West Indies fight back

Andrew Strauss could add only a single to his overnight 121 as West Indies began a fightback on day three in the first Investec Test at Lord's.

England appeared intent on swift progress, rather than mere consolidation, but they lost four wickets before lunch, on the way to 341 for seven, and were in danger of failing to take full advantage of what had seemed set to be an irresistible mid-match superiority.

Captain Strauss lasted less than four overs, getting a thin inside-edge behind off Kemar Roach (three for 87) as the tourists redoubled their efforts with the second new ball in cloudy conditions.

The contact went undetected until West Indies reviewed the decision, and Hotspot evidence ended Strauss' six-and-a-half-hour innings.

Debutant Jonny Bairstow quickly looked the part at the highest level, his career under way with a stuttering single to cover but soon containing two high-class boundaries clipped off his legs from each of the new-ball bowlers.

When he missed a delivery which came in on the angle from Roach, though, Bairstow sensibly saw no reason to review Marais Erasmus' lbw verdict.

Matt Prior was the next foil to Ian Bell's studied accumulation, and from only the third ball he faced England's wicketkeeper greeted the first over from Darren Sammy with an on-drive for four.

He added five more runs from the next two deliveries, to bring up the 300, and was operating at a run a ball until he became debutant Shannon Gabriel's first Test wicket - loosely aiming to leg, and bowled middle-stump.

When Tim Bresnan then hung a defensive bat out at Sammy to be caught behind for a duck, England were frittering away their dominance against much-improved bowling.

Bell was 38 not out at lunch, with Stuart Broad on 10.