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. Toss

    West Indies have won the toss and put England in - though Alastair Cook says he would have batted anyway.

    It looks a balmy day in North Sound. The headline team news for England is that Jonathan Trott opens, Ben Stokes is back at number six, and James Tredwell is preferred to Adil Rashid as the sole spinner.

  2. "What do you mean, it's been called off?"

    It's also England's first Test at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua since what can only be described as a farce took place on Friday the 13th (yes, really) 2009.

    The second Test - destined to be the shortest of all time - was only 10 balls old when it was abandoned because of an unfit outfield, with the West Indies bowlers struggling to keep their footing on the sandy soil. Not that those of us paying punters watching from the stands were even told about the abandonment for about half an hour - I found out in a text message from a friend in the UK.

    Since then, conditions have improved - England returned there last year for three one-dayers while the stadium has since staged one more Test, against New Zealand in 2012.

    Groundsmen work on the pitch during the abandoned Test in Antigua in 2009Getty Images

  3. New balls, please

    Afternoon, everyone. England's fans have been gorged on a diet of nothing but limited-overs cricket for nearly eight months - but all you five-day devotees can come out of hibernation now, as England have donned their whites for the first time since the fifth Test against India in August 2014, which feels like a lifetime ago.

    And for the first time in six years, they have a Test series in the Caribbean with which to contend.

    An England huddleReuters