W Indies v England: West Indies captain Chris Gayle tosses the coin - but Andrew Strauss calls correctly and England bat first

Strauss, in his first Test as captain since replacing Kevin Pietersen, is clearly delighted after winning the toss

The new skipper looks on anxiously as he edges to second slip with the very first ball, but it just fails to carry to Xavier Marshall

This time the ball does carry, but Strauss breathes a huge sigh of relief as he is dropped by Marshall

Third time lucky for the West Indies as Jerome Taylor gets the breakthrough - Strauss edging behind to Denesh Ramdin

Alastair Cook swiftly follows his captain into the pavilion as he lofts an easy catch to Ramnaresh Sarwan

Cook's dismissal for four brings Kevin Pietersen to the crease and the Hampshire batsman is soon into his stride

Ian Bell survives a run-out scare before going on to record his 3,000th Test run

However, Bell is undone by West Indies captain Chris Gayle in the penultimate over before lunch as England go into the interval on 73-3

Pietersen, playing his first Test since relinquishing the captaincy, keeps the England total ticking along with some trademark strokes

Left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn traps Paul Collingwood lbw for 16

The tall spinner celebrates the dismissal of the former England one-day captain as Andrew Flintoff joins Pietersen in the middle

Pietersen's charge towards a half-century is briefly curtailed by rain in Jamaica, but he soon reaches his 50 before tea

Pietersen closes in on his 16th Test century - and picks up the scoring rate as he gets closer to three figures

But the former England skipper launches another big shot on 97 - only to be caught with plenty to ponder as he leaves the field

Andrew Flintoff takes on the responsibility at the crease and, with Matt Prior, he helps England past the 200 mark

The duo put on a 56-run partnership to give England a decent platform to build on day two