England Won First Test on Lords agains WI

West Indies tour of England, 2012

The Wisden Trophy 1st Test Played at Lord's, London

Scorecard:

England won toss field first

West Indies 1st innings 243 all out

Chanderpaul 87 not out and Broad 7-72

England 1st innings 398 all out

Strauss 122 and Roach 3-108

West Indies 2nd innings 345 all out

Chanderpaul 91 and Broad 4-93

England Target for 191 runs

England 2nd innings 193/5 for 46.1 overs

Cook 79 and Roach 3-60

England won by 5 wickets

Man of the match SCJ Broad (England)

And England Lead series for 1/0

Stuart Broad Take Six Wickets against WI

West Indies tour of England

1st Test: England v West Indies at Lord's, May 17-21, 2012

Umpires: Aleem Dar(Pak), Marais Erasmus(RSA)
Third Umpire: Asad Rauf(Pak)
Match Referee: Roshan Mahanama(SL)

Scorecard:

England won the toss and elected to field

West Indies: 243/9 (89.4 Overs)

Adrian Barath 41
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 87 Not Out

James Anderson 59/2
Stuart Broad 72/6

Stumps on Day 1

England News: Jonathan Bairstow was named in an England Test squad

For the first time Sunday when he was included in a 13-man party for the series opener against the West Indies at Lord's starting Thursday and the 22-year-old Yorkshireman is set to bat at number six if selected after all-rounder Ravi Bopara, in line to fill that middle order spot, was omitted from the squad after suffering a thigh injury playing for Essex.

The Bairstow has played in 6 one-day internationals and 6 Twenty20 internationals is the only player in the squad yet to be capped at Test level.

They thursday will be Start the first of a three-Test series.

England Test Team squad:

1.Andrew Strauss (capt)

2.Alastair Cook

3.Jonathan Trott

4.Kevin Pietersen

5.Ian Bell

6.Matt Prior (wkt)

7.Stuart Broad

8.Tim Bresnan

9.Graeme Swann

10.Steven Finn

11.James Anderson

12.Jonathan Bairstow

13.Graham Onions

West Indies Test squad to tour England 2012

West Indies Test Squad:

Darren Sammy (capt)

Kirk Edwards (vice-capt)

Adrian Barath

Darren Bravo

Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Narsingh Deonarine

Fidel Edwards

Assad Fudadin

Shannon Gabriel

Kieran Powell

Kemar Roach

Denesh Ramdin

Ravi Rampaul

Marlon Samuels

Shane Shillingford

The first Test begins at Lord's on May 17.

West Indies tour of England 2012 Test match Schedule

Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
Mar 17 - 21	England v West Indies, 1st Test	15:30 (Mar 17)	Loard's
Mar 25 - 29	England v West Indies, 2nd Test	15:30 (Mar 25)	Trent Bridge
Jun 07 - 11	England v West Indies, 3rd Test	15:30 (Jun 07)	Edgbaston

Shivnarine Chanderpaul Ranking for Number One Test batsmen

The West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has regained the No.1 ranking for Test batsmen after nearly three years and he was the leading run-scorer in the recently concluded home Test series against Australia with 346 runs at an average of 86.50.

He reached the top after his twin half-centuries in the final Test in Dominica, moving ahead of the South African duo of Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers and he also passed the 10,000-run mark in the series for the chanderpaul last attained the No. 1 ranking in July 2008 and held it for seven month for he briefly dropped to No. 2 in February 2009 in returned to the top spot three Tests later, after the fifth Test against England in Trinidad.

And the May 2009 he lost his spot to Pakistan batsman Younis Khan to chanderpaul ranking slipped to as low as No. 15 before he made his way back up and it feels good to be back in the top spot in Test cricket, Chanderpaul said that i am batting well at the moment and when things are going well for you at the crease you try to keep going and building and look to make the most of every innings you play and the australia began their tour of the West Indies on equal points with India to the win gave them a one-point lead over India.

England skipper Strauss confident about future

Andrew Strauss heads home from Asia confident his future as skipper is secure after England ended a miserable run in Tests by beating Sri Lanka to draw the series 1-1 and retain their number-one ranking.

The tourists eased to an eight-wicket win in the second and final Test at the P. Sara Oval in Colombo on Saturday to make amends for the 75-run loss in the first Test in Galle, which was their fourth straight Test match defeat this year.

England's losses, including an embarrassing 3-0 whitewash at the hands of Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates, had left them teetering on the brink of losing their top ranking.

The one blemish in the hard-fought series against Sri Lanka was Strauss's own batting form. He made just 114 runs in four innings at an average of 28.50.

The left-hander appeared to have found his rhythm when he hit 61 in the first innings of the second Test, but he fell for a duck in the first over of the second innings as England chased a modest target of 94.

Strauss has not added to his 19 Test centuries in 25 innings and has just one three-figure knock in his past 50 innings, raising questions about his future in the side. But the skipper said he had never doubted himself or his leadership role.