Graeme Swann and Ravi Bopara add 24 to England's overnight 289-7 when they take the bad light on day two at Lord's Play resumes after a short break and Swann plays several attacking shots as he passes his previous Test best of 20 Swann, playing in his first Test at Lord's, completes his first half century for England as the hosts pass 350 Bopara adds 25 to his overnight 118 before hitting Jerome Taylor to Brendan Nash as the Windies make the breakthrough James Anderson gets help after being hit on the back of the helmet and is out shortly after as Fidel Edwards takes his fifth wicket Edwards dismisses debutant Graham Onions first ball to finish England's innings on 377 - and he is on a hat-trick next innings Windies skipper Chris Gayle looks on after edging a Stuart Broad inswinger onto his stumps for an entertaining 28 Broad is soon celebrating a second wicket when Ramnaresh Sarwan edges behind to Matt Prior Devon Smith looks in good form until he misses a straight one and is bowled by the irrepressible Swann Next ball and Swann finds Shivnarine Chanderpaul's edge and the spinner is on a hat-trick Swann performs his Monty Panesar celebratory jump but is denied a hat-trick next ball West Indies are 117-4 when Swann and Collingwood combine again to dismiss Nash - and the Windies are in trouble... Next delivery and Onions grabs his first Test wicket when skipper Strauss catches Lendl Simmons at slip - 117-6 Two balls later and Onions strikes again when Jerome Taylor flicks one behind and the tourists are now 117-7 Onions is sizzling - and dismisses Sulieman Benn and that's now four wickets in seven balls as the West Indies collapse to 119-8 The Lord's scoreboard shows the devastation caused during one stunning Onions over Onions' dream debut gets even better when he traps Denesh Ramdin lbw for his fourth wicket in 19 minutes - 128-9 Onions strikes again - Lionel Baker lbw for 17 - and that's his fifth and a place on the Lord's honours board in his first Test West Indies are asked to follow-on some 255 runs behind England and James Anderson dismisses Gayle for a duck Anderson bowls Sarwan for one and West Indies reach 39-2 when play ends - still 186 behidn England
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