Vaughan quickly into the action

Vaughan, playing his first Test in more than 18 months, came to the crease at 38 for one at his home ground of Headingley. The 32-year-old got off the mark from his fourth ball, when he clipped Daren Powell behind square on the leg side and was unbeaten on three in a score of 46 for one after an hour's play.

It was Andrew Strauss' latest failure at Test level which cheered West Indies, after they lost the toss, as a slash at a wide delivery from Powell provided wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin with a straightforward catch.

Strauss, relinquishing the captaincy due to Vaughan's comeback, now has just one half-century in 13 Test innings.

West Indies almost had the perfect start when, from the first delivery of the day sent down by Powell, left-hander Strauss prodded inches shy of short leg.

Vaughan won the toss under cloud cover but they had dissipated by the start of play and the runs flowed as Strauss twice cut Powell to the boundary. Occasional deliveries lifted sharply to keep the bowlers interested and Strauss edged short of second slip immediately after his second four of the morning.

Strauss' opening partner Alastair Cook tucked the ball into gaps cannily and powered a cut off Powell in the seventh over to move into the 20s.

On the selection front, Nottinghamshire seamer Ryan Sidebottom today left the one-cap wonder club after being named in England's XI. Left-armer Sidebottom, 29, was preferred to the more-established James Anderson thus ending a six-year wait to add to his sole Test appearance, earned in victory over Pakistan at Lord's.

It proved a welcome return to his former county headquarters for Sidebottom, who effectively replaced ex-Yorkshire colleague Matthew Hoggard from the team which drew the first Test at Lord's.

Experienced West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul was ruled out with tendinitis in his right knee so Sylvester Joseph was drafted into the middle order.