Peter Moores believes match-winner Monty Panesar did not cross the line into gamesmanship after his over-enthusiastic display of appealing during England's third Test victory over West Indies.

The Northamptonshire left-arm spinner claimed his best match figures for England, grabbing 10 for 187 to inspire a nervous 60-run victory over West Indies to also seal the npower series.

It was the first ten-wicket haul by an English spinner in a decade, although his frenzied and almost desperate appealing could perhaps have earned him a charge for a breach of the ICC's Code of Conduct during the final day as West Indies' resistance was finally broken.

Instead of being brought up before match referee Alan Hurst, Panesar escaped with a couple of warnings from umpire Aleem Dar, who reminded him that the etiquette of cricket was to appeal first before celebrating a dismissal.

But England coach Moores did not believe Panesar over-stepped the boundaries of accepted behaviour and praised umpires Dar and Billy Bowden for the way they handled a tense final day.

Asked if Panesar had put undue pressure on the officials, Moores said: ''Not really, because I know it's genuine. It's a tough game for umpires when things get tight like they did at Old Trafford.

''I think good umpires do understand that in many ways the enthusiasm and the excitement of the game can suck players into it.

''When the umpire says not out then Monty stops which I think is fine, it's when people go again that isn't right. I thought all the appealing that went on was fine.''

Moores believes the tension of the situation with England pressing for wickets as West Indies chased what would have been a record winning total of 455, was bound to inflame tensions and lead to enthusiastic appeals on a wearing Old Trafford wicket ideal for spin.

''There was always going to be a lot of hits on the pad and a lot of bat-pads going on and there was going to be that sort of tension in the game,'' he said.

''When Monty appeals it comes across very much as his enthusiasm and his desire to win for England by getting wickets. It's a balance and Monty's a young bloke who, as always, will get better.

''Credit to the umpires, though, because I thought they handled themselves very well in what was always going to be a challenging game because of the amount of rough that was created and the fact we were going to have a slow bowler operating for a lot of the time.''

Panesar even appealed on one occasion when Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who finished unbeaten on 116, was hit on the head and admitted he struggled to keep calm in the heat of the situation.

''You want to take wickets and you want the game to go forward and it was a very testing period for myself, but I have to stay calm, put the ball in the right areas and let the pitch do the work,'' conceded Panesar.

''Aleem told me to appeal before I start celebrating. I guess I get a little bit excited when I'm out there, but I've never hit a batsman on the head before.''

He stressed: ''You want to get the ball in the rough areas and you don't want to put too much pressure on yourself by thinking you can get a wicket with every ball.

''I just tried to bowl maidens and because there was so much there in the pitch, I didn't have to use much variation - the pitch itself was helping you out. That was a test for me as a spinner to bowl maidens and create pressure from there.''

Panesar is again expected to take his place in a four-man attack for the final Test at Chester-le-Street on Friday and Moores believes Panesar has thrived with the extra responsibility of being one of only four main bowlers during this series.

''Monty is exciting by nature of his enthusiasm for the game,'' added Moores. ''He's great to work with and he's done really well.

''The fact we've used three seamers has allowed him to bowl a bit more and from that he's stepped up again and shown what a quality bowler he can be."

Former England wicketkeeper Geraint Jones, meanwhile, has revealed he has had no contact with the national team management since being dropped and replaced by Matt Prior.

Jones said: ''Matt has done fantastically well. I haven't had any contact from the England management. All they said was to go and score runs and that's something I've started to do now.'