Shivnarine Chanderpaul prevented another complete West Indies collapse on the first day of the first Test as England's Stuart Broad enjoyed yet more success at Lord's.
Chanderpaul's 87 not out, his latest rescue mission for his beleaguered side, was the cornerstone of a total of 9 for 243 in an innings where no other batsman has so far made more than opener Adrian Barath's 42.
Paceman Broad took 6 for 72 in 24.4 overs -- his first five-wicket Test innings haul at Lord's.
It secured him a place on the Lord's bowling honours board to set alongside his Test-best 169 against Pakistan at the ground in 2010.
And that meant Broad had become only the seventh player in history - and fifth Englishman - to have scored a Test hundred and taken five or more wickets in an innings at the home of cricket.
"It's a very proud day for me and more importantly we're in a great position in the Test match," Broad told Sky Sports.
"No one was expecting 100 all out, we knew it was going to be a long day's cricket, so we had to be patient and we thought seven down at night would be a really good day, so to have them nine down is really pleasing.
"It swung for us but it was a slow wicket to start with. It was hard to get the right length, but the wicket quickened up a bit in that last session."
That Chanderpaul, who came in with West Indies struggling after an all too familiar top order collapse left them 3 for 86, led many to wonder why the left-hander, now officially the world's best Test batsman, had not been promoted from his favoured number five spot.
Without taking undue risks the ever-gritty Guyanese completed a relatively brisk 50 in 102 balls featuring seven fours.
England did not have things all its own way after captain Andrew Strauss won the toss and fielded in overcast, bowler-friendly conditions.
Barath's bold cover-driving saw to that but James Anderson still took 2 for 9 to clean bowl opener Kieran Powell and have Kirk Edwards leg before.
Unfortunately for the West Indies, Barath - who struck 36 in boundaries alone - had added just one run to his lunch score of 41 when the diminutive opener drove loosely outside off stump against Broad and third slip Anderson held a sharp catch at the second attempt.
Darren Bravo, missed on 29 by second slip Graeme Swann, was run out for that score after a dreadful mix-up with Chanderpaul.
Anderson, bowling round the wicket to Chanderpaul, then saw South African umpire Marais Erasmus raise his finger in answer to an lbw appeal.
Unsurprisingly, Chanderpaul, on 15, called for a review and replays indicated the ball would have missed off-stump.
Marlon Samuels (31) helped Chanderpaul add 81 before he sliced Broad to backward point where debutant Jonathan Bairstow took his first Test catch.
And 5 for 181 quickly became 6 for 187 when wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin edged Broad to Strauss at first slip.
West Indies captain Darren Sammy, trying to turn a Broad outswinger with the new ball legside, was caught in the gully by Tim Bresnan.
Broad then completed his five-wicket haul all by himself when he caught and bowled Kemar Roach to leave the tourists on 8 for 231.
The 25-year-old Nottinghamshire all-rounder ended proceedings two balls short of the day's full 90 overs when he had tail-ender Fidel Edwards brilliantly caught by diving wicketkeeper Matt Prior.
At that stage, Broad had taken three wickets for 12 runs in 23 balls.
AFP
Tags: cricket, sport, england, united-kingdom First posted May 18, 2012 06:43:21
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