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James Anderson admitted West Indies were worthy winners in the third and final Test at the Kensington Oval in Barbados, but thinks England can take plenty of positives from the series.
The hosts chased down a victory target of 192 with five wickets to spare yesterday to ensure the series was drawn.
It is a tour which will live long in the memory for Anderson, who surpassed Sir Ian Botham to become his country's most prolific Test bowler during the first five-day contest in Antigua.
However, despite earning the man-of-the-series award for his contributions with the ball, the Lancashire seamer said he would have gladly traded in that honour to be returning home with a series victory.
"I guess it's nice to get man of the series but I'd swap it any day of the week for a series win,"he told ecb.co.uk.
"Unfortunately, we weren't quite good enough this week. I thought we did well to get a first-innings lead and we've not been able to cope with what the West Indies threw at us over the last two days.
"And credit to them - they played well, they deserved their win."
England were well placed to clinch the series having held a first-innings lead of 68 in Barbados before being knocked over for 123 and leaving the Windies with a pursuit they reeled in.
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"We feel like we should have won the series," Anderson added.
"We've played good cricket all the way through. We played well in Antigua, couldn't quite get over the line there. (We) managed to get the win in Grenada and we were in a good position here and we've only got ourselves to blame really for that batting display second innings.
"The West Indies batted really well. They played positively, showed us how we should have batted in our second innings and they deserved the win in the end."
Despite the overriding feeling of frustration, Anderson conceded there were still plenty of highlights to look back on over the three Tests.
The 32-year-old pointed to Joe Root and Gary Ballance's efforts with the bat as well as captain Alastair Cook's first-innings century
"There's been some great passages of play for us throughout the series," Anderson noted.
"The way Joe Root's batted has been outstanding, Gary Ballance as well, Alastair Cook getting a hundred is great and I thought we bowled pretty well as a group.
"It's just been frustrating to be stood here having drawn the series when we got ourselves in a position where we had a really good chance of winning."