Easy tour opener for England

Tue, Apr 7, '15

England’s tour of the West Indies began with the gentlest possible examination as they dominated day one of their warm-up match at Warner Park yesterday.
They dismissed a compliant St Kitts & Nevis Invitational XI for just 59 in the morning session before captain Alastair Cook and the returning Jonathan Trott helped themselves to scores of 95 not out and 72 respectively.
England finished on 181 for one and will be pleased enough with their efforts - particularly Ben Stokes’ impressive spell of three for 10 and a solid start for their latest opening partnership - but the gulf in class was so dramatic that little of note will have been learned.
The bowlers were underworked in the extreme, with the hosts failing to last 27 overs after deciding to bat first, and only Stokes palpably advanced his claims on a Test spot.
Chris Jordan and Stuart Broad both claimed two wickets, but spinners Adil Rashid and James Tredwell were confined to bit-part cameos.

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