Onions and Swann humble West Indies

England v West Indies, 1st npower Test, Lord's, 2nd day

Bulletin by Shwe Wai

West Indies 152 (Smith 46, Onions 5-38) and 39 for 2 (Smith 26*, Simmons 7*) trail England 377 (Bopara 143, Swann 63*, Edwards 6-92) by 186 runs
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	Graham Onions enjoyed a memorable debut as he claimed 5 for 38

The sweat and toil of Barbados and Trinidad felt a world away as England made home advantage count at Lord's. They bundled out West Indies for 152 and still had time to remove two more in the follow-on as the visitors hurtled towards a heavy defeat. Graham Onions announced himself in Test cricket with 5 for 38 - including three wickets in an over - and Graeme Swann showed his all-round credentials with three key scalps to follow his career-best 63 that lifted England to 377.

Onions had looked understandably nervous at the start of his spell - following a first ball duck to end England's innings - and his first four overs cost 22 as he dropped short. However, his fortunes changed when he removed Lendl Simmons with one that climbed off a length and took the shoulder of the bat to first slip. Two balls later he had Jerome Taylor gloving a pull down the leg side and he ended the over with Sulieman Benn - who had barely had time to get padded up as the collapse unfolded - well held at third slip by Swann. His fourth followed when he trapped Denesh Ramdin on the crease and the magical fifth when he removed Lionel Baker to end the innings.

Onions, and England, will have much sterner Tests this season, but these early contests are all about producing efficient performances that can lay the ground work for what follows. They couldn't really have asked for much more as Swann and Onions instigated a collapse of eight for 53 either side of tea before James Anderson showed his mastery of swing. He extracted the key scalps of Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan, both of whom were dismissed twice in the space of three hours, as Gayle fended a catch to third slip and Sarwan was undone by a fine inswinger that had him tangled in knots.

What was noticeable was how much more life England's trio of quicks (Tim Bresnan only bowled one late over so can't be included just yet) managed to get out of the surface. Matt Prior was regularly taking the ball above his head and batsmen were being struck on the glove and body. The speed-gun readings said Anderson, Onions and Stuart Broad all hit 90mph which, if accurate and sustainable, gives the attack a potent edge.