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LONDON - England made a winning start to their one-day cricket series against West Indies on Monday (NZ time) with a comfortable 79-run victory at Lords.
England had been limited to 225 all out by paceman Fidel Edwards, who exploited the pitch after an hour's rain interruption to
wreak havoc with their middle and late order.
Paul Collingwood was among his five victims, lasting only seven balls and managing just five runs in his first 50-overs game since becoming England's one-day captain.
But his new post-World Cup era opened with a victory after a calamitous start by West Indies, whose captain Chris Gayle was their first casualty in a spell that left them on 13-4.
They finished on 146 all out in their 40th over.
Put into bat, England began their innings with openers Alastair Cook (29) and Matt Prior (34) laying a foundation, while Ian Bell, back from a groin injury, injected more bite before being run out after some sharp fielding by Gayle on 56.
Kevin Pietersen bowed out on 33 to a smart catch by Marlon Samuels at backward point, just as England were stepping up their run rate to around six an over.
Rain then intervened in the 42nd over with England on 181 for four -- and effectively killed their momentum.
Collingwood went soon after the re-start and Dimitri Mascarenhas, Liam Plunkett and Stuart Broad followed as Edwards finished with 5-45 from his 10 overs.
England were all out in 49.5 overs when Owais Shah, whose display on Friday squared the two-match Twenty/20 series, was run out after a creditable 42.
West Indies looked ready to pounce. Instead, Gayle was caught by Broad for six in their fourth over.
It became a debacle in the fifth when James Anderson splayed the stumps of Runako Morton and with his next delivery had Samuels caught by wicket keeper Matt Prior.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul denied Anderson a hat-trick but his partner Devon Smith was run out in the following over.
Dwayne Bravo steadied the ship with a series of fours, taking the score to 74 before a promising partnership ended in another two-wicket over.
Broad did the damage, getting Bravo caught by Prior for 29 and rattling Denesh Ramdin's off-stump two deliveries later to have West Indies mired on 74-6.
Effectively over as a contest, Broad, spinner Monty Panesar and Plunkett combined for the next wickets, with Chanderpaul finishing unbeaten on 53.
The three-game series continues on Wednesday at Edgbaston.
SCOREBOARD
England
A Cook c Bravo b Edwards 29
M Prior lbw b Smith 34
I Bell run out 56
K Pietersen c Samuels b Bravo 33
O Shah run out 42
P Collingwood b Edwards 5
D Mascarenhas b Edwards 2
L Plunkett c Ramdin b Edwards 4
S Broad c Ramdin b Edwards 0
M Panesar lbw b Rampaul 1
J Anderson not out 0
Extras (6lb, 8w, 4b, 1nb) 19
Total (all out, 49.5 overs) 225
Fall: 47, 96, 148, 177, 186, 199, 209, 210, 216, 225
Bowling: R Rampaul 9-1-36-1 (3w), D Powell 10-1-46-0, F Edwards 10-0-45-5 (1nb, 3w), Dwayne Smith 10-0-42-1 (2w), M Samuels 5-0-18-0, D Bravo 5.5-0-28-1
West Indies
C Gayle c Broad b Plunkett 6
Devon Smith run out 4
R Morton b Anderson 0
M Samuels c Prior b Anderson 0
S Chanderpaul not out 53
D Bravo c Prior b Broad 29
D Ramdin b Broad 0
Dwayne Smith c Prior b Broad 6
D Powell lbw b Panesar 1
R Rampaul c Broad b Plunkett 24
F Edwards run out 2
Extras (16lb 4w 1nb) 21
Total (all out, 39.5 overs) 146
Fall: 9, 12, 12, 13, 74, 74, 93, 100, 135, 146
Bowling: J Anderson 8-2-23-2 (1w), L Plunkett 10-1-38-2 (1nb, 2w), S Broad 9-0-20-3 (1w), D Mascarenhas 4-0-18-0, M Panesar 8-0-29-1 P Collingwood 0.5-0-2-0
Result: England won by 79 runs
- REUTERS
