Broad has Windies in trouble

England put the tourists in on a glorious morning, after captain Andrew Strauss had detected a tinge of green in a pacy pitch, and his hunch paid off as Broad and James Anderson gave the Windies plenty to think about from the outset.

But rather than digging in to recover from seven for two in the fourth over, Chris Gayle chose the counter-attack - and after 15 overs, the upshot was an eventful 75 for three.

Broad had made short work of Gayle's opening partner Lendl Simmons, lbw on the back foot, and Ramnaresh Sarwan's stay was even more shortlived before he drove at a length ball and edged behind.

On a surface which allowed early movement off the seam, it seemed Gayle and Shivnarine Chanderpaul would have to be watchful - and it was not until five overs were almost up that the number four collected his team's first four of the innings, a thick outside edge past point off Anderson.

A near sell-out crowd had to wait another over for the first convincing boundary of the day when Gayle crunched Broad aerially past cover off the back foot - and almost immediately added a searing straight drive off the same bowler.

Gayle smashed Broad over straight midwicket for six soon afterwards, and it was clear the Windies fightback was under way.

It appeared to be gathering significant pace too when Gayle deposited the first ball from first-change Graeme Swann high over long-on for his second six.

But the off-spinner kept his nerve to float his next delivery into the slot again and was repaid handsomely when Gayle got in a tangle attempting another huge hit and was bowled.