Lords Day 1: England Vs West Indies

Broad raises his hat as he finishes the day with 6 wickets.

Stuart Broad ran rampant on an intriguing first day at Lord's after the West Indies had initially defied their critics. There were débuts for Jonny Bairstow for England and Shannon Gabriel for West Indies as Andrew Strauss won the toss and elected to field. Initially, James Anderson put on a marvellous display with conditions conducive to swing bowling. His dismissal of Kieran Powell was especially satisfying; a large away-swinger followed by a large in-swinger which hit the top of the off stump while the bat was still coming down. At 32-2, Adrian Barath and the promising Darren Bravo initiated a recovery and, after Bravo was run out by the length of the pitch, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Marlon Samuels continued it. Samuels' innings of 31 was a real struggle and he was finally dismissed by Broad at 181 after Bairstow held a smart catch. Denesh Ramdin fell early, but Darren Sammy gave Chanderpaul more support. However, Broad came back with the new ball and initiated a collapse of three quick wickets, including Fidel Edwards to what transpired to be the last ball of the day. His spell was 4.4-1-13-3 and he finished the day with 6-72. West Indies closed on 243-9 with the remarkable Chanderpaul 87*. The wickets right at the end of the day means that England should be satisfied with their efforts.