tourists with three wickets between them. But with the Windies already well ahead of the run-rate in their bid for victory, the plucky tailenders knuckled down to the task of working the ball into the gaps as England took their foot off the gas. Browne (35 not out), with five first class centuries to his name, played the lead role but Bradshaw was equally calm under pressure, cracking five boundaries in his 34 not out. It came down to needing 12 off 12, but after Alex Wharf no-balled, Browne carved the third legitimate ball of the penultimate over for four before taking a quick single, and when Wharf dished up a wide half-volley the left-handed Bradshaw made no mistake, slamming a sumptuous square cut into the boundary fence. West Indies had looked to have blown it after losing wickets at regular intervals, but were indebted to Shivnarine Chanderpaul for keeping the innings together. He added 34 with Ryan Hinds and 21 with Ricardo Powell, but it looked to be all over when the little Guyanese played a Collingwood ball too early and chipped a catch to Michael Vaughan at cover just three short of his half-century. Earlier, Trescothick struck a fine hundred to give England something to bowl at on a cold, damp morning in South London. The Somerset opener kept his cool while others around him lost theirs in the face of some accurate and consistent bowling, in particular from part-timer Wavell Hinds. However, it was man-of-the-match Bradshaw who got the early breakthroughs, sending Vikram Solanki and Michael Vaughan back for single figures before Andrew Strauss added 41 with Trescothick. But the Middlesex left-hander went for an ambitious single off the bowling of Dwayne Bravo, and the bowler got to the ball first and beat the batsmen to the stumps. Andrew Flintoff was next to go - unfortunate to see Lara dive low to his left and take a stunning catch off Hinds' first delivery. Collingwood and Geraint Jones needed to consolidate around Trescothick, but both were back in the hutch with the score on 148 as they tried to get hold of Hinds, Lara and Chanderpaul taking catches. England wrestled back some of the initiative when Ashley Giles added a vital 63 with Trescothick, who continued to cut and sweep with aplomb, to bring the possibility of setting a target of around 220-230. However, with Trescothick run out soon after making his eighth one-day hundred, Giles was taken by Lara as he tried to loft Bravo out the ground, and Darren Gough (stumped) and Steve Harmison (run out) followed shortly as the West Indies wrapped up the innings with two balls to spare. England then came out firing after the interval, with Harmison and Flintoff ripping out the top four West Indies batsmen with just 72 on the board. Flintoff took his third wicket when he had Bravo caught behind for nought as the gloom descended on The Brit Oval, but the drama had only just begun. SOURCE: WINDIESCRICKET.COM