Summary

  • England 341-5 at close of day one

  • Bell falls for 143 in penultimate over

  • Root 83, Stokes 71* off 80 balls

  • Trott 0 & Cook 11 as England slip to 34-3

  • Anderson wins 100th Test cap for England

  • First Test, Antigua; West Indies won toss

Live Reporting

Mark Mitchener and James Gheerbrant

  1. Eng 40-3

    A maiden over from Benn does nothing to the score - his role for now is containment (while boosting a rather ordinary over-rate).

  2. Tony Cozier
    BBC Test Match Special

    "The discipline of the West Indies bowlers has been impressive today - not something you could usually say over the last 15 years or so."

  3. Eng 40-3 (Bell 8*, Root 5*)

    It's still Jason Holder charging in from the Sir Andy Roberts End. Root cuts him for four, only the third boundary off the bat we've seen today.

    The sun is back out, presumably Sir Viv has had a word with the appropriate authorities for daring to rain on his stadium.

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    Guy in Shropshire: England's only justification for such a poor World Cup performance was that we as a nation prioritise the longer format of the game. Now we've collapsed against one of the weakest Test sides in the world... Turmoil.

    Cliff in Tamworth: This is simply not good enough. No foot work, no technique, no idea! Making West Indies attack look like Australians, my word it is going to be a long depressing summer having to watch us being put to the sword.

  5. Sir Viv Richards
    Ex-West Indies captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "From what little I've seen of Root so far, he looks a magnificent player."

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  6. Eng 36-3

    Kemar Roach can hold his head high with figures of 8-4-8-1 - but he takes a rest for the first time as West Indies turn to the towering Sulieman Benn, who must be the tallest left-arm spinner ever to play Test cricket, unless any of you can remember any others?

    Big Benn bowls to (not-so-big) Bell - with a slip and a short leg in, the England fourth-wicket pair add one gentle single apiece.

  7. Tony Cozier
    BBC Test Match Special

    "You see Joe Root in the flesh and you wonder: 'Has he passed his A-levels yet?'"

  8. Eng 34-3 (Bell 7*, Root 0*)

    Holder has one ball of his over left - it's defended by Joe Root.

    For those of you who may be just joining us, England lost Jonathan Trott in the first over, and have since lost Alastair Cook for 11 and Gary Ballance for 10. We have just under half-an-hour until lunch.

  9. The on-field umpires confer with fourth umpire Joel Wilson - not to be confused with BBC sports news correspondent Joe Wilson - and the players are back on. Less than 10 minutes lost - let's play.

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    Home Alone Phil: England are playing village cricket at the moment.

    Antony Stewart: Great bowling from the Windies so far. Bell & Root will have to bail England out again, when the liquid sunshine stops falling.

  11. Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "England have looked very timid. Their footwork and their mindset has been about looking to survive rather than getting on top of the West Indies. All the West Indies bowlers have done is dangle the carrot."

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  12. The rain is something of a Twenty20 shower - as no sooner are the covers draped over the square, the rain stops and they're dragged off. We should be starting again very soon.

  13. Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    "Gary Ballance was out for 10, which is the same score he made in his first three World Cup innings. He faced 46 balls, but didn't score off the last 21."

  14. Rain stops play

    And no sooner has next man Joe Root walked onto the field, the umpires bring the players off for rain.

  15. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Test Match Special

    "That was a poor shot by Ballance. It was wide of the off stump and he really had to stretch for it."

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  16. Sir Viv Richards
    Ex-West Indies captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "It wasn't the best delivery by Holder but Ballance drove with his feet not in position to do so."

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  17. WICKET

    It had been coming for a while - after an innings in which he was uncertain outside off stump, Ballance prods at Holder and is caught at slip.

    Rain in the air, the ground staff were hustling towards the covers while Bell pushed a three through mid-wicket earlier in the over.

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  18. Sir Viv Richards
    Ex-West Indies captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "I've spent some time with Kevin Pietersen and I found him to be a highly confident individual. He's 35 this summer, but you can still bat - Kumar Sangakkara is the perfect example."

  19. Eng 31-2 (Roach 8-4-8-1)

    More pressure from Roach as he goes round the wicket and whistles one just past Ballance's back-foot defensive shot. Great spell from the right-armer from Barbados, how long can he keep going?

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    Tom Colocci: Apart from the fact that Trott isn't an opener, the reason they needed to pick Lyth was to show county cricket is still relevant. If a player averages 70 in a season and gets overlooked in favour of a number three, why should we bother watching county cricket if the selectors don't?