West Indies vs. England, 1st Test, Day 1: Highlights, Scorecard and Report

Ian Bell scored his 22nd Test century as England recovered from a shaky start to the series in the West Indies.

Bell made 143 as the tourists reached 341-5 at stumps on day one of the first Test at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Cook		b Roach	11	39	28	1	0
Trott	c Darren Bravo	b Taylor	0	5	3	0	0
Ballance	c Darren Bravo	b Holder	10	77	46	0	0
Bell	c Ramdin	b Roach	143	340	256	20	1
Root		b Taylor	83	187	133	11	0
Stokes	not out		71	114	80	10	1
Tredwell	not out		0	3	0	0	0
Extras		6nb 7w 7b 3lb	23
Bowler			Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Taylor			15	2	79	2
Roach			21	4	66	2
Holder			18	7	55	1
Benn			26	3	85	0
Samuels			10	0	46	0

Home captain Denesh Ramdin won the toss and made the surprising choice to bowl first on a good-looking batting surface.

The decision looked justified when England were reduced to 34-3, but Bell and Joe Root (83) put on 177 for the fourth wicket to wrestle back the advantage.

Jonathan Trott's first Test innings since November 2013 was a short one. The opener lasted just three balls before he edged Jerome Taylor to Darren Bravo at slip for a duck.

Captain Alastair Cook (11) then inside-edged Kemar Roach onto his own stumps before Gary Ballance (10) nicked Jason Holder to slip.

Bell and Root took England through to lunch without further loss and then put on 118 runs in the afternoon session, bringing up their half centuries from 96 and 99 balls, respectively.

Yorkshire's Root fell 17 runs short of his century when he inside-edged Taylor onto his leg stump after hitting 11 boundaries in his 133-ball innings.

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.@joeroot05 has now passed 50 in seven of his last eight Tests! Great partnership this - 155/3 #WIvEng pic.twitter.com/7ozCbDVCDw

— BreatheSport (@BreatheSport) April 13, 2015"

However, Bell cut Marlon Samuels past first slip to bring up his ton off 194 balls, and he shared a 130-run partnership with Ben Stokes, who batted aggressively.

Bell edged Roach behind in the penultimate over of the day to end his innings, but Stokes finished the day unbeaten on 71 with 10 boundaries and a six.