Broad keeps Windies in check

Stuart Broad and the rest of England's famed pace attack had to earn their successes on an attritional first day of the Investec Test series against West Indies at Lord's.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul (87no) and Adrian Barath made Broad (six for 72) work hardest as the ball swung all day under cloud cover but only occasionally helped the seamers off the pitch.

The upshot was a near par stumps total of 243 for nine for the tourists, thanks predictably to their habitual top runscorer and some acceptable support down the order.

Andrew Strauss, who confirmed a debut for batsman Jonny Bairstow at the toss, duly got the call right. Kieran Powell was first to depart after making only five. A succession of James Anderson deliveries moved down the slope from the pavilion end before Anderson brought one back superbly to bemuse his victim and hit off-stump.

Barath lost his second partner to Anderson, who capped his first spell by pinning number three Kirk Edwards lbw for one as he shaped to push across the ball. Barath went for 42 after lunch when chasing a wide ball from Broad, and fell to a very good head-high catch by Anderson in the gully.

Darren Bravo ought to have gone to Anderson, but Graeme Swann put down a regulation catch at second slip. The drop was not costly, Bravo - who had added only two runs from 30 balls in almost an hour since lunch - the fall guy in a run-out mix-up.

England momentarily thought they had Chanderpaul for just 15, and the Windies 105 for five, when Marais Erasmus gave him out lbw playing no shot to Anderson. The stakes were high enough for Chanderpaul to chance a review, and it paid off when simulation suggested the ball was not coming back up the slope sufficiently from round the wicket to hit off-stump.

Chanderpaul reached his 50 from 102 balls in early evening, but was to soon find himself batting with the tail after Broad struck twice in the space of six balls. Marlon Samuels was growing in confidence only to throw his hands at a wide delivery from Broad and be caught by Bairstow at point.

Then Denesh Ramdin could hardly be blamed for edging to slip when Broad produced an awkward delivery that left the batsman and kicked off the pitch from short of a length.

Chanderpaul would have become Swann's first wicket, on 62, had England reviewed a not-out lbw decision from Erasmus. There was some consolation when Darren Sammy aimed to leg yet edged to gully. Broad had his fifth wicket via a return catch from Kemar Roach, before snapping up Fidel Edwards caught-behind from the last ball of the day.